Assistant Management and Project Accountant

Sewell Wallis Ltd; Harrogate; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Insurance

Hybrid working

Parking

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Career progression opportunities

Study support and development

Job summary

Sewell Wallis Ltd in Harrogate is recruiting a Part-qualified Assistant Management Accountant to join its Shared Service Centre. This is an excellent opportunity for a finalist or part-qualified accountant to contribute to key management accounting work and drive continuous process improvement.

You will support month-end reporting, liaise with multiple entities, manage balance sheet activity and assist with audits, all while benefiting from study support and a collaborative finance team.

Qualifications

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA finalist or part-qualified.
• Experience of accounting processes in a large/high-volume organisation.
• Desire to provide exceptional customer service from the finance team.
• Ability to drive continuous process improvement through project work.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines in a pressurised environment.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Experience of influencing across departments.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the production of accurate and timely management accounts, ensuring they are completed to a high standard and within published timetables.
• Prepare, review and document monthly balance sheet reconciliations and quarterly VAT returns.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with divisional finance teams and other Group functions.
• Support external and internal audit requirements and year-end reporting, identifying opportunities to streamline annual processes into monthly tasks.
• Review and improve finance processes and controls, supporting the implementation of changes.
• Maintain, update and document appropriate procedure notes across areas of responsibility.
• Get involved in key projects across the Finance Team and wider Group.

Skills

CIMA/ACCA/ACA finalist

Accountancy processes

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Deadline-driven

Attention to detail

Influencing others

Education

Professional accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)

Job description

Sewell Wallis is recruiting for a Part-qualified Assistant Management Accountant for a well-established B2B subcontracting business, supporting its divisional portfolio from the Group's Shared Service Centre in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. This is an excellent opportunity for a finalist or part-qualified accountant to join a collaborative finance team, take ownership of key management accounting responsibilities and play an active role in continuous process improvement, with strong progression and study support available.

Alongside your standard month end reporting, you'll be heavily liaising with multiple entities to review processes, to ensure that all entity reporting is in line with the shared service centre/group expectations. Therefore, you'll need to be really confident with communicating across departments, managing stakeholders, and enjoying project work around compliance and process improvement.

What will you be doing?

• Assist in the production of accurate and timely management accounts, ensuring they are completed to a high standard and within published timetables.
• Prepare, review and document monthly balance sheet reconciliations and quarterly VAT returns.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with divisional finance teams and other Group functions.
• Support external and internal audit requirements and year-end reporting, identifying opportunities to streamline annual processes into monthly tasks.
• Review and improve finance processes and controls, supporting the implementation of changes.
• Maintain, update and document appropriate procedure notes across areas of responsibility.
• Get involved in key projects across the Finance Team and wider Group.

What skills are we looking for?

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA finalist or part-qualified.
• Experience of accounting processes in a large/high-volume organisation.
• A positive attitude and desire to take responsibility for an exceptional level of customer service provided by the finance team.
• Demonstrable ability to identify and implement continuous process improvement through project work.
• Ability to provide clear evidence of working to and meeting deadlines in a pressurised environment.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Experience of influencing outside of your own team.

What's on offer?

• Salary £35,000-£40,000
• Healthcare Insurance
• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office.
• Parking available.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Career progression opportunities.
• Study support and development.