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Sewell Wallis is partnering with a global professional services business in the heart of Leeds, West Yorkshire, to find an ambitious and driven Financial Accountant to join their team on an initial 6 month contract.\n\nAs a Financial Accountant, you'll be involved with both accounting duties and industry specific finance functions, alongside getting stuck into project work around process improvement. You'll be overseeing financial reporting for multiple entities, reconciliations and assisting with month-end. This is a really exciting opportunity to be in a hands-on role and to make your mark on internal processes and drive culture in a well-performing global company.\n\nThe business encourages a forward thinking way of working, with collaboration at the heart of everything! You'll be joining a team of professionals who enjoy their work and provide a key function within the business. They are looking for a like-minded individual to develop into this role and make it their own.\n\nWhat will you be doing?\n\nTake ownership for aspects of financial reporting and balance sheet controls, taking 'end-to-end' responsibility for certain Month/Year-end activities:\nCreating process improvements, suggesting changes to enhance the control environment and improve decision making insight\nProvision of reliable quarterly management accounts for a range of units\nCompilation of annual TB and financial statements for certain units within the UK-based group, and elsewhere, ready for both the Finance Manager's review and subsequent external audit, ensuring accuracy and complete analysis.\nReconciliation of all balance sheet accounts, often unguided, for the relevant units, as well as other key accounts, including distributions and payroll costs.\nDevelopment, implementation and maintenance of a new model for regular reconciliation of EMEA intercompany balances; complete resolution of reconciling items to ensure they are cleared in a timely manner and to ensure that processes/controls are adapted/implemented to prevent recurrence where feasible.\nOwn accuracy of, and prepare, VAT reporting for various units\nProvision of data to external statutory auditors during their audits, ensuring this meets expected standards, in addition to being able to guide them through the analysis and hold submission of key content needed for auditors.\nPreparation and delivery of various regular reports to internal stakeholders.\nPreparation/input of various monthly journals for the month-end routine.\nCalculation and billing of certain shared overhead costs to fellow group entities.\nEnsure that banking procedures are secure and controlled and that any gaps in controls are addressed.\nHold responsibility for banking authorisation and ensure that payments are protected and any missing components are addressed.\nProvide a critical approach to all transactions and recommend improvements. Identify errors/potential errors.What skills are we looking for?\n\nQualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA\nAmbitious and driven\nExcellent communication skills, both written and verbal\nStrong Excel skills\nSignificant experience creating new processes and leading through change to deliveryWhat's on offer?\n\nCompetitive salary of between £50,000-£55,000\n25 days of annual leave with bank holidays off\nHybrid working and flexible start/finish\nSocial events\nHealth Insurance\nModern, purpose built offices with parking nearby\nEasy to commute to on the train, 10-minute walk from Leeds station!Send us your CV below, or contact Lawrie Bacon for more information.\n\nTo 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

Finance Business Partner\n\nPackage Description\n\n * Discretionary on-target bonus of 10%. Up to a max 20% based on performance\n\n * 11% pension contribution (3% from you, 8% from us – optional additional matched 3% contributions, e.g. 6% from you, 11% from us)\n\n * 25 days annual leave. Flexible public holidays and option to buy/sell additional leave\n\n * Private Medical Cover\n\n * Car Salary Sacrifice scheme\n\n * 6x salary death in service\n\n * Holistic health and wellbeing support package\n\n * A culture that promotes inclusivity, wellbeing and rewards hard work\n\nJob Introduction\n\nAre you a qualified accountant ready to step into a strategic role that shapes the future of a purpose‑driven organisation? At MPS, we protect the careers, reputations, and wellbeing of healthcare professionals across the UK and internationally, and we’re now looking for a proactive, commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join our dynamic Finance team.\n\nYou’ll be at the heart of decision‑making, working closely with teams across the organisation to drive performance, challenge thinking, and influence strategy. Partnering with senior leaders, including Executive Directors, you’ll translate business plans into meaningful financial outcomes and deliver insight that genuinely matters.\n\nActing as the go‑to expert for financial planning and analysis, you’ll shape multi‑year forecasts, optimise operational spend, and proactively support strategic initiatives, anticipating risks and opportunities rather than simply reporting on performance. This role offers real variety, senior visibility, and the opportunity to make a tangible impact.\n\nYou don’t need to have held a Finance Business Partner role before, but you do need the right mindset, experience, and ambition to succeed in a strategic, business‑facing finance role.\n\nThe Ideal Candidate\n\n * Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with relevant post‑qualification experience\n\n * Strong experience working with balance sheets, including analysis, reporting, and understanding of financial drivers\n\n * Exposure to capital transactions, such as investment activity, funding, acquisitions, disposals, or other significant financial transactions\n\n * Proven experience in FP&A, management accounting, or a business‑facing finance role\n\n * Strong commercial acumen with the ability to provide forward‑looking insights\n\n * Confident communicator, able to influence and challenge stakeholders at all levels\n\n * Comfortable working with budgeting systems, financial models, and reporting tools\n\nDesirable:\n\n * Experience in insurance, risk-based businesses, or healthcare\n\n * Exposure to strategic planning, pricing, or actuarial environments\n\n * Continuous improvement mindset with experience enhancing financial processes\n\nAbout The Company\n\nThe Medical Protection Society Ltd (MPS) is the world’s leading protection organisation for Doctors, Dentists and healthcare professionals. We protect and support the professional interests of almost 300,000 members around the world.\n\nWe are a not-for-profit organisation, meaning member’s subscriptions are either invested into bettering the organisation, colleagues and products, or kept safe should members require support for complaints or claims arising from professional practice.\n\nOur philosophy is to support safe practice in medicine and dentistry by helping to avert problems in the first place. We also actively campaign for regulatory and legal reforms that benefit members and the wider healthcare professions.\n\nTo do this, we need colleagues who are trusted and supported to deliver their best work, whether that be through leadership development, fully funded training courses or peer-to-peer support. We want colleagues to feel empowered to deliver positive change, display ambition to push themselves and be determined when faced with a challenge, whilst ensuring members best interests are at the core

