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The client are a global hospitality and catering company, that have 8 restaurants around the world. The head office is based in the City of London, and they are looking for someone that can join the team as an Assistant Accountant. The team is made up of 6 people, and they are looking for a progressive candidate to help the growing team and business.
Client Details
The client are a well-known restaurant and hospitality brand that are eager to grow their finance team in London. The business have 8 locations across the globe and are looking to expand to a few additional regions. The team are super friendly, hard working and the company is a great place to work. They are keen to get a candidate who is eager to progress through the company and that comes from a hospitality background (desirable, not essential).
Description
The successful Assistant Accountant will:
- Reporting of daily, weekly, and monthly sales for the operating entities and licensed restaurants. Sales journal and receipt reconciliations.
- Cost of Sales reporting and reconciliation. This is a key metric with operational with significant senior management focus.
- Payroll journal and reporting.
- Accuracy of accounts payable including invoice processing, approval request, supplier statement reconciliations, preparation of supplier pay run.
- Daily bank reconciliations, petty cash, expense card reconciliations.
- Inventory, waste reporting etc.
- Ownership of the Fixed Asset Registers for the operating entities.
- Accruals and prepayments reporting
- Assistance with monthly profit and loss, balance sheet reconciliation and management accounts.
- Partnering with the business to provide insightful information e.g. sales actual versus targets, ad-hoc requests etc.
- Assisting with audit queries and the provision of information requested by the external auditors.
- Process and control improvement and ad-hoc projects.
Profile
The successful Assistant Accountant will:
- Have approximately 2-3 years of experience in a finance role
- Prior working experience in the finance team of a hospitality business (highly desirable, not essential)
- Experience working across both the Accounts Payable and Receivable teams
- Exposure to month-end accounts
- Strong Excel skills (V-lookups, Pivot Tables, Formulas)
- Prior experience working with an ERP system (ie: SAP, Quickbooks etc.)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Job Offer
- £36,500
- 50% discount on food and drinks
- Cycle to work scheme
- 28 days holiday
- Pension
- Study Support
- Disc. bonus
