Interim Finance Analyst
Posted 3 days ago by Sewell Wallis Ltd
£550 Per day
Fixed-Term
Hybrid
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Summary: Sewell Wallis is seeking a Financial Analyst for a 6-month fixed-term contract to address a backlog of intercompany and balance sheet reconciliations for a global professional services firm in Leeds. The role requires advanced Excel skills to analyze large data sets and ensure accurate financial reporting. The analyst will work independently within the finance team, collaborating with project leaders and directors to resolve discrepancies and improve data integrity. This position offers a competitive daily rate and flexible working arrangements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and reconcile a backlog of historic intercompany transactions.
- Conduct balance sheet reconciliations.
- Collaborate with project leaders, directors, and group finance.
- Utilize Excel to manipulate and analyze large data sets for reporting.
Key Skills:
- Experienced finance professional with relevant experience.
- Proven success in a similar role.
- Strong analytical skills for managing large data sets.
- Excellent communication skills for liaising with stakeholders.
- Advanced Excel skills, including V-lookups and Sumifs.
Salary (Rate): £550/day
City: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Sewell Wallis are looking to recruit a Financial Analyst for a 6-month fixed term contract to work through a backlog of intercompany and balance sheet reconciliations for a global professional services business in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
This Financial Analyst role will sit autonomously within the finance team to work on an intercompany and balance sheet project, which involves a significant backlog of transactions. You'll be working forensically to ascertain errors, duplication's, and clean up the data, to allow for accurate understanding and use of the information. You'll need to be able to manipulate and manage large data sets using excel, so advanced excel skills are essential for this role.
What will you be doing?
- Working with the team to understand and review a backlog of historic intercompany transactions to ensure accurate reconciliation.
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- Business partnering with project leaders, directors and group finance
- Utilising excel to manipulate and understand large data sets to then create digestible and useful information.
What skills are we looking for?
- An experienced Finance professional with years of experience
- Evidence of experience in a similar role, with proven success
- Analytical mind, someone who enjoys making sense of large data sets
- Strong communication skills to liaise with project leaders and company directors
- Excellent Excel skills - V-lookups, Sumifs etc.
What's on offer?
- A competitive day rate of up to £550p/d
- Flexible working with 1 or 2 days on site
- Central Leeds location with modern and well equipped offices
- Excellent public transport links and nearby car parks
- Guaranteed 6 months of work
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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.