Financial Reporting Accountant (15 Month Contract)

Financial Reporting Accountant

If you are looking for a new challenge, or maybe the next step in your finance career keep reading. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Financial Reporting Accountant to join our growing Financial Accounting Team.

You will gain experience in a broad and visible role within a high performing team. More importantly, you will be reporting to and collaborating with colleagues from a similar background who understand your skillset and know how best to utilise and develop it in an industry environment.

About the role

In this role, you will constantly strive for excellence when it comes to our external reporting obligations, as well as provide expert accounting guidance and advice that helps drive great decision making and right business outcomes. You will enjoy taking ownership as you’ll be empowered to make decisions as you see them and work with the business to ensure an understanding of accounting issues and our reporting obligations.

The Financial Reporting Accountant will be primarily responsible for the preparation and submissions of the statutory accounts for several subsidiaries, as well as supporting the Group statutory accounts preparation, in a timely manner requiring effective management of both internal resource and the relationship with the external auditor. As well as the financial reporting and audit process there are other responsibilities within the role linked with internal management accounting. This relates to provisions, pension and lease accounting. This role has significant exposure to all departments of the business as well as direct contact with statutory directors.

The team work on a hybrid basis and you will too, with travel to Leeds 1 day a week. Naturally, this may increase when it comes to half year and year end reporting.

About you

The role would suit anyone looking for an exciting new challenge who is newly qualified or an experienced accountant (ACCA/ACA or equivalent). Alongside this you’ll have:

• Knowledge of financial reporting.

• Effective time management skills.

• Demonstrable ability to analyse and validate financial and performance related data.

• A strong attention to detail and a continuous improvement mindset, always looking for ways we can improve our processes for our colleagues and customers.

About us

At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.

Flexibility. We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime during the recruitment process to discuss this.

Development. We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.

Inclusivity. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.

About our Benefits

We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

• Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
• Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals were all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).
• Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.
• Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.
• My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts,

Ready to apply?

If you’re excited about this role and want to be part of the YBS team, click apply now to send us your application.

Want more information?

If you have any questions about this role, please contact Sophie Harrison on sharrison@ybs.co.uk.

Please note applications are reviewed frequently therefore this role may close prior to the advertised closing date