Finance Manager

Malmaison Belfast; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality group in the UK seeks a Finance Manager to oversee financial reporting and internal controls. Candidates should possess at least three years of relevant experience and a recognized finance qualification. This role requires a proactive approach to process improvement and involves coaching the finance team. Hybrid working conditions apply with some travel expected between locations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years’ experience in a similar finance role.
• Experience in a hotel industry finance role is beneficial.
• Ability to manage financial reports and ensure timely completion.

Responsibilities

• Prepare month end closing reports accurately and on time.
• Coach and develop finance personnel.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and statutory requirements.
• Submit VAT returns accurately and on time.
• Manage bank mandates and insurance renewals.
• Forecast cashflow and manage budgeting processes.
• Liaise with external auditors for financial reports.

Skills

Financial reporting

Coaching and development

Internal controls

Cashflow forecasting

Education

Recognised finance/accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

SAP

Job description

Finance Manager, Malmaison & Hotel du Vin

Competitive Salary, Permanent Contract

Location: Hybrid – 3 days per week from Gloucester Road Head Office

We’re looking for a Finance Manager to join our Central Finance Team, who will support our Malmaison and Hotel du Vin hotels, part of the Frasers Hospitality group.

Both brands offer a completely different, yet equally enjoyable experience: The spirit of Malmaison is in our high-octane bars, divine dining, and iconic dishes with a Mal twist. We're all about dreamy beds for sleepy heads, delicious cocktails, serious wines and naughty nibbles; Hotel du Vin provide a range of luxury and boutique hotels in landmark locations around the United Kingdom. Synonymous with style and hospitality, Hotel du Vin offers exquisite accommodation for a relaxing atmosphere throughout our chain of hotels and sumptuous food and wine through our trademark Hotel du Vin Bistros.

About the role

Reporting into the Corporate Financial Controller for Malmaison