Management Accountant

The client I am working with is an accounting company that manage all components of finance for a number of hospitality and catering brands across London. They work with a number of very popular brands based all over London and the head office is based in the West End (Soho). They are looking for a Management Accountant to join their team on a permanent basis to take full ownership of one of their brands (made up of 13 restaurants).

Client Details

The company is based in the West End (Soho) and they are looking for a Senior Management Accountant to join the team of 8 and take full control of one of their brands. The successful candidate will have previous experience in a similar role within a multi-site hospitality business (restaurants, hotels or leisure - must be one of these) and they are looking for a bubbly & friendly person to join their vibrant and incredible team.

Description

The successful Management Accountant will:

• Preparation of monthly management accounts

- Reconciliation and checking of underlying data
- Ensuring regular month end procedures are executed
- Reconciliation of monthly management accounts to weekly sales and cost reports
- Reviewing P&L against expectations
- Balance sheet reconciliations including detailed accruals and prepayments and the review of such reconciliations by other finance team members
- Providing commentary on variance from expectations and other key matters
- Generating monthly management account packs and issuing to the Board, senior management and individual restaurant locations.
- Assisting the Board, senior management and restaurant managers with management account queries.

• Preparation of Key Performance Indicators packs across the group along with quarterly/half yearly bonus calculations.
• Year end closure and preparation of information for auditors and dealing with their queries.
• Preparation of information for annual corporation tax packs and capital allowances packs.
• Quarterly VAT reconciliations, filing and payment.
• Production of annual budgets and liaison with key stakeholders in ensuring timely delivery.
• Providing turnover information to landlords as stipulated in leases.
• Calculating, invoicing and collecting fees due from franchisees.
• Providing training for new restaurant managers and other operational management in understanding and using profit and loss accounts and management accounting information.
• Management of staff including usual on the job training and appraisal processes.

Profile

The successful Management Accountant will:

• MUST have previous experience in a similar role
• MUST have previous experience working in a multi-site hospitality business (restaurants, hotels, leisure industry)
• Experience dealing with cost of sales and management account production
• Will be a finalist in either their ACCA or CIMA qualification (desirable)
• Passion for food and restaurants
• Be confident
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Be good at Excel (Pivot Tables and VLOOKUPS etc)
• Have previous experience working with Sage 200 (desirable, not essential)

Job Offer

• £40,000 - £45,000
• Discounts on restaurants
• Study Support (pay for exams and courses, and additional time off for exams)