Group Management Accountant

Eclipse Hotels Group is an international family owned hotel group who are headquartered in West London. Our company's current portfolio includes brands such as Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and EasyHotel, located across the UK, Europe and the Caribbean.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Management Accountant colleague, based at our Head Office location in Parsons Green, West London. You will have the opportunity to join a developing employer who has the passion and drive to deliver first class service and a quality Team Member experience.

Reporting to our Group Accounts Manager, your key responsibilities will be: -

• Ensure that financial statements of the hotels are prepared accurately in time.
• Review monthly financial statements and analyse variances between actuals and budget for all revenues, expenditures and payroll.
• Ensure that balance sheet nominal codes are reconciled monthly and discrepancies are investigated and corrected.
• Assist in preparation of year-end financial reporting and auditing.
• Ensure that annual budgets for hotels are prepared in time.
• Ensure that payroll related information is updated to Sage payroll system in time accurately.
• Ensure that monthly payrolls are reviewed and processed in time with adjustments and deductions entered correctly.
• Ensure that statutory payroll information is submitted in time.
• Ensure that monthly PAYE and year end PAYE is reconciled and submitted in time.
• Process employee expense claims in time.
• Administrate the purchasing system Procure Wizard to support hotels in procurement and stock controlling.
• Upload forecast to the Fourth payroll system weekly.
• Liaise weekly with General Managers to consolidate updates on aged receivables.
• Ensure that payments to suppliers are adhere to cashflow procedures.
• Holiday cover of essential tasks of other roles in the department.

How will you achieve this?

We genuinely care about people and we show this through living out our promise of True Hospitality each and every day. It's what connects every Team Member throughout our brand of hotels. Each hotel delivers True Hospitality in their own way, making them unique. At the heart of it is our key core service skills.

• True Attitude: being caring, wanting to make a positive difference, and building genuine connections with our guests
• True Confidence: having the knowledge and skills to perform your role, and giving our guests the confidence that they can trust you, to help and support them during their stay
• True Listening:focusing on what our guest is saying, picking up on body language that is often overlooked, and understanding what the guest wants and needs
• True Responsiveness: is about providing our guests with what they need, and doing so in a timely and caring manner

What we are looking for: -

• At least 5 years of relevant management accountant and payroll processing experience, ideally within a multisite hospitality related industry.
• Experience with Sage Line 50, Fourth Hospitality and ProcureWizard will be an advantage;
• Part-qualified or qualified Accountant.
• Good organisational and admin skills, proficient in Word and Excel;
• Proactive, approachable, able to work well in a team as well as on your own to complete all tasks by deadline;
• Need to have a flexible approach to work to take on additional Accounts duties when needed.
• Excellent communication skills in all aspects; good organisational and administrative skills with an eye for detail; Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point presentations;
• Willing to work a flexible schedule including evenings, weekends and bank holidays (if required)

What can we offer you?

When you work hard, you get rewarded. It is our aim to provide you with a wide range of benefits as follows: -

• Competitive salary package
• Generous bonus scheme based on your individual and hotel targets;
• Pension scheme;
• Access to a worldwide employee discount on bedrooms and F&B outlets for you, your family and your friends;
• Free shuttle service too/from Hammersmith Station to Coda Studios
• Access to a free onsite gym
• Free lunch, and lots of snacks to get you through the day!
• Hundreds of discounts and other free perks with high street and online retailers, cinemas, restaurants, gym and theme parks, i.e. ASOS, Tesco, Boots, Argos, Starbucks, Odeon, Pizza Express etc*;
• Life insurance cover;
• A lively and fun working environment with a sense of family community.

If this opportunity sounds good to you and you fit what we are looking for, then please forward your CV across to us and we will hopefully be in contact with you shortly.