Management Accountant

Here at The Edinburgh Woollen Mill we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our vibrant head office team as a Management Accountant based at our Head Office in Carlisle, Cumbria.

If you would like to be part of a forward-thinking business and have a job with excellent career prospects, we would love to hear from you.

As well as being part of an exciting and dynamic team you will also have the opportunity to gain an industry recognised qualification within your first 18 months if you wish to do so.

Main Responsibilities:

- Produce monthly management accounts to the agreed reporting timetable for a number of business units
- Produce annual budgets and forecasts.
- Support budget holders with analysis and review of the accounts.
- Produce balance sheet reconciliations
- Maintain fixed asset registers.
- Prepare quarterly VAT returns.
- Coordinating information from overseas operations
- Produce monthly journal postings to the general ledger
- Any Ad Hoc analysis or statistics as required.

What we are looking for?
- Previous experience in a similar position
- Experience with different software packages, including spreadsheets and data base applications.
- A proactive approach to problem solving.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- The ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
- Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team.
- The ability to interact with financial and non financial managers at different levels

About us:

The Edinburgh Woollen Mill is a retail business comprising of over 200 units, including High Street, Tourist & Destination sites, predominantly Fashion and Home.

Head Office

The company headquarters are in Carlisle, Cumbria. Carlisle has a principal station on the West Coast main line from London Euston and sits on the M6 motorway. This location provides ready access to the major facilities expected of a city, combined with the possibility of living in one of the finest countryside areas in the UK.

Almost every conceivable type of outdoors and countryside activity is at hand. There are fishing rivers, hill walking areas and golf courses nearby and the Lake District is a short drive away.

High Street stores

The Edinburgh Woollen Mill has mainstream high street stores selling ladies and menswear for the 45 plus customer. Outlets are located in a wide variety of market and provincial towns across the UK and Ireland

Tourist Shops and Visitor Centres

We have specialty tourist stores, where gift items and other products reflect the stores location. The outlets, which trade under an individual, often local, fascia, are in key tourist locations throughout the UK. Many stores are on busy tourist routes and benefit from coach visits where food service and exhibitions are all part of the attraction.

Destination Shopping

There are Destination Sites which contain all of the Company's concepts and other brands to increase their attractiveness as a retail destination. The sites trade under local, individual fascias such as Antartex Village, and Kernow Mill, Mackinnon Mills.

If you would like to be part of a forward-thinking business and have a job with excellent career prospects, we would love to hear from you!