Assistant Accountant in Sheffield

Sewell Wallis are currently recruiting for one of Sheffield's best employers offering huge prospects for the future, developmental opportunities and lots of scope to grow and learn! Meanwhile offering a great worklife balance with hybrid working and a fantastic culture! What will you be doing? Assist with the production of the various UK monthly reporting packs and suggest commentary inputs to the packs. Investigate any monthly P&L or KPI variances to budget and the prior year. Drill into specific income or costs lines in order to provide insightful explanations behind overspends or underspends to budget across the UK cost centres. Provide Headcount analysis and investigate any variances to budget. Ensure any issues with the headcount master data are fixed in the HR system. Review the granular detail on utilisation and investigate any outliers in the data. Provide reports and analysis to help drive improvements in financial hygiene (missing timesheets, master data errors, WIP reports, credit notes raised etc). Perform reviews of the UK P&L to ensure costs are being correctly categorised in the accounts. Identify and develop additional reporting, which would be of value to the UK Business (e.g. Travel & expenses reporting). Deliver financial reporting in a timely and accurate manner and suggests ways to speed up the reporting cycle. Support the forecasting and budgeting process for the UK by assisting with detailed analysis and requests for data. Input into the production of insightful reporting packs on the UK Budget and forecast's. Support the delivery of key UK projects such as the annual client rate reviews and quarterly WIP reviews. Assist with any adhoc billing or process queries, which are raised by the Business. Adhoc Financial analysis.What skills will you need? Prior experience in a Finance environment. Degree/AAT level qualification. System ability including advanced excel and knowledge of POWER BI would be preferable.What's on offer? Hybrid working (3 days in the office, 2 days from home). Discretionary bonus potential. 28 days annual leave + stats. Holiday purchase scheme. Advanced pension scheme. Private medical insurance. Life Assurance and more!!!To apply please contact Hannah Sharp or send your CV below. 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