TransUnion's Job Applicant Privacy Notice \n\nWhat We'll Bring:\nWe Are TransUnion:\n\nTransUnion is a major credit reference agency, and we offer specialist services in fraud, identity and risk management, automated decisioning and demographics. We support organisations across a variety of sectors including finance, retail, telecommunications, utilities, gaming, government and insurance.\n\nWhat You'll Bring:\n\nWe're looking for a Controllership Senior Accountant (Month‑End Close Owner) to join our growing finance team.\n\nThis role is specifically responsible for overseeing the month end close process and ensuring our financial reporting is accurate and compliant. The role will develop a deep understanding of our balance sheet and SOX controls and provide oversight to maintain the highest level of financial control. There will also be the opportunity to work on wider Finance initiatives.\n\nThis role requires a chartered accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) and will suit someone with experience running a month end close process and a strong technical background.\n\nDay to Day You'll Be:\n\n Oversee month end close across all teams\n Perform analytical review procedures\n Manage Balance sheet reconciliation review\nEnsure a robust SOX control environment is in place and risks are appropriately managed\n Own Equity and Investments accounting\n Support on automation projects across the team\n Mentor and develop other areas of the team\n Own accounting systems for Controllership\nSupport the internal and external audits\nSupport technical accounting initiatives within the team\nRegular liaison with Financial Control, Finance Revenue Team, Business Partnering, FP&A, Internal Audit, International Finance and other key stakeholders\nInvolvement in wider finance initiatives to constantly evolve and improve the Group Finance function\n\nEssential Skills & Experience:\n\n5+ years' accounting experience (PQE)\nExperience of working in, or having clients in a fast paced, complex environment\nExperience of overseeing internal financial reporting and month end close processes, putting the necessary processes and controls in place\nTechnical accounting experience\nPlanning and organising multiple activities to deadlines\nAbility to influence and persuade challenging internal customer client base and external contacts\nStrong analytical and forecasting skills\nClarity of vision and ability to drive change\n\nDesirable Skills & Experience:\n\nPrevious experience of working in a regulated environment (SOX/FCA)\nBig 10 accounting firms and/or can demonstrate working with listed companies\nUS GAAP Experience\n\nImpact You'll Make:\n\nWhat's In It For you?\nAt TransUnion you will be joining a friendly, forward thinking global business.\nAs well as an excellent salary and bonus scheme or commission scheme (if joining our sales teams) our benefits package comes with:\n\n26 days' annual leave + bank holidays (increasing with service)\nGlobal paid wellness days off + a bonus day off to celebrate your birthday\nA generous contributory pension scheme + access to the TransUnion Employee Stock Purchase Plan\nPrivate health care + a variety of physical, mental and financial fitness wellbeing programmes such as access to mindfulness tools\nAccess to our diversity forums and communities so you can get involved in causes close to your heart\n\nTransUnion - a place to grow: \nIf there's something on the list of essential / desirable skills that you can't quite tick off, don't let that put you off applying. We are open to exploring training and development opportunities for the right candidate to ensure you are successful.\nWe know imposter syndrome is real, lets confront it so we can continue to grow and thrive together\n\nFlexibility at TU:\nWe recognise that our people need the freedom to balance their day-to-day lives with their work. This is why we've set out to create inclusive and flexible policies and practices for you to accommodate all your responsibilities and needs: children, family and beyond. If the role is advertised as full time, don't let this stop you from applying. Let us know if you're looking for a part time or flexible working arrangement and we can discuss this with you.\n\nAdditional support:\nAt TransUnion, we're committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where all individual's talents and perspectives are valued. When you apply for a position with us, you're not just joining a team, you're becoming part of a community that celebrates differences and embraces equality. We understand that everyone has different needs, which is why we offer a range of reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to help you through the application process or to attend an interview with us by contacting (url removed) \n\nInterview & Hiring Process:\nMost of our recruitment processes are virtual, so you'll get to know our hiring managers and teams over the phone and through video. If we need you to attend a physical in person interview your recruiter will inform you of this.\n\nWe do not accept any unsolicited CV's from recruitment agencies. If you are a recruitment agency on our PSL our talent team will contact you directly should we require any assistance. \n\n#LI-Hybrid\nFind out more about Life At TU UK:\n(url removed) is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.\n\nTransUnion Job Title \n\nAdvisor, Accounting

