Interim Accountant - large company
- Recruiter
- Brewster Pratap Recruitment Group
- Location
- Sheffield
- Posted
- 19 Jul 2018
- Closes
- 31 Aug 2018
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
The Company
Brewster Pratap are recruiting for a large company in Sheffield who are looking to recruit an Interim Accountant to help with a project for 3 months
The Job
This job will report to the Divisional Finance Director and is a short term placement to review the Operating Company (OpCo) internal controls (based on the businesses Key Controls Framework) and implement control improvement actions identified as part of the review
- Ensuring financial procedures and processes are improved upon and there is a robust structure in place to maintain these going forward
- Developing OpCo policies and procedures, helping to drive consistency across branches where applicable
- Producing reports and summaries to engage and update key stakeholders
- Ensuring evidence exists to support assessments and to provide assurance to internal and external audit. Working with Internal Audit / Group Risk Manager to ensure our controls meet the needs of the business and ensures an efficient external audit process and controls reliance
- Identify control weaknesses and influence process owners to implement agreed changes in a timely and effective manner
- Reviewing internal audit reports to understand key issues and implementing required audit actions
The Person
- Qualified accountant - preferably ACA or ACCA
- Rounded technical skills - expertise across a range of accounting and financial areas
- A broad understanding of business processes, and experience of evaluating risks and designing and implementing control improvements
- Driving process change / improvements - results orientated
- Able to self-motivate, organise and take responsibility for own workload to ensure that deadlines and objectives are delivered on time and to the required standard.
- Analytical skills - ability to identify core issues and provide assessments
- High attention to detail and accuracy.
- Inquisitive and logical thinker in order to understand and deconstruct OpCo processes to ensure compliance and identify potential improvements
- Demonstrate professional communication skills, collaborative across the organisation, with the ability to interact at all levels
- Proficient in Microsoft Office packages, in particular Excel
Brewster Pratap Recruitment Group focuses on the recruitment of talent in South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. If you are interested in discussing this job in more detail or any other aspect of recruitment and talent identification we would really like to hear from you. Please visit our website at www.brewsterpratap.co.uk for more information on Jobs or Recruitment.