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Financial Accountant - First Time Mover

Sewell Wallis Ltd
Posted a month ago, valid for 23 days
Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire LS13DA, England

Salary

£50,000 - £52,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Sewell Wallis is seeking a Financial Accountant for a leading business in Leeds, targeting candidates with a practice background looking to transition into industry.
  • The role involves preparing monthly profit and loss statements, statutory reporting, intercompany reconciliations, and VAT returns, while also managing financial controls and supporting tax compliance.
  • Candidates should be fully qualified accountants (ACA/ACCA) with strong financial reporting skills and experience in fast-paced environments, along with excellent analytical capabilities.
  • The position offers hybrid working, free parking, and competitive benefits, with a focus on long-term career development.
  • Salary details are not specified, but candidates should ideally have relevant experience in finance and accounting.

Sewell Wallis are working with a leading business in a growing sector who are looking to recruit a Financial Accountant for their team in Leeds.

This will suit candidates who are ideally Practice trained looking to make a first move into Industry and the role will offer a long term career development plan.

What will you be doing?

  • Preparing the monthly profit and loss statement.
  • Statutory reporting.
  • Preparing intercompany account reconciliations.
  • Implementing and managing financial controls and risk.
  • Assisting with the delivery of continuous process and control improvements.
  • Preparing VAT returns.
  • Supporting with tax reporting and compliance.
  • Supporting the wider finance team with ongoing projects.

What skills are we looking for?

  • Fully qualified Accountant, ideally ACA/ACCA.
  • Strong financial reporting, audit and accounts preparation background.
  • Experience of working in a fast paced environment.
  • Ambitious individual who is self motivated.
  • Ability to work with senior stakeholders across the business.
  • Excellent analytical skills.

What's on offer?

  • Hybrid working.
  • Free parking.
  • Competitive benefits.

For further details, please contact 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.

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