Finance Assistant

Are you an Accounts Assistant looking for a step up in your career?

Sewell Wallis is delighted to be working on an exciting opportunity for a Finance Assistant with our client - a well known business based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, that provide services up and down the UK, working with leading brands.

Working alongside a talented finance team, this Finance Assistant role offers the opportunity to gain exposure to the month-end process and a variety of other financial processes, from transactional duties to assisting with the preparation of management accounts, making it an ideal opportunity for someone looking to start their ACCA or CIMA studies.

What will you be doing?

• Assisting the Finance Team to ensure the cost in the management accounts is completed accurately
• Coding supplier invoices to customer contracts
• Preparing accruals and prepayments
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date balance sheet reconciliations.
• Building relationships with various departments within the business.

What skills are we looking for?

• Prior experience gained in a finance / accounts department.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to work to deadlines in a busy, fast paced environment.
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Proactive and a problem solver.
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills.
• Analytical mindset and able to manipulate large data sets
• Strong attention to detail.

What's on offer?

• £25,000 per annum
• Study support towards ACCA or CIMA.
• Hybrid working - 2 days in the office, 3 at home.
• A supportive and collaborative work environment.
• Beautiful, modern office space.
• On-site parking.
• Opportunities for career progression.

If you're looking for a role that will enhance your accounting skills and offer progression in a growing business, apply now or contact Emma Johnsen for more details.

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.