Summary: Sewell Wallis is seeking a qualified Financial Accountant for a 12-month contract in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The role involves statutory reporting, balance sheet analysis, and project work to enhance financial reporting processes. Candidates should be available for an immediate start and possess strong technical knowledge, ideally with practice experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Production and preparation of statutory accounts for all entities
- Develop and deliver balance sheet analysis
- Development of a quality review of processes & procedures, driving development, efficiencies and implementation of continuous improvement and automation initiatives
- Liaise with the external auditors, ensuring accurate and timely data provision
- To undertake SOX compliance and work with the Internal Controls team to implement new control requirements and changes
- Review and challenge financial results ensuring there is a continual monitoring and improvement in the controls environment
Key Skills:
- Qualified candidate ACA, ACCA, CIMA
- At least 3 years post qualified experience
- It would be beneficial to be Practice trained
- Strong technical knowledge
- Experience with statutory reporting in a large multi-group company
- The ability to start ASAP, or with a very short notice period
- Exposure to SOX compliance would be beneficial
Salary (Rate): £60,000 yearly
City: Rotherham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
Detailed Description From Employer:
Sewell Wallis is partnering with a fantastic, well-established employer in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, looking to secure a technically strong Financial Accountant. You'll be qualified, ideally from a Practice background - although not essential - and be confident with statutory reporting and balance sheet analysis, getting heavily involved with project work in reviewing financial reporting processes, procedures and compliance in line with the group. This is a 12 month contract that can offer the correct candidate an immediate start, so you should be available at short-notice. This Financial Accountant role offers excellent big business benefits and a chance to work with a renowned employer with an excellent reputation in the area. Having worked with this business on multiple occasions, we can vouch for the teams culture and success. What will you be doing? Production and preparation of statutory accounts for all entities Develop and deliver balance sheet analysis Development of a quality review of processes & procedures, driving development, efficiencies and implementation of continuous improvement and automation initiatives Liaise with the external auditors, ensuring accurate and timely data provision To undertake SOX compliance and work with the Internal Controls team to implement new control requirements and changes Review and challenge financial results ensuring there is a continual monitoring and improvement in the controls environment. What skills are we looking for? Qualified candidate ACA, ACCA, CIMA At least 3 years post qualified experience It would be beneficial to be Practice trained Strong technical knowledge Experience with statutory reporting in a large multi-group company The ability to start ASAP, or with a very short notice period Exposure to SOX compliance would be beneficial What's on offer? Salary of up to 60,000 Hybrid working Flexible start and finish times 25 days paid annual leave and the option to buy annual leave. Maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave. Enhanced Pension plans Private medical insurance Life assurance Send us your CV below, or contact Inci Evcil for more information. 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.