Reporting Accountant

Sharp Consultancy; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A finance and accountancy recruitment specialist is seeking a Reporting Accountant to join a growing company in Harrogate. This role involves managing management and statutory accounts, ensuring compliance for audits and VAT reporting, and overseeing daily cash operations. Ideal candidates will be CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified with a strong technical background in accounting and a desire for process improvement. This position offers an excellent opportunity for career progression in a dynamic and expanding business.

Qualifications

• Experience within Audit/Management Accounts/Assistant Accounts/Financial Accounts.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge.
• Ability to challenge existing processes.

Responsibilities

• Produce management and statutory accounts.
• Manage compliance for audits and VAT reporting.
• Oversee daily cash operations.
• Work on operational improvements within finance.

Skills

Management Accounts Production

Balance Sheets Reconciliation

VAT reporting

Cash Management

Process Improvement

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA Qualified

Job description

An exciting opportunity for an ACCA/ACA/CIMA Finalist or Qualified Accountant to join a growing company within the transport industry as a Reporting Accountant.

You will be working in a team and reporting directly to the Group Reporting Manager.

As a Reporting Accountant you will be responsible for:

• Management and Statutory accounts. You will take ownership of the Management Accounts Production, Balance Sheets Reconciliation and Budgeting.
• Compliance where you will be responsible for group internal and external audit as well as managing the VAT reporting requirements.
• Cash Management where you will be managing the day-to-day cash operations of the company.
• Controls and Improvements where you will work with the Head of Group Reporting in making operational improvements to transactional processes, controls, systems and technology to ensure that the finance function works as efficiently and effectively as possible.

As you grow as a Reporting Accountant you will gain experience working across all aspects of the accounting process and have potential opportunities to grow within in the business. You will gain exposure working in a company that has multiple entities across the UK and international exposure.

Ideally you will be CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified with experience within Audit/Management Accounts/Assistant Accounts/Financial Accounts and a strong technical knowledge. You will also be ready to ‘Challenge the norm’ with a focus on process improvement.

This is an excellent opportunity for any CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified Management Accountant/Assistant Accountant/Finance Accountant who is looking at progressing their career in a business that is growing exponentially across the UK.

Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 30 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV to the e-mail address stated, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.