Financial Accounting Manager

Sewell Wallis are working with a highly acquisitive, international business based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, who are looking to recruit a Financial Accounting Manager in a newly created role.

This Financial Accounting Manager is a highly autonomous role working within a profitable, diverse organisation that adopts a fantastic working culture and offers career opportunities in the UK and overseas.

This role would suit an ambitious, qualified accountant who is either looking for their first move from practice, or for a career move within industry.

What will you be doing?

Reporting into the Head of Accounting, this hands-on Financial Accounting Manager role will oversee all financial reporting aspects of the finance operation, leading a medium sized finance team whilst streamlining processes and systems through various exciting new projects on the horizon.

• Lead and manage the transactional finance team, providing mentorship, guidance, and support to ensure the accurate and timely execution of financial tasks.
• Calculate accruals and prepayments required each month prior to closing ERP ledgers
• Perform regular balance sheet reconciliations
• Oversee the financial accounting function, managing year end financial statements and coordinating with auditors
• Assist with audit planing for year end group reporting
• VAT returns
• Develop robust financial controls and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Drive process improvements and efficiency initiatives within the team to enhance overall performance and productivity.
• Work on up-and-coming projects across the finance team, working closely with senior stakeholders across the business

What skills are we looking for?

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification
• Experience in a financial accounting role or a demonstrable background in audit
• Manufacturing experience would be a nice to have but not essential
• Team management experience
• SAP would be beneficial but not essential

What's on offer?

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays rising every year to 28
• Excellent pension up to 10%
• Private medical for you and family
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Hybrid working
• 10% bonus scheme

Send us your CV below, or contact Lucy Regan 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.