Finance Administrator (Hospitality) – Growth & AAT Support

Le Strange Arms; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team incentives

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Team events

Refer a Friend scheme

Wine discounts

Family & Friends discounts

Wagestream access

Flexible hours

Job summary

Chestnut Group is seeking a Finance Administrator to manage day-to-day transactional finance across its East Anglia pubs and inns. You will handle purchase ledger, supplier payments, sales ledger, banking and reconciliations, keeping the ledger accurate and tidy.

The role offers growth with AAT study support, exposure to multi-entity trading, and opportunities to streamline processes with automation and AI tools.

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance or accounts administration, purchase-ledger or transactional finance role.
• Accurate, methodical and well-organised with high-volume data entry.
• Confident with Excel and comfortable learning cloud accounting systems.
• Clear, professional communicator dealing with suppliers and colleagues.
• Reliable, proactive and able to own your area.
• Discreet and trustworthy with sensitive financial information.

Responsibilities

• Process purchase invoices across multiple entities, coding to nominal and entity in Xero.
• Match invoices to orders and delivery notes, resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare supplier payment runs and reconcile to statements.
• Raise sales and intercompany invoices and allocate receipts.
• Post and reconcile bank transactions across entity accounts.
• Maintain accurate digital financial records and assist month-end prep.
• Respond to internal and supplier queries promptly and professionally.
• Identify improvements including automation and AI tools to speed up processing.

Skills

Finance experience

Attention to detail

Excel

Communicator

Reliable

Discreet

Tools

Xero

Cloud accounting systems

Job description

Chestnut Group is seeking a Finance Administrator to manage day-to-day transactional finance across its East Anglia pubs and inns. You will handle purchase ledger, supplier payments, sales ledger, banking and reconciliations, keeping the ledger accurate and tidy.

The role offers growth with AAT study support, exposure to multi-entity trading, and opportunities to streamline processes with automation and AI tools.