Company Accountant

Acuity Associates; Leeds; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Direct exposure to MD

Broad finance scope

Month-end experience

Job summary

Acuity Associates in Leeds seeks a hands-on Company Accountant to own day-to-day finance activities in a practical SME environment. This role focuses on accurate bookkeeping, VAT and reconciliations, and timely month-end processes.

You will work closely with the Managing Director, taking responsibility across the finance function, with opportunities to enhance management accounts and cash-flow reporting in a supportive, owner-managed business.

Qualifications

• Strong bookkeeping and accounting experience.
• Good knowledge of VAT and reconciliations.
• Experience of month-end processes.
• Experience with journals, accruals and prepayments.
• Strong attention to detail.
• A practical, hands-on approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage purchase and sales ledgers.
• Perform bank and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Process supplier payments and credit control.
• Prepare VAT returns and related compliance.
• Record journals, accruals, and prepayments.
• Support payroll activities as needed.
• Assist month-end closing and management accounts.
• Produce cash-flow reporting and forecasting.
• Support year-end requirements and audits.
• Identify and improve finance processes and controls.

Skills

Bookkeeping

VAT knowledge

Reconciliations

Month-end processes

Journals and accruals

Detail orientation

Hands-on approach

Job description

An established, family-owned business in Leeds is looking for a hands-on Company Accountant to take ownership of its day-to-day finance activity.

The business provides design, installation and ongoing maintenance services within a specialist workplace environment. This is a practical SME finance role for someone who enjoys working in the detail and keeping the numbers accurate and up to date.

The Role

You will be responsible for:

• Purchase and sales ledger
• Bank and balance sheet reconciliations
• Supplier payments and credit control
• VAT returns
• Journals, accruals and prepayments
• Payroll support
• Month-end preparation
• Supporting management accounts
• Cash-flow reporting
• Supporting year-end requirements
• Improving finance processes and controls

You will work closely with the Managing Director and will be trusted to keep the day-to-day finance function running accurately and efficiently.

This is a genuinely hands-on role, so you need to be comfortable doing the bookkeeping and transactional work yourself rather than sitting above the detail.

About You

You may currently be working as a Company Accountant, Senior Bookkeeper, Accounts Senior, Assistant Accountant or Accounts Manager.

You will ideally have:

• Strong bookkeeping and accounting experience
• Good knowledge of VAT and reconciliations
• Experience of month-end processes
• Experience with journals, accruals and prepayments
• Strong attention to detail
• A practical, hands-on approach

Experience within an SME or owner-managed business would be particularly useful.

You may be qualified, part-qualified or qualified by experience.

What’s on Offer

• Performance-related bonus
• Direct exposure to the Managing Director
• Broad responsibility across the finance function
• Opportunity to develop your month-end and management accounts experience