Finance Graduate

Warner Hotels; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Warner Hotels offers a sandwich year placement in finance, ideal for students pursuing a degree in Business or Finance. This role involves supporting finance operations, conducting financial reporting, and gaining valuable insights into the hospitality industry. Candidates will develop skills in data analysis and teamwork while receiving mentorship and support from senior finance members.

Benefits

Mentoring support

Soft skills enhancements

Interaction with senior finance team members

Qualifications

• Studying towards a finance-related degree, 2 years into the program.
• Demonstrates a drive to learn and grow within Finance.
• Interest in the hospitality industry.

Responsibilities

• Support operations finance team with accounting entries and reporting.
• Conduct stock reconciliations and margin calculations.
• Assist in month-end FP&A reporting.

Skills

Data analysis

Communication

Teamwork

Time management

Education

Management/business and finance degree

Job description

This role is a great opportunity for an individual that wants to start a career in finance and is looking for a challenging finance role. The role will give the successful candidate a wide breadth of knowledge about Warner and will allow the individual to understand how finance work with each other, and the operational business.

The sandwich year placement role at Warner Hotels consists mainly of supporting our operations finance team, hotel admin teams and occasionally the commercial finance team by completing key accounting tasks and providing reporting to support the business in their reviews and decision-making process.

What will I be doing?

• Core weekly and period end accounting entries.
• Stock reconciliations (Bars, Food, Shops and H&B) and margin calculations.
• Support our operations finance analyst in producing labour reporting and our site teams with any labour scheduling system issues.
• Support in the production of weekly reporting which supports our site and central teams in making informed decisions based on the financials.
• Month end FP&A reporting
• Benchmarking and Competitor Analysis
• Capital Expenditure Reporting
• Ad-hoc analysis which may involve creating and producing reports and presentations to support the business in key decisions or answer specific hotel queries.

What are we looking for?

• Studying towards a management/ business and finance degree - 2 years into a Business/Economics/Mathematics/Accounting type degree at high performing university.
• Demonstrates a drive to learn and grow within Finance.
• Demonstrable interest in a hospitality industry.
• Ability to analyse data and provide insights.
• Clear and effective communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a diverse team.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Desire to learn and develop.
• Willingness to learn and stay updated on industry trends and regulations.
• Acts with integrity and transparency in all financial dealings.
• A desire to deliver activity and tasks to high standards.
• Deal with some complexity.
• Collaborative approach and desire to build solid relationship.

Warner is a people centric business valuing diversity and inclusion which is vital to our successful teamwork. Whilst on a placement within Warner, you will be supported with mentoring, soft skills enhancements and have access to interact with senior members of the finance team to provide an enriching experience