Job Description

Role Overview

Here at Dobbies Garden Centres, we are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Accounts Assistant to join our Finance team. Working within the Purchase Ledger team processing invoices, purchase orders and handling enquiries. Providing great customer service to our suppliers whilst building strong relationships across the business. Our Accounts Assistant role offers a hybrid pattern of home working and working from our Central Support Office. You can choose to work more frequently in the office if you\'d prefer.

What You\'ll be doing:

• Recording and updating purchase ledger invoices on our system
• Processing invoices and preparing for payment
• Completing regular supplier statement reconciliations
• Setting up new suppliers and building relationships
• Investigating queries by communicating with our various departments and stores

Systems

• Excel
• Microsoft D365

Personal attributes

• Excellent organisation skills with strong attention to detail
• Highly numerate
• 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

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• Invoices are processed with accuracy and KPIs are met
• Our suppliers and colleagues throughout the business receive great service.
• Issues are handled efficiently.

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Key relationships

Our suppliers, Purchase Ledger Team, wider Finance and CSO teams and the Centre teams.

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Who is proactive and has a genuine desire to deliver great customer service. Wants to build their career in a Finance function.

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Team Leader or other roles within the Shared Services Team. Move to another Finance team in the role of Finance Analyst. Study relevant Finance qualifications

What we offer

• Holiday - enjoy a well deserved break with 33 annual leave days per year (pro-rata for part time)
• 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, 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, and book swap
• Invites to our annual company conference, summer and Christmas social events
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About Dobbies
For 150 years, the Dobbies name has stood for quality. During this time we\'ve been proud to provide the very best products and expert advice to gardeners throughout the UK.

Today Dobbies is UK\'s largest Garden Centre retailer with stores across Scotland, England and Northern Ireland. Naturally, we have one of the biggest and best ranges of quality plants and gardening equipment around. You don\'t have to be an avid gardener to enjoy Dobbies because, as well as having everything to make your garden grow, we have everything you need to simply relax and enjoy your garden - and much more.

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