Finance Controller

Sodexo; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global services firm is seeking a Finance Controller for its Scottish heritage portfolio. This role requires overseeing financial operations, delivering accurate reports, and managing a team of Commercial Assistants. The successful candidate will have strong Excel skills, experience in account management, and stakeholder management skills across all levels. This position offers hybrid working with flexible arrangements, competitive compensation, and various benefits including wellness support and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Unlimited access to mental health support

Employee Assistance Programme

Health and wellbeing app

Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Money Insights via Salary Finance

Sodexo Retirement Plan

Death-in-Service benefit

Career development opportunities

Cycle to Work Scheme

Volunteering Opportunities

Flexible work environment

Full training and uniform supplied

Qualifications

• Experience producing management accounts, budgets, and forecasts.
• Happy to travel across Scottish venues, mainly Edinburgh.
• Experience leading a team preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial operations and produce monthly trading results.
• Ensure accurate processing of invoices, accruals, and billing.
• Monitor labour costs and weekly rotas.

Skills

Strong Excel and variance analysis skills

Stakeholder management

Knowledge of retail, cash environments, or contract catering

Education

Part qualified ACCA/CIMA or QBE

Tools

SAP

EProphIT

Priava

Job description

Finance Controller - Heritage Portfolio Scotland (Sodexo Live!)

• Location - Edinburgh Venues
• Hybrid Working - 3 days office based

Sodexo Live!and Heritage Portfolio Scotland are looking for a commercially minded and operationally focused Finance Controller to deliver robust financial processes, accurate reporting, and strong support to venue operations across our Scottish portfolio.

The Role

You’ll oversee financial operations, produce monthly trading results, support forecasting, and ensure a strong control environment. Managing a team of three Commercial Assistants, you’ll also partner closely with venue teams to drive commercial accountability and financial accuracy.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce monthly accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, and weekly flash forecasts.
• Ensure accurate processing of invoices, accruals, prepayments, and event billing.
• Monitor labour costs and weekly rotas, highlighting risks.
• Support stock counts, variance analysis, and ad hoc reporting.
• Lead, develop, and support Commercial Assistants across multiple venues.
• Contribute to budget setting, quarterly forecasting, and continuous improvement of month end processes.
• Build strong relationships with operational teams across sites.

About You

• Strong Excel and variance analysis skills.
• Experience producing management accounts, budgets, and forecasts.
• Stakeholder management skills across all levels.
• SAP, EProphIT, or Priava experience desirable.
• Knowledge of retail, cash environments, or contract catering a plus.
• Part qualified ACCA/CIMA or QBE.
• Happy to travel across Scottish venues (mainly Edinburgh).

Why Join Us?

You’ll be part of a collaborative team delivering exceptional experiences at some of Scotland’s most iconic venues, with real opportunities to grow and shape financial performance.

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.

Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today! Career progression for the caring profession.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.