Assistant Financial Accountant

Salary: £36,000 – £39,600 per year

Assistant Financial Accountant – York – £30,000 – £33,000 + 10% bonus + hybrid working

US owned business based in York, and reporting to the Accounting Supervisor, the Assistant Financial Accountant will be responsible for various accounting and administrative tasks in order to ensure effective, efficient and accurate financial operations. The candidate must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment that is customer service oriented. This role requires a detail-orientated individual who can prioritise and multitask with strong communication skills.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

*Maintaining financial reports, records, and general ledger accounts
*Preparing journal entries, analyses, and account reconciliations and assisting with monthly close processes
*Performing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
*Meet processing and reporting deadlines
*Responding to information requests, reviewing financial statements, and assisting with audits
*Ensuring compliance with all relevant reporting requirements
*Prepare special financial reports as requested by management by collecting, analysing, and summarising account information and trends
*Review and approve cash disbursements
*Full understanding of accounting processes and be able to assist accounting operations at a transactional level
*Report to the Accounting Supervisor and work to improve financial processes
*Support ad hoc accounting or reporting tasks

The ideal candidate will be:

*Qualified accountant / finalist / QBE
*Experience with SAP Business One
*3+ years accounting experience
*Working knowledge of IFRS / US GAAP accounting
*Comfortable working with large ERPs
*Ability and willingness to maintain confidentiality

For further details please contact Danny Potter

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 apply.