Interim Group Financial Accountant

Interim Financial Accountant
Doncaster (2 days working in the office)
12 months FTC

SF is currently working with an organisation based in Doncaster who are looking to add an Interim Financial Accountant to the team for a period of 12 months. This is a challenging opportunity for a self-starting, experienced and accountant who can hit the ground running.

Some of the key day to day responsibilities will include:

- Responsible for maintenance of the general ledger accounts for the UK Group's legal entities in line with UKGAAP and IFRS.
- Preparation of annual audited UKGAAP accounts for the UK Group.
- Management of the process to produce monthly reporting accurately, to the highest quality and within strict deadlines.
- Engage with both internal and external auditors
- Manage the Group Finance team in the preparation of the annual statutory accounts for the UK Group.
- Managing continuous improvement and change projects within the Group Finance function.
- Provide a high level of service to the stakeholders of Group Finance through report monitoring, query resolution, etc.
- Review, monitoring and calculation of accounting measurements in line with local and company accounting policies.
- Reconciliation of intercompany accounts, liaising with international trading partners.
- Managing controls over inventory. Liaising with depot employees to drive continuous improvement in this area.
- Managing, review, continuous development and appraisal responsibilities for 3-4 accountants in the Group Finance team
- Management and review of direct reports workload, including provisions, banking and investment transactions.
- Working closely with the Head of Group Finance, Controlling Teams and the CFO on current technical and operational financial issues.


My client is looking for a Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) or someone that is qualified by experience.

Some of the other requirements include:

- Practice background
- Experience of managing teams
- Experience of SAP and HFM reporting processes an advantage
- Excellent technical skills, deep knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP
- Highly analytical, proven problem-solving abilities and focussed on continuous improvement.
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise workload and delivery quality output to tight deadlines.
- Good communications skills across all levels
- Experience of SAP system migrations desirable

If you are looking for your next interim finance role please get in touch.