Fin Search are recruiting a Financial Accountant on a permanent basis for a multinational service provider based in Leeds.\n\nThe business is operating a hybrid working model - 2/3 days in the office and 2/3 days at home.\n\nReporting in to a high calibre Finance Manager, the Financial Accountant will be responsible for ensuring timely and accurate financial information including statutory and management reporting.\n\nDuties will include, however are not limited to, taking ownership of balance sheet controls, balance sheet reconciliations, preparation of quarterly VAT returns, preparation of monthly journals and creating management reports for stakeholders.\n\nThe successful candidate will:\n\n * Be ACA/CIMA/ACCA part qualified/finalist/newly qualified\n\n * Have worked in a relevant financial accounting role previously - practice or industry\n\n * Have strong Excel skills\n\n * Have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to liaise with stakeholders at all levels\n\n£50,000 - £55,000 + 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) + health insurance + life insurance + contributory pension scheme + season ticket loan + hybrid working model

Sewell Wallis is partnering with a global professional services business in the heart of Leeds to find an Interim Accountant on a 6 - 12 month contract. You'll be involved with both accounting duties and industry specific finance functions, alongside getting stuck into project work around process improvement. This is a really exciting opportunity to make your mark on internal processes and drive culture in a well-performing global company.\n\nThis West Yorkshire business encourages a forward thinking way of working, with collaboration at the heart of everything! You'll be joining a team of professionals who enjoy their work and provide a key function within the business. They are looking for a like-minded individual to develop into this role and make it their own.\n\nWhat will you be doing?\n\nReporting to the Finance Manager, the primary purpose of the role is to provide accounting services across a range of responsibilities, delivering technical guidance and analysis, appropriate to relevant accounting standards/ legal requirements, in a timely and reliable manner.\nTake ownership for aspects of financial reporting and balance sheet controls, taking 'end to end' responsibility for certain Month/Year end activities\nCreating process improvements, suggesting changes to enhance the control environment and improve decision making insight\nFor example, the provision of reliable quarterly management accounts for a range of units\nCompilation of annual TB and financial statements for certain units within the UK-based group, and elsewhere, ready for both the Finance Manager's review and subsequent external audit, ensuring accuracy and complete analysis.\nReconciliation of all balance sheet accounts, often unguided, for the relevant units, as well as other key accounts, including distributions and payroll costs.\nDevelopment, implementation and maintenance of new model for regular reconciliation of EMEA intercompany balances; complete resolution of reconciling items to ensure they are cleared in a timely manner and to ensure that processes/controls are adapted/implemented to prevent recurrence where feasible.\nOwn accuracy of, and prepare, VAT reporting for various units\nProvision of data to external statutory auditors during their audits, ensuring this meets expected standards, in addition to being able to guide them through the analysis and hold submission of key content needed for auditors.\nPreparation and delivery of various regular reports to internal stakeholders.\nPreparation/input of various monthly journals for the month-end routine.\nCalculation and billing of certain shared overhead costs to fellow group entities.\nEnsure that banking procedures are secure and controlled and that any gaps in controls are addressed.\nHold responsibility for banking authorisation and ensure that payments are protected and any missing components are addressed.\nProvide a critical approach to all transactions and recommend improvements. Identify errors/potential errors.What skills are we looking for?\n\nQualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA Accountant. (By exception, where alternative, valuable experience exists, then part qualified may also be considered.)\nSignificant experience creating new processes and leading through change to delivery, often without guidance\nClear and concise communication skills, both verbal and written\nSignificant experience in similar accounting roles.\nSolid, demonstrable skill in the technical aspects of accounting procedure\nAmbitious / Pro-active - delivers the expected result and offers suggestions for improvement\nStrong team player, able to build strong relationships with team members and business stakeholders; Sense of fun, energy and team building.\nStrong analytical skills What's on offer?\n\nCompetitive salary of £55,000 - £60,000\n25 days annual leave with bank holidays off\nHybrid working and flexible start/finish\nSocial events\nHealth Insurance\nModern, purpose built offices with parking nearby\nEasy to commute on the train, 10 minute walk from Leeds station!Apply for this role below, or contact Kayley for more information.\n\nTo 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

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