Project / Intercompany Accountant

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

Benefits offered by this job

ASAP start

Hybrid working

Modern offices in Leeds city centre

5-minute walk from Leeds train station

6–12-month contract

Job summary

Sewell Wallis is recruiting a Project / Intercompany Accountant for a Leeds-based, 6–12-month contract. The role focuses on intercompany balance sheet issues, data analysis in Excel, and resolving historical discrepancies, with an ASAP start.

You will work with the Finance Controller and Finance Manager to implement improved processes for intercompany recharges, communicating findings to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong Excel skills with experience handling large datasets.
• Methodical, analytical approach to investigate issues.
• Experience with balance sheet reconciliations and discrepancies.
• Strong communication with senior finance stakeholders.
• Experience in a large organisation with data backlogs.
• Experience developing or improving finance processes or models.
• QBE/part-qualified or fully qualified candidates considered.
• Available immediately for a 6–12 month contract.

Responsibilities

• Identify and resolve balance sheet issues relating to intercompany transactions.
• Analyse and manipulate large data sets in Excel.
• Investigate historical errors and discrepancies.
• Develop and implement a new model or process to improve the control and management of intercompany recharges.
• Prepare clear summaries of findings and communicate these to key internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the Financial Controller and Finance Manager to deliver improvements.

Skills

Excel

Analytical

Balance sheet reconciliations

Stakeholder communication

Finance process improvement

Education

QBE/part-qualified/fully qualified

Job description

Project / Intercompany Accountant (IE/6893) Leeds, England

Salary: GBP50000 - GBP55000 per annum

Sewell Wallis is recruiting on behalf of a professional services business based in Central Leeds for aProject Accountant / Intercompany Accountanton a6–12-month contract, with an ASAP start.

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?

• 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