JOB: ACCOUNTS MANAGER

SALARY: 35-40K + BONUS + PARKING

LOCATION: LEEDS (LS13)

The Business & Opportunity:

Lyons Recruitment are delighted to be working in a retained partnership with this highly reputable, profitable and established textile company. As a family-run business throughout many generations, they have always been a market leader supplying the UK’s leading retailers aswell as exporting worldwide.

As part of their continued growth, they require a hands-on Accounts Manager to take responsibility for all finance related tasks, with the help of a small team. Reporting to the Directors, you will be part of the management team, providing add-value information to the rest of the business. 

You will be based at their main premises, conveniently located between Leeds and Bradford.

Specific Requirement:

Your remit will be wide, predominantly finance related, whilst also being the point of contact for HR queries.

You will produce accounts to trial balance, manage a small team, and take responsibility for weekly wages and HR tasks. Specifically, this will include…

• Manage the accounts team consisting of two assistants.
• Attendance and input at weekly management meetings.
• Point of contact and liaison with external accountants.
• Accounts to trial-balance. 
• Month end procedures including the General Ledger of 2 companies.
• Quarterly mending statistics.
• Balance sheet accounts.
• Quarterly VAT Returns.
• Manage all export related documents and queries.
• Daily Cash reports.
• Resolve Sales and Purchase ledger queries.
• Credit Control.
• Manage accounting systems (Pegasus Opera)
• Weekly and monthly payroll duties.
• Other HR tasks such as personnel files, managing absences, pensions & recruitment. 

Skills & Experience required:

• Likely to be Qualified By Experience (QBE), but qualified accountants (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) are also welcome to apply.
• Ideally worked in a similar hands-on capacity with an SME.
• Worked within industry such as manufacturing, textile, engineering, FMCG.
• Experience with international/multi-currency payments, together will knowledge of exporting will be helpful.
• Competent user of Excel. (Pegasus Opera will also prove advantageous, but is by no means essential). 
• Thrive working in a family-run business and culture, with strong interpersonal skills to manage the accounts team and liaise at all levels.
• Whilst your accounting skills will be considered most important, any knowledge of HR procedures will also prove beneficial.

What’s on Offer:

• A competitive starting salary of between £35,000-£40,000
• Generous Bonus scheme.
• Free on-site parking at their premises, located between Leeds & Bradford, hence easily accessible from most of West Yorkshire.
• Standard hours are 8.30am-5.15pm (4.30pm on a Friday). However, an element of flexitime will certainly be considered for the right candidate.

Next Steps:



Interviews are to be conducted imminently; hence you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

N.B. Lyons Recruitment have been retained, hence any direct or other agency applications will be disregarded.