Financial Accounting & Reporting Assistant Controller

Financial Accounting & Reporting Assistant Controller

Location: Sheffield

3 days a week in office.

About Insight

Insight is a Fortune 500-ranked global Solutions Integrator, helping organisations accelerate their digital transformation journey. We combine the power of people and technology to deliver hardware, software, cloud and managed service solutions that empower our clients to modernise, innovate and thrive.

We're looking for a talented Financial Accounting & Reporting Assistant Controller to join our EMEA Finance team and play a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity, accuracy and compliance of our financial reporting across the region.

The Opportunity

As Financial Accounting & Reporting Assistant Controller, you'll be a key member of the EMEA Finance Reporting team, supporting the delivery of high-quality financial reporting and ensuring compliance with US GAAP, SOX requirements and Insight's global reporting standards.

This is an exciting opportunity for a finance professional who enjoys combining technical accounting expertise with process improvement and stakeholder collaboration. You'll help drive best practice across the business, support the delivery of statutory and management reporting requirements, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen financial controls and reporting processes across EMEA.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Accounting

• Support the delivery of accurate and timely financial reporting for EMEA entities.
• Assist in managing and maintaining the general ledger and ensuring the integrity of financial data.
• Support revenue reporting activities, including:
• Revenue recognition compliance
• Gross vs. net revenue reporting
• Segment and line-of-business reporting
• Data integrity within revenue recognition processes
• Ensure costs are recognised appropriately in accordance with accounting standards and company policies.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts and finance teams in the preparation of financial statements.
• Support the reconciliation and substantiation of balance sheet accounts, ensuring any review actions are followed up and resolved.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual consolidated reporting, including disclosures supporting SEC reporting requirements such as Quarterly 10-Q and Annual 10-K filings.

Compliance, Controls & Governance

• Support compliance with US GAAP, SOX controls and internal financial policies.
• Assist in maintaining and enhancing financial control documentation and testing procedures.
• Help identify and assess risks within financial reporting processes and support remediation activities.
• Ensure the completeness, accuracy and integrity of source data used in financial reporting.
• Support the implementation and adoption of new accounting policies, financial reporting standards and SOX requirements.
• Promote consistent application of accounting policies and reporting standards across the EMEA region.

Continuous Improvement & Change Management

• Contribute to projects focused on operational excellence, process optimisation and standardisation.
• Support the implementation of global finance systems, controls and processes.
• Assist with aligning EMEA finance practices with global standards across North America and APAC.
• Champion data accuracy, process efficiency and best practice across all reporting activities.

What You'll Bring

• Strong understanding of financial reporting, accounting principles and controls.
• Working knowledge of US GAAP and SOX compliance requirements.
• Experience preparing financial statements, balance sheet reconciliations and reporting packs.
• Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret complex financial data and communicate findings clearly.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• A continuous improvement mindset and willingness to challenge existing processes.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working within complex finance environments.

Why Insight?

At Insight, you'll be part of a collaborative and inclusive culture where your ideas and expertise can make a real impact. We invest in our people, encourage innovation and provide opportunities for growth and development across a truly global organisation.

Join us and help shape the future of financial reporting excellence across EMEA.

Ready to Apply?
If you're looking for a role where you can combine technical accounting expertise with strategic business impact, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and become part of Insight's journey.

About Insight: 

We believe that by giving you the freedom to think big and empower you to reach your full potential, together we will achieve the best outcomes. Along with excellent benefits and a compelling reward package, we offer the opportunity to work in a supportive environment with a high level of autonomy and creativity - there’s a reason our average employee tenure is over 6 years.

We strive to display our three core values of Hunger, Heart and Harmony every day. They represent and drive who we are here at Insight and by doing so we are doing amazing things. Insight started in a garage in 1988 and it is through harnessing our three core values that two brothers, Eric and Tim Crown, steered Insight to the Fortune 500 company it is today. We are now a Global IT Services and Solutions business, passionate about helping customers and the real people who sit behind them. 

Application Details: 

Insight is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to achieving diversity and equality within our organisation. We seek out people from diverse backgrounds and encourage you to apply. 

We will endeavour to contact you within five business days, should we feel your profile is a good match for this role. If you do not hear from us within this timeframe, please presume that on this occasion, your application was not successful. 

A full job description will be provided upon application.

Insight is committed to providing equal opportunities for all applicants and recognizes and values the unique talents and perspectives which individuals with disabilities bring to our workplace and we encourage them to apply. Any information provided regarding changes or adjustments will be kept confidential and used solely for the purpose of ensuring all our candidates can perform at their very best during the recruitment process.