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Group Finance Manager, London (Hybrid), £75,000
Overview:
Are you a fully-qualified, commercially astute finance professional with a passion for hospitality? We’re looking for a Group Finance Manager to join a prestigious collection of high-end restaurants, renowned for their exceptional dining experiences, innovative concepts, and impeccable service.
As a key strategic partner to senior leadership, you’ll oversee financial operations across the group, ensuring robust controls, insightful analysis, and seamless financial reporting. This is a hands-on role, ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to make a tangible impact on a growing, dynamic business.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Financial Leadership
- Take full ownership of end-to-end financial management for a specific brand or group of brands, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Review and present monthly management accounts, including detailed commentary on variances and performance.
- Develop and present board packs, providing actionable insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Join the budgeting and forecasting process, ensuring alignment with the brand’s strategic goals and the group’s financial framework.
2. Strategic Partnership
- Identify opportunities to enhance profitability and implement cost efficiencies across the brand.
- Support the creation of business cases for new initiatives, expansions, and investments.
- Deliver data-driven insights to inform strategic planning and execution.
3. Team Collaboration & Management
- Work closely with the centralised Group Finance team to maintain consistency in reporting, compliance, and best practices.
- Provide mentorship and leadership to junior finance team members, fostering a culture of growth and excellence.
4. Compliance & Controls
- Ensure compliance with group-wide policies, financial controls, and statutory requirements.
- Oversee cashflow management and ensure effective working capital management for the brand(s).
- Support external audits and year-end processes.
Key Skills & Experience Required:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with at least five years of post-qualification experience, preferably in the hospitality or retail sector.
- Proven experience in a senior finance role, managing multi-site entities.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to present complex data effectively to non-financial stakeholders.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and nurture relationships across all levels.
- Highly organised, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Proficiency in financial systems (e.g., Sage Intacct, Power BI) and advanced Excel skills.
