Accountant Reporting & Finance

Deputy Head (Reporting & Finance)
Salary: £45,000 - £56,000 DOE
Location: Sheffield

• Do you want to be a part of supporting a company’s mission to transform lives?
• Are you eager to find your next financial career opportunity?

If the above sounds like you, then keep reading!
The Opportunity
You will be a key factor in a grand scheme to truly transform people’s lives in a place where no two days are the same. This role provides a chance to work at a senior level, ensuring a well-established educational offering remains financially stable. You’ll have the ability to construct quality decisions and ensure long-term improvements for the company. Essentially, you’ll be taking a leadership position working closely with the Finance and Procurement team where you will have vital oversight of key financial happenings across the institution.
The Role
With a focus on strategy, you’ll guide and develop a service dedicated to financial reporting and compliance, who are a key part in ensuring data integrity of finance systems and compliance with both internal and external policies.
Using your financial experience, you will:

• Provide expert advice of transactions
• Contribute to the forecasting and treasury management
• Support a wide range of people across the whole establishment where specialist financial input is needed
• Prepare year end accounts and the accompanying external audit process

The Ideal Candidate
It goes without saying that you will have excellent communication skills and a high level of technical knowledge within this field. You will be an experienced accountant, who has proven experience of leadership in a financial accounting function and the ability to handle strategic development of financial services across a large company.
Further to the above you will:

• Have experience providing quality customer service, putting others first to find a suitable solution
• Be commercially focused in order to seek positive business opportunities
• Use a collaborative approach to working with others, and form good working relationships
• Have a holistic mindset when looking at working models, understanding the effect individuals have on the larger company
• Have excellent time-management skills with the ability to deliver impressive results efficiently

If the above sounds of interest to you then click to apply! Or, if you would like more information, pick up the phone, call Pertemps (Leeds) and ask for Katie Miller.