Job Description

Dinner Lady is an award winning premium global brand, manufacturing and selling Vape and CBD products in leading retailers like ASDA, Argos, SPAR and EG and across 96 countries

In just 4 years, Dinner Lady has built and an enviable reputation for manufacturing premium quality products and has won more than 41 awards internationally

Our group headquarters are state-of-the art, based in Blackburn and close to M65 and provide a modern exciting working environment

Due to recent business growth, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Management Accountant. This role will require a strong candidate to oversee the management accounts function, its processes, and outputs whilst in at the same time, implementing changes to support the department and the business.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Produce and oversee monthly Management Accounts and Board pack to ensure completion to a high standard.
• Communicate with interdependent departments to resolve queries and get to root cause of issues to ensure they do not occur again - focussing on the risk process.
• Identify areas of improvement and establish innovative or adjust existing workplace procedures and practices.
• Produce high quality work to assist management in making key strategic decisions.
• Continually adapt and improve management reports as agreed with the Finance Director.
• Review variance analysis and commentary in support of the Board pack.
• Assist with the preparation of annual budgets/forecasts.
• Perform key balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ensure key supplier reconciliations are kept up to date and cash flow is managed effectively.
• Work effectively to meet deadlines and organise workload and priorities.
• Manage a team of 3, some of whom are in the process of obtaining relevant qualifications and are looking to increase their own responsibilities
• Other ad-hoc duties as prescribed by the Finance Director.

Person Specification

• Qualified- ACA, ACCA or CIMA (Required)
• Experience of Sage 200 accounting package would be advantageous.
• Excellent IT skills and highly proficient with MS Excel.
• Strong spreadsheet manipulation skills.
• Ability to input, retrieve and analyse data.
• Ability to develop and improve report formats in line with business needs.
• Ability to deliver accurate, high quality work and reports to aid decision making.
• Hands-on commitment to getting the job done.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Consistent performance even when under pressure.
• Self-motivation and drive with the ability to motivate own team.
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels and to do so with confidence.
• Proven relationship and approachable nature.
• Flexible approach to work, willing to play a full role in ensuring the success of the team.
• Wealth of experience from working in variety of business.
• Pro-active and approachable nature.

Why Join Us?

• Full Time Permanent Role
• Market leading Salary
• Competitive Annual Leave
• Learning & Development to help career progression
• Option to work remotely from home
• State-of-the art office environment
• Close to M65 and M66 motorways
• Free onsite parking
• Free tea & coffee
• Company Pension
• Employee Discounts

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified- ACA, ACCA or CIMA (Required) • Experience of Sage 200 accounting package would be advantageous. • Excellent IT skills and highly proficient with MS Excel. • Strong spreadsheet manipulation skills. • Ability to input, retrieve and analyse data. • Ability to develop and improve report formats in line with business needs. • Ability to deliver accurate, high quality work and reports to aid decision making. • Hands-on commitment to getting the job done. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. • Strong organisational and time management skills. • Consistent performance even when under pressure. • Self-motivation and drive with the ability to motivate own team. • Able to communicate effectively at all levels and to do so with confidence. • Proven relationship and approachable nature. • Flexible approach to work, willing to play a full role in ensuring the success of the team. • Wealth of experience from working in variety of business. • Pro-active and approachable nature.