Interim Financial Accountant

Marks Sattin Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

A reputable hiring organization in Leeds is seeking a Financial Accountant for a 3-month FTC. You will manage accounting support, deliver accurate reports, and ensure compliance with financial audits. The ideal candidate has significant accounting experience, excellent communication skills, and is highly computer literate. This role offers a hybrid working model with a focus on teamwork and improvement.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in similar accounting roles.
• Demonstrable skill in accounting procedures.
• Ability to deliver expected results and suggest improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide accounting support and deliver accurate accounting reports.
• Ownership of management reporting and balance sheet controls.
• Create process improvements for enhanced decision making.

Skills

Clear and concise communication skills

Experience in similar accounting roles

Technical aspects of accounting procedures

Ambitious and pro-active

Strong team player

Strong analytical skills

Highly computer literate

Tools

Excel

Complex accounting systems

Job description

Financial Accountant

Location: Leeds (Hybrid)
Contract Type: 3 months FTC
Hours: Full-Time

About the Role

Marks Sattin are delighted to be working along an excellent oragnisation who are looking for a Financial Accountant to join the business on a 3 months FTC basis.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Finance Manager, the primary purpose of the role is to provide accounting support across a range of responsibilities, delivering accurate accounting reports in a timely and reliable manner.
• Take ownership for aspects of management reporting and balance sheet controls, taking 'end to end' responsibility for certain quarterly/Year end activities
• Creating process improvements, suggesting changes to enhance the control environment and improve decision making insight
• Provision of reliable quarterly management accounts for the UK group and the Belgian branch.
• Compilation of annual TB and financial statements for the UK group and the Belgian branch, ready for both Finance Manager's review and subsequent external audit, ensuring accuracy and complete analysis.
• Reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts for the UK group and other EMEA offices,, as well as other key accounts including distributions and payroll costs.
• Preparation of quarterly UK VAT returns and the associated "net-down" journal.
• Assistance with provision of data to external statutory auditors in UK during the audit.
• Preparation and delivery of various regular reports to internal stakeholders.
• Preparation/input of various monthly journals for month-end routine.
• Calculation and billing of certain shared overhead costs to fellow group entities.
• Co-authorisation within banking portals of office and client payments, with the latter in compliance with SAR.

Key Skills, Attributes And Experience

• Clear and concise communications skills, both verbal and written
• Significant experience in similar accounting roles.
• Solid, demonstrable skill in the technical aspects of accounting procedure
• Ambitious / Pro-active - delivers the expected result and offers suggestions for improvement
• Strong team player, able to build strong relationships with team members and business stakeholders; Sense of fun, energy and team building.
• Strong analytical skills
• Highly computer literate; competent in using excel and complex accounting systems; capacity to learn other applications.

If this role is of interest, please apply!

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