The Business & Opportunity: Fantastic opportunity to join an established family run business, who are a market leading and reputable importing company. They now have an opportunity for a Company Accountant / Bookkeeper to take full responsibility for their accounts function. You will be based at their prestigious and impressive offices located on the North East side of Leeds. Requirement: Reporting to the Managing Director, together with regular liaison with the external accountant, you will carry out a hands-on, all-encompassing Finance role. You will take responsibility for daily end-to-end Finance, Payroll, HMRC and Audit compliances, together with month and year-end operations. This will include Month End Reporting: Reviewing Balances Monthly Cash Flow tracking Reviewing Profit and Loss and Trial Balance Ensuring ledgers are clean for external accountant review. Investigating errors and creating journals when errors are identified. Year-End/External Accountant Liaison: Ensuring Nominals for Paye, wage and pensions nominals accounts are reconciled with no discrepancies against HMRC and pension's provider portals. Final reconciliations for cashbooks (USO, EURO, GBP) Supporting the external accountant with year-end journals Cash Handlings & Administrations: Handling daily cash and preparing banking Managing petty cash including reconciliation and replenishment Supporting general finance administration and record keeping Bank daily recompilations GBP, USD, EURO Purchasing foreign currency for business requirement and recording transactions accurately Purchase & Sales Ledger: Posting UK supplier invoices Recording credit notes Supplier statement reconciliations Resolving supplier queries Preparing payments runs and postings for UK suppliers and international suppliers on a weekly basis Monitoring age creditors Recording differences and leasing with suppliers. Raising credit and debit notes and send to suppliers as per request by the imports department Other: Processing weekly and monthly payroll Submitting RTI returns to HMRC Vat preparation and submission quarterly Skills & Experience Required: Experienced Bookkeeper.or Accountant. Qualified to AAT Level 3 as a minimum requirement. Likely to have worked in an SME, where you have performed a varied role. Highly organised, self-motivated, excellent communicator and a good eye for detail. What's On Offer : A competitive salary in the region of £32,000 - £37,500 Free on-site parking. Generous Holiday allocation Next Steps: Interviews are to be conducted imminently, hence you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
May 15, 2026
Full time
The Business & Opportunity: Fantastic opportunity to join an established family run business, who are a market leading and reputable importing company. They now have an opportunity for a Company Accountant / Bookkeeper to take full responsibility for their accounts function. You will be based at their prestigious and impressive offices located on the North East side of Leeds. Requirement: Reporting to the Managing Director, together with regular liaison with the external accountant, you will carry out a hands-on, all-encompassing Finance role. You will take responsibility for daily end-to-end Finance, Payroll, HMRC and Audit compliances, together with month and year-end operations. This will include Month End Reporting: Reviewing Balances Monthly Cash Flow tracking Reviewing Profit and Loss and Trial Balance Ensuring ledgers are clean for external accountant review. Investigating errors and creating journals when errors are identified. Year-End/External Accountant Liaison: Ensuring Nominals for Paye, wage and pensions nominals accounts are reconciled with no discrepancies against HMRC and pension's provider portals. Final reconciliations for cashbooks (USO, EURO, GBP) Supporting the external accountant with year-end journals Cash Handlings & Administrations: Handling daily cash and preparing banking Managing petty cash including reconciliation and replenishment Supporting general finance administration and record keeping Bank daily recompilations GBP, USD, EURO Purchasing foreign currency for business requirement and recording transactions accurately Purchase & Sales Ledger: Posting UK supplier invoices Recording credit notes Supplier statement reconciliations Resolving supplier queries Preparing payments runs and postings for UK suppliers and international suppliers on a weekly basis Monitoring age creditors Recording differences and leasing with suppliers. Raising credit and debit notes and send to suppliers as per request by the imports department Other: Processing weekly and monthly payroll Submitting RTI returns to HMRC Vat preparation and submission quarterly Skills & Experience Required: Experienced Bookkeeper.or Accountant. Qualified to AAT Level 3 as a minimum requirement. Likely to have worked in an SME, where you have performed a varied role. Highly organised, self-motivated, excellent communicator and a good eye for detail. What's On Offer : A competitive salary in the region of £32,000 - £37,500 Free on-site parking. Generous Holiday allocation Next Steps: Interviews are to be conducted imminently, hence you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
The Business & Opportunity: Are you currently working for an accountancy practice and ready for a new challenge? Maybe youre now craving the responsibility of managing your own client portfolio? Or perhaps youre looking to step away from a long-hours larger firm culture into a friendly and established small-medium sized practice who offer a true work-life balance click apply for full job details
May 14, 2026
Full time
The Business & Opportunity: Are you currently working for an accountancy practice and ready for a new challenge? Maybe youre now craving the responsibility of managing your own client portfolio? Or perhaps youre looking to step away from a long-hours larger firm culture into a friendly and established small-medium sized practice who offer a true work-life balance click apply for full job details
The Business & Opportunity: Looking for a hybrid role with a progressive firm of Chartered Accountants? Due to ongoing growth, they now require an Accounts Senior to play an integral role in their practice. Based at their modern offices near Horsforth, they offer a true hybrid approach to work around you, ensuring you have an excellent work-life balance. This represents a fantastic opportunity to carry out a varied Accounts role in a team friendly environment, suiting someone who enjoys client interaction and is passionate about providing a great service to clients. Specific Requirement: As a Senior you'll work with the management team in the preparation of accounts, audits, tax computations, VAT returns and management accounts for a client portfolio of sole traders, partnerships and limited companies. Specifically, this will include Prepare Financial Statutory Accounts that are fully compliant with FRS 102. Calculate the corporation tax due including good working knowledge of capital allowances. Solve problem areas in accounting including reconciliations of VAT. Take on ad hoc projects such as cash flow statements and projections. Assist clients in management accounts preparation. Communicate effectively to clients on subject areas that are difficult for them to understand. Some supervision and development of more junior colleagues. Skills & Experience Required: Qualified or Part Qualified ACA/ACCA/AAT with experience in Practice. Enjoy client interaction. Good working knowledge of VAT. Audit experience would help but is by no means a pre-requisite. Knowledge of Personal Taxation and ability to prepare a self-assessment tax return. Good IT skills, including experience of using different accounting packages or systems and Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. Confident communicator, able to liaise with clients and colleagues at all levels. What s on Offer: A competitive starting salary in the region of £37,000 - £41,000 Hybrid approach, offering an excellent work-life balance to work around you. 37-hour week with flexitime. Free on-site parking at their modern offices near Horsforth. Generous Holiday Allocation. Next Steps: Interviews are to be conducted imminently; hence you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
May 08, 2026
Full time
The Business & Opportunity: Looking for a hybrid role with a progressive firm of Chartered Accountants? Due to ongoing growth, they now require an Accounts Senior to play an integral role in their practice. Based at their modern offices near Horsforth, they offer a true hybrid approach to work around you, ensuring you have an excellent work-life balance. This represents a fantastic opportunity to carry out a varied Accounts role in a team friendly environment, suiting someone who enjoys client interaction and is passionate about providing a great service to clients. Specific Requirement: As a Senior you'll work with the management team in the preparation of accounts, audits, tax computations, VAT returns and management accounts for a client portfolio of sole traders, partnerships and limited companies. Specifically, this will include Prepare Financial Statutory Accounts that are fully compliant with FRS 102. Calculate the corporation tax due including good working knowledge of capital allowances. Solve problem areas in accounting including reconciliations of VAT. Take on ad hoc projects such as cash flow statements and projections. Assist clients in management accounts preparation. Communicate effectively to clients on subject areas that are difficult for them to understand. Some supervision and development of more junior colleagues. Skills & Experience Required: Qualified or Part Qualified ACA/ACCA/AAT with experience in Practice. Enjoy client interaction. Good working knowledge of VAT. Audit experience would help but is by no means a pre-requisite. Knowledge of Personal Taxation and ability to prepare a self-assessment tax return. Good IT skills, including experience of using different accounting packages or systems and Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. Confident communicator, able to liaise with clients and colleagues at all levels. What s on Offer: A competitive starting salary in the region of £37,000 - £41,000 Hybrid approach, offering an excellent work-life balance to work around you. 37-hour week with flexitime. Free on-site parking at their modern offices near Horsforth. Generous Holiday Allocation. Next Steps: Interviews are to be conducted imminently; hence you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
The Business & Opportunity: Looking for a hybrid role with a progressive firm of Chartered Accountants? Due to ongoing growth, they now require an Accounts Senior to play an integral role in their practice. Based at their modern offices near Horsforth, they offer a true hybrid approach to work around you, ensuring you have an excellent work-life balance click apply for full job details
Oct 03, 2025
Full time
The Business & Opportunity: Looking for a hybrid role with a progressive firm of Chartered Accountants? Due to ongoing growth, they now require an Accounts Senior to play an integral role in their practice. Based at their modern offices near Horsforth, they offer a true hybrid approach to work around you, ensuring you have an excellent work-life balance click apply for full job details
The Business & Opportunity: Lyons Recruitment are delighted to be working in exclusive partnership with an exciting fast growth business who are making big strides in their market. Due to this ongoing growth, they have created a new opportunity for a Financial Accounting Manager. Leading a small team, you will take responsibility for overseeing the financial reporting, compliance and consolidation click apply for full job details
Sep 24, 2025
Full time
The Business & Opportunity: Lyons Recruitment are delighted to be working in exclusive partnership with an exciting fast growth business who are making big strides in their market. Due to this ongoing growth, they have created a new opportunity for a Financial Accounting Manager. Leading a small team, you will take responsibility for overseeing the financial reporting, compliance and consolidation click apply for full job details