Project / Intercompany Accountant

Sewell Wallis Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Leeds city centre offices

Job summary

Sewell Wallis Ltd is recruiting for a Project Accountant / Intercompany Accountant on a 6-12 month contract in Central Leeds, with an ASAP start. You will clear a backlog of intercompany transactions and recharges, analyse large data sets, and reconcile the balance sheet accurately.

You will help develop and implement a new process to improve intercompany recharge controls and reporting, working closely with finance leaders in a professional services business.

Qualifications

• Strong Excel skills with large data sets.
• Methodical and analytical approach with problem solving.
• Experience with balance sheet reconciliations.
• Strong communication with senior stakeholders.
• Experience in large organisations with data backlogs.
• Experience developing or implementing new finance processes.
• QBE, part-qualified or fully qualified candidates considered.

Responsibilities

• Backlog clearance of intercompany transactions and recharges.
• Analyse and manipulate large data sets using Excel.
• Investigate and resolve historical errors and discrepancies.
• Develop and implement a new model to improve intercompany recharge controls.
• Prepare clear summaries of findings for senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the Financial Controller and Finance Manager to drive improvements.

Skills

Excel

Data analysis

Balance sheet reconciliation

Stakeholder communication

Intercompany transactions

Education

Part-qualified or fully qualified

Job description

Sewell Wallis is recruiting on behalf of a professional services business based in Central Leeds for a Project Accountant / Intercompany Accountant on a 6-12-month contract, with an ASAP start.

This role will focus on clearing a backlog of intercompany transactions and recharges, analysing large data sets, and ensuring the balance sheet is fully reconciled and accurate. You will also play a key role in developing and implementing a new process or model to improve the management and control of intercompany recharges going forward.

What will you be doing?

• Working closely with the finance team to identify and resolve balance sheet issues relating to intercompany transactions.
• Analysing and manipulating large data sets using Excel.
• Investigating and resolving historical errors and discrepancies.
• Developing and implementing a new model or process to improve the control and management of intercompany recharges.
• Preparing clear summaries of findings and communicating these to key internal stakeholders.
• Working closely with the Financial Controller and Finance Manager to deliver improvements across the process.

What skills are we looking for?

• Strong Excel skills with experience working with and manipulating large data sets.
• A methodical and analytical approach, with the ability to investigate issues and find practical solutions.
• Experience working with balance sheet reconciliations and identifying discrepancies.
• Strong communication skills, with the confidence to work with senior finance stakeholders.
• Experience working within a large organisation, particularly where there is a backlog of financial data or transactions.
• Experience developing, improving or implementing new finance processes or models.
• QBE, part-qualified or fully qualified candidates will be considered.

Available immediately and able to commit to a 6-12-month contract.

What's on offer?

• £50,000-£55,000 salary
• 6-12-month contract
• ASAP start
• Modern offices in Leeds city centre
• Just a 5-minute walk from Leeds train station
• Hybrid working - 2 days per week on site