Financial Accountant

Description:

Elevation Senior Finance are working with a leading manufacturing business based in Leeds who are looking to bring in a Financial Accountant on a permanent full-time basis.

Reporting directly into the Finance Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the finance team in managing the financial accounts including assisting with audits and the oversight of statutory accounts, cash flow forecasting, treasury & banking and taking ownership for the balance sheet.

Benefits include:

Excellent opportunities to develop, along with a competitive salary and company bonus scheme
33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) + service days 
Defined contribution pension scheme 
Employee Assistance Program 
On-site car parking 
Hybrid working 
Access to a wide range of discounts on Everyday Shopping, Entertainment, and Lifestyle 
Long service awards 
Duties of the Financial Accountant will include:

Providing support to the Finance Manager in the timely & accurate submission of the statutory accounts and audit thereof
Internal controls – finance coordinator. Proactively arranging independent checks and administration of work to specific internal control owners throughout the business
Accruals and prepayments
Management of the accounts payable function including arranging payments to ensure alignment to the cash forecast, reconciliation of statements where applicable, reviewing and approving vendor down payments and assisting with coding of non-PO invoices
Cash forecast coordination
Analytically assess and prepare reconciliation with actuals, explaining deviations
Concur administrator duties including assisting users with expense claims, compliance checks and running the monthly BACS claims to employees
Preparing bank reconciliations & managing access and user permissions
Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for areas of responsibility
Providing absence cover for Finance Manager
Assisting with key events/busy periods throughout the year, including financial year end, audit periods (interim, final and internal), and budget processes
Person Specification:

Excellent communication skills
Influencing and persuasion skills
Ability to build and maintain relationships
Team working skills & helping others during heavy load times
Organisational skills
Ability to act independently
Flexibility and ability to adapt to change
Attention to detail
Time management
Prioritisation of key tasks
If this role looks of interest then please get in touch or apply now