Interim Financial Accountant

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

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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