Job Description:

Sewell Wallis are looking for a Qualified Accountant who is immediately available (or on a month's notice) for a people-centric and growing organisation in Sheffield South Yorkshire.

You'll be someone who loves to work in an SME environment, who enjoys getting stuck into a varied and diverse role to support the Senior Leadership Team and CEO by providing financial insights and leading on budget creation and forecasting. Managing a small team of two, you'll lead the finance function, get involved with decision making to shape the future of the business, working on multiple projects across the organisation.

This role requires someone proactive and hands-on, someone who loves to have deep understanding of a business across the board. A real people person who can speak confidently with non-finance colleagues, can hold their own in the boardroom and is collaborative and a team player!

What will you be doing?

• Lead the finance function, line management of 2 posts - Finance Assistant and Administrator
• Work with the Senior Management Team to develop the business plan, managing and monitoring effectiveness and performance to achieve its objectives
• Prepare annual budgets, forecasts and cash flow projections
• Provide budgeting support, training and reports to the senior team
• Prepare monthly management accounts and commentary for the senior team
• Prepare draft year end accounts for audit and coordinate accountancy and audit activities
• Prepare information for the outsourced payroll function
• Drive continuous improvement across finance processes and systems
• Oversee company pension scheme enrolment and reporting
• Support funding bids by preparing costings and reviewing financial implications

What skills are we looking for?

• Experience of working similar role, ideally within a Senior position
• Working with Xero would be desirable (although not essential), strong excel skills and IT literacy
• Accurate and timely payroll processing
• Experience of line managing staff
• Recognised professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA)
• Experience of preparing management accounts including analysis and commentary and year end accounts
• Ideally a short notice, available ASAP or with a month's notice

What's on offer?

• Salary is £40,000-£50,000
• Hybrid working - flexible hours
• Warm and welcoming team - focus on wellbeing
• 25 days of annual leave that increases to 30 days across 5 years (+ bank holidays on top)
• Nearby on-street parking

Send us your CV below, or contact Inci Evcil for more information.

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.