Job description
Sewell Wallis are delighted to be working with a leading financial services provider based in south Leeds, who are now looking for a Senior Reporting Accountant to join their team.This high growth, diverse business offer superb progression and rewards for their employees and have built a robust and knowledgeable finance team to support their continued success story. With an excellent leadership team now in place, they are focusing on the strategic direction of the business and are set to have an exciting next 12 months where they focus on product development and enhancing their teams across the business.
This new, high profile role of Senior Reporting Accountant, will be a pivotal role within the company, managing the delivery of high-quality financial reporting, including statutory, quarterly and regulatory reporting. You will constantly be engaged across the business, so a strong communicator who can confidently explain technical finance queries to non-finance departments is extremely important.
The role would suit someone at Manager level within a recognised accountancy practice, or someone who has already progressed into industry and working for a professional services firm.
Your day to day role will include the following duties:-
-Partnering closely across all areas of the business, providing guidance to ensure the financial reporting team are engaged in all areas where accounting advice may be required
-Preparation of judgement papers to support the Group's most judgmental financial reporting balances
-Act as the 1st point of contact with external auditors to ensure a smooth audit process at each reporting cycle
-Prepare financial statements and quarterly reports, engaging with the relevant stakeholders to deliver this
-Ensure all deliverables adhere to the financial control framework
-Identify and solve financial reporting issues and risks that arise, preparing technical or judgement papers where necessary
We require a technically strong, qualified accountant for this position with a strong working knowledge of IFRS. Experience working for a fast paced professional/financial services company is also highly desirable.
This is a stand-alone role with no direct reports initially, however given the progression on offer with our client, other opportunities to manage are likely to develop over time.
If you require any further information before sending us your CV then please get in touch with Lucy Regan or Emma Dugdale.
To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful.
Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.
