Finance Manager
Sector: Multi-site hospitality
Salary: up to £60,000
Reporting into: Group Finance Controller
This is a very dynamic and young restaurant group with truly authentic flavours. Their restaurants are incredibly successful and full of character. As they're expanding, they are looking to bring in a new Finance Manager.
The Finance Manager will be working as a link between the junior finance team and the Group Finance Controller, and have some hospitality, ideally multi-site experience. You will also ensure adequate and appropriate financial controls, processes and procedures exist in respect of day-to-day financial functions, whilst assisting with the year-end audit.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure the accuracy of the general ledger and perform monthly reconciliations.
- Oversee financial transactions across all entities, ensuring accurate recording, filing, and reporting.
- Prepare monthly management accounts, meeting deadlines and maintaining accurate records for all entities.
- Report monthly management accounts vs. budget to key stakeholders.
- Prepare and file quarterly VAT returns for UK entities with HMRC.
- Review and approve account analysis, reconciliations, and journal entries.
- Maintain monthly balance sheet reconciliations for all sites.
- Consult with external advisors for HMRC and Companies House compliance.
- Assist in preparing statutory accounts, year-end accounts, audit files, and budgets.
- Support the annual audit process, liaising with external auditors as needed.
- Enhance internal controls, working with the Group Financial Controller to implement policies.
- Manage and develop financial accountants and finance assistants.
- Perform other ad-hoc finance duties as required.
The successful candidate:
- ACCA, CIMA or ACA part or fully qualified..
- Experience in multi-site hospitality is preferred.
- Possess advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Experience in Quickbooks is desirable but not essential.
- Previous experience managing a team.