Assistant Project Accountant

Sewell Wallis are thrilled to be working with a dynamic, global business who are looking to welcome an Assistant Project Accountant to their team. This position will play a crucial role in enhancing controls and compliance across multiple finance teams. You will be working with multiple overseas entities and multiple reports, therefore the right candidate will be meticulous and driven, with strong communication. This is a varied and interesting role, giving you freedom over managing your work and collaborating with multiple different teams.

Assistant Project accountant duties:

• Monitor statutory compliance across international offices, proactively highlighting any concerns.
• Collaborate with the Project Accountant to reconcile group and local reports, including strong analysis.
• Producing reports using IFRS and GAAP.
• Assist local finance teams with their year-end submissions.
• Support the external audit process and engage with auditors as needed.
• Contribute to ad-hoc projects, supporting both Group finance and local finance teams.

The ideal candidate:

• Part-Qualified ACA/ACCA or equivalent.
• Proactive attitude and self-motivated.
• Proficiency in Excel.
• Strong communication skills across all levels.
• Excellent organisation and attention to detail

The company:

• Hybrid working
• 28 days holiday + bank hols
• Opportunity to develop and progress throughout the business
• Global company with optional travel overseas

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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.