Company Accountant

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