Financial Accounting Manager

The Role

Full Time 39 Hours

Permanent

Hybrid working (Head Office Windermere – minimum 3 day per week)

£50,000 - £60,000 per annum depending on experience

This is an exciting opportunity for a new role within the Financial Control Team.

You will support the Head of Financial Control and the wider business on matters relating to financial processes and accounting, treasury management, audit and business reporting.

You will be responsible for all property related accounting, including developing and implementing new FRS102 Lease Accounting procedures along with leading year end processes and completing VAT returns. Constant review of financial processes to ensure they are well controlled, compliant and efficient and developing internal controls. Leadership of team members and collaborating with the wider finance function whilst developing relationships with stakeholders across the business.

About You

You’ll be highly literate in financial and IT systems and have great excel skills, highly numerate with an understanding of accounting principles and how to apply them with accuracy and a great attention to detail. A qualified accountant with a minimum of 3 years PQ, you will be a technically strong accountant that enjoys developing processes and controls and seeking improvements and efficiencies in ways of working.

You need to be creative, proactive and show initiative and be a completer finisher, willing and enthusiastic in the follow up of actions and opportunities.

You’ll be happy working independently whilst also enjoying being part of a team, sharing information, knowledge & experience freely and building and maintaining positive relationships. You will have experience of leading, coaching and developing a team.

About Lakeland

Founded in the early 60s, we're still a family-owned business with the same strong values of quality and customer care now as when we first started. From selling plastic bags for home freezing from the Rayner family garage in Windermere, to over 4000 kitchen and home products today, Lakeland has grown to the extent that we now send out thousands of parcels a day from our Kendal despatch centre, and we have stores nationwide, stretching from Aberdeen to Exeter, with more in the pipeline.

Benefits

There are many benefits to being part of the Lakeland team. Other than being part of a huge and happy working family, our colleagues are rewarded with a competitive salary, discretionary bonus scheme and a group personal pension plan.

There are 29 days’ paid holiday (including bank holidays) and generous discounts on our products. We offer a great retail environment, and the chance to be part of a team who like to work and socialise together.

You will also have access to our Employee Assistance Programme provided by The Retail Trust which includes many benefits such as:

·Health and wellbeing services

·Financial aid / wellbeing

·Counselling services

·Online therapy

·Learning and development services

·Retail discounts