Senior Finance Assistant

Sewell Moorhouse Recruitment; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Finance Assistant to join a project finance team in Leeds. The role involves mentoring, project budgeting, and report generation, requiring project accounting experience and proficiency in Excel and PowerBi. The position offers long-term progression and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Long-term progression

Modern office with great transport links

Hybrid working

Qualifications

• Experience in project accounting, revenue recognition, and project forecasting.
• Ability to manage and prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
• Experience with fee amendments and sales invoice queries.

Responsibilities

• Mentor Project Finance Assistants and Apprentices.
• Assist with project set-up, budgets, and sales invoices processing.
• Produce PowerBi daily data reports.
• Manage the team and delegate work.
• Complete audits and produce reports.
• Create and amend project budgets.

Skills

Project accounting and finance

Microsoft Excel

PowerBi

Workload prioritization

Tools

PowerBi

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Sewell Wallis is recruiting a permanent, full-time, experienced Senior Finance Assistant for a global company based in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

They are seeking a Senior Finance Assistant to join their dedicated project finance team. Working as part of a collaborative group and reporting directly to the Project Finance Manager, this role requires a proactive and adaptable individual who can effectively support the changing needs of the business.

What will you be doing?

• Mentoring Project Finance Assistants and Apprentices.
• Assisting with project set-up, budgets and sales invoices processing.
• Producing PowerBi daily data reports.
• Managing the team and delegating work appropriately.
• Completing audits.
• Producing reports.
• Creating and amending project budgets, preparing, and processing sales invoice requests in line with company policy.

What skills are we looking for?

• Experience with project accounting and finance, revenue recognition and project forecasting.
• Computer literate with working knowledge of relevant software packages e.g. Microsoft Excel (look-ups and pivot tables) and PowerBi.
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload to ensure essential items are processed for deadlines.
• Experience with fee amendments, budget alterations and sales invoice queries.

What's on offer?

• Modern offices located in Leeds Centre with great transport links.
• Long-term progression.
• Hybrid working.

If you are interested, please contact Hashim Sajjad.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.