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Group Accountant

Sewell Wallis
Posted 2 days ago, valid for a month
Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire LS14 1DZ

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Sewell Wallis is seeking a Group Accountant for a growing business in Leeds, West Yorkshire, offering a salary of £45,000 to £55,000.
  • The role requires ACA/ACCA qualification and experience working in a fast-paced environment, with a focus on UKGAAP.
  • Key responsibilities include providing technical support, acquisition accounting, and producing statutory accounts for all Group entities.
  • The position offers enhanced maternity/paternity leave, private medical, and opportunities for career progression.
  • Regular travel to the Harrogate head office will be necessary for this position.

Sewell Wallis are working with a rapidly growing and highly diverse business based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, who are looking to recruit a Group Accountant.

This newly created Group Accountant role will support the Financial Controller with all technical finance queries across the business. You will be joining a highly acquisitive, fast paced company, who offer exceptional career progression and a role that will give you exposure to the senior leadership team.

Please note that regular travel to the head office based in Harrogate will be required.

What will you be doing?

  • As the Group Accountant, you will provide day-to-day technical support across the Group
  • Play a key role in acquisition accounting and supporting to integrate divisional companies into the Group
  • Develop and implement accounting processes and controls across the finance function
  • Produce the statutory accounts for all Group entities
  • Perform full monthly balance sheet reviews
  • Support external audit and respond to audit queries
  • Produce the monthly consolidation and Board Pack
  • Support with ad hoc projects as and when required

What skills are we looking for?

  • ACA/ACCA qualified, having trained in a recognisable accountancy firm
  • Experience working within a fast-paced environment
  • Strong knowledge of UKGAAP
  • A proactive worker who uses their own initiative

What's on offer?

  • Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave
  • Private medical
  • Hybrid and flexible working patterns
  • Central location next to the train station
  • Fantastic training and career progression on offer

Send us your CV below or contact Lucy Regan 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.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.