Management Accountant

We have an exciting opportunity for a Management Accountant to join our Finance team, on a 6 month fixed term basis, based in our Central Support Office in Lasswade. Your role will be to support our Finance Team in financial accounting, monthly management accounts, compliance and annual statutory accounts. You'll also provide analysis and insight to support decision making across the business. Responsibilites

• Assisting with preparation of monthly financial reporting packs
• Undertaking month end tasks, such as posting journals, balance sheet analysis and actioning journal corrections where required
• Encouraging the Finance Analysts to think proactively about continuous improvement of the month end reporting process
• Supporting the professional development of the Finance Analysts through mentoring
• Coordinating audit requests during the audit process and acting as a contact for the auditors
• Preparation, monitoring and reporting of key business and financial controls within the business
• Monthly reconciliation of more complex balance sheet accounts e.g. stock
• Monthly review of reconciliations undertaken by Finance Analysts, providing feedback on improvements where required
• Responsible for the year-end stock take accounting process
• Involvement in the preparation of annual budgets
• Coordinating the Finance Analysts to ensure all national statistics reporting is undertaken on a timely and accurate basis
• Preparation of the quarterly VAT return
• Supporting the Financial Controller and Group Financial Reporting Senior Manager with corporation tax, VAT and PAYE queries
• Ad hoc project work as required by the business
  
  Excellent organisation skills with strong attention to detail
• Highly numerate
• Proactive
• Focussed on getting things right and adheres to processes and controls.
• Strong planning, prioritisation, presentation and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable managing multiple tasks with tight deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills, building strong relationships across the business
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Can demonstrate our values at all times - we're one team, getting better everyday. We bring a smile. We live and breathe gardens. We make it work for our customers.
  
  At Dobbies, we're proud to have history dating back to 1865. Founded by James Dobbie, we're the UK's largest garden centre retailer, with 3,800 colleagues and 77 stores, including six little dobbies, and a Central Support Office near Edinburgh.
Our passion and joy for gardens and plants is what makes us special. In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services. We have something for every season, occasion and style of garden, outside and in. Many of our stores also feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed and welcoming environment. At Dobbies, we champion garden living all-year-round and offer a calendar of events and experiences that bring people and communities together. We're committed to being a great place to work. We're one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves, every day; to share their wins and celebrate success. Together, we make it work for our customers.


• Discount - treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls
• Hybrid working - a combination of office and home working to help balance your work life balance
• Pension - save for the future with our company contributed enhanced Group Pension Plan
• Season ticket loans - spread the cost of travel with an interest free loan
• Access to Wagestream - support your financial wellbeing, with ability to access earnings ahead of pay day, save for the future and financial advice
• Access to Retail Trust - seek confidential support, access to a Virtual GP, free counselling service and discounted retail rewards with our employee wellbeing platform
• Access to Dobbies Academy - continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmes
• Study assistance - invest in your professional development with funded courses and qualifications
• The little things to keep you going through the day - free tea, coffee, and milk
• Collaborative office space - with access to our wellbeing room, learning resources and even a book swap
• Invites to our annual company conference, summer and Christmas social events