Senior Finance Assistant

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 a Senior Finance Assistant. 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 Senior Finance Assistant 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 Senior Finance Assistant 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