Commercial Finance Assistant

Sodexo; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality services company in the UK seeks a proactive Commercial Finance Assistant to support financial operations. Responsibilities include managing payroll, assisting with financial processes, and collaborating with site teams to enhance financial performance. Ideal candidates will have strong Excel skills and experience in financial operations. Join us to help shape the future of Scotland’s most iconic venues.

Benefits

Unlimited access to mental health and wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to a free health and wellbeing app

The Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Salary Finance Platform benefits

Membership of the Sodexo Retirement Plan

Death-in-Service benefit

Opportunities for career growth

Cycle to Work Scheme

Volunteering Opportunities

Flexible and dynamic work environment

Competitive compensation

Full training and protective uniform supplied

Qualifications

• Flexibility to travel across sites within Scotland
• Experience in hospitality, retail, or contract catering (desirable)

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day financial processes, including purchase invoices, accruals, prepayments and reconciliations.
• Manage weekly payroll using the UDC system, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Work with site managers and operational teams to monitor expenditure, highlight variances and challenge overspends.
• Support monthly management accounts, forecasts and budgets.

Skills

Strong Excel and variance analysis skills

Experience in financial operations (payroll, reconciliations, purchase ledger, management accounts)

Strong organisational and communication skills

Education

Part-qualified ACCA/CIMA (desirable)

Tools

SAP

Eprophit

Priava

Job description

Job Introduction

At Sodexo Live!, we’re all about creating a better everyday for everyone. We deliver exceptional hospitality experiences in some of the country’s most historic and cultural landmarks. We’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Commercial Finance Assistant to support financial operations across our portfolio. This is a hands-on role where you’ll combine strong processing skills with commercial insight, supporting site teams to drive financial performance and embed robust control. Join us in shaping the future of Scotland’s most iconic venues.

What You'll Do

• Support day-to-day financial processes, including purchase invoices, accruals, prepayments and reconciliations


• Manage weekly payroll using the UDC system, ensuring accuracy and timeliness


• Work with site managers and operational teams to monitor expenditure, highlight variances and challenge overspends


• Support monthly management accounts, forecasts and budgets, ensuring all revenue and costs are correctly captured


• Partner with sales teams to ensure events are invoiced, paid and accounted for accurately


• Assist in debt collection and cash management, maintaining strong internal and external relationships


• Support stock checks, rotas and site-level financial processes to keep operations running smoothly


• Build strong relationships with operational teams, helping to embed commercial focus and accountability

What You Bring

• Strong Excel and variance analysis skills


• Experience in financial operations (payroll, reconciliations, purchase ledger, management accounts)


• Knowledge of SAP, Eprophit, Priava or similar systems (desirable)


• Strong organisational and communication skills, with the ability to work confidently at all levels


• Flexibility to travel across sites within Scotland


• Part-qualified ACCA/CIMA (desirable)


• Experience in hospitality, retail, or contract catering (desirable)

What we offer

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support


• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.


• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.


• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.


• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.


• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan


• A Death-in-Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo


• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.


• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.


• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.


• Flexible and dynamic work environment


• Competitive compensation


• Full training and full protective uniform supplied.

About Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better everyday for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services. We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins. Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins. We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Keywords

Sodexo, Sodexo Jobs, Sodexo Jobs near me, disability confident, family friendly, inclusive, forces friendly, Payroll Management (UDC system), Management Accounts & Reporting, Budgeting and Forecasting, Variance Analysis (Excel skills), SAP / Eprophit / Priava (finance systems), Revenue and Cost Control, Accounts Payable & Reconciliations, Commercial Finance Support, Debt Collection & Invoicing, Part-Qualified ACCA / CIMA (desirable)