Accounts Manager

Aimbridge Hospitality; Stansted Mountfitchet; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global hotel management company is seeking a candidate for a finance role in Stansted Mountfitchet, UK. The successful applicant will assist in all financial aspects, including preparing profit and loss accounts, managing payroll, and conducting financial reporting. Essential skills include data analysis, budget management, and experience in financial reporting. This position requires collaboration with senior team members to drive profitability and ensure effective financial management. Join a team that values trust, collaboration, and customer focus.

Qualifications

• Sound experience in financial reporting and payroll administration.
• Ability to analyze data and prepare accurate financial reports.
• Experience in budget management and cost accounting.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing profit and loss accounts and manage payroll.
• Conduct financial reporting and track budget variances.
• Supervise team work and ensure proper documentation in IT systems.

Job description

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Aimbridge Hospitality EMEA is a division of Aimbridge Hospitality, a leading global hotel management company. Thousands of hotel owners, developers, and guests have discovered the Aimbridge difference in our portfolio of hotels in the UK, Ireland and Europe, alongside the global 1,500-property portfolio managed by our based division.

Backed by more than 50 years of global experience, Aimbridge is a true leader in the hospitality industry. Originally founded in the , we’ve since expanded internationally and are recognised as a leading third-party hotel management company. Throughout our growth, we’ve forged partnerships with major brands in the industry and they rely on our proven operational expertise and exceptional financial performance.

JOB PURPOSE

In this role you will assist in all the financial aspects of the business, from assisting in preparation of the Hotels profit & loss account, working with payroll, manage sales ledger, participate in the hotel forecasting budget processes, supporting the forecast of payroll and expenses and purchasing portal and supplier payments. You will play a key role in driving profitability through challenging and supporting the team and work closely with the senior team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Administration: Support IT systems, through 3rd parties, provide best practice support on a wide range of Microsoft documents, databases, and other departmental and hotel systems.

Financial Reporting: Conduct routine tasks of preparing and disseminating financial reporting aligning with the organization's established protocols.

Data Collection and Analysis: Produce accurate reports for others by collecting data from a variety of standard sources and inputting it into standard formats.

Payroll Administration: Deliver accurate and timely processing of payroll; input and maintain payroll data; check payrolls for accuracy prior to submission.

Financial Management and Control: Track progress against budgets within established finance systems, and report variances to more senior colleagues.

Cost Accounting: Evaluate costs and identify variances or opportunities to improve profitability for more senior colleagues.

Budgeting and Costing: Carry out simple tasks as part of the budgeting process.

Supervision / Management of Work: Supervise and monitor the work of a team to ensure that processes and procedures are properly implemented and that the team is achieving defined objectives and standards.

Commercial Banking: Follow company processes and systems to ensure accuracy of banking, petty cash and floats, review and verify it for accuracy.

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES CORE

CORE: Action Oriented: Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. For example, encourages others to take timely action and take on new challenges with a can‑do attitude. Secures new business opportunities.

CORE: Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. For example, encourages coworkers and external partners to work together as a team and makes sure they get credit for doing so. Encourages people to share their honest views, responds in a non‑defensive way when they do.

Customer Focus: Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer‑centric solutions. For example, keeps in contact with customers to ensure problems are resolved, or to improve customer service. Studies customer feedback and emerging customer needs and uses these to determine some creative new ideas.

Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity. For example, demonstrates integrity, upholding professional codes of conduct. Instils trust by following through on agreements and commitments despite competing priorities and by being honest and straightforward.

CORE: Self‑Development: Actively seeks new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels. For example, creates a development plan that states clear goals and the tactics to achieve them. Gathers information on where to focus. Makes efforts to apply new skills on the job.

CORE: Values Differences: Recognizes the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization. For example, brings together people of different perspectives, backgrounds, and / or styles and skilfully leverages the unique capabilities of each. Speaks up when others make offensive or stereotyping comments.

CORE: Instils Trust: Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity. For example, models honesty and authenticity and encourages others to be up front with one another. Demonstrates reliability and places a strong emphasis on the team meeting its commitments. Fairly represents others' positions.

EXPERIENCE

General Experience: Sound experience and understanding of straightforward procedures or systems (7 to 12 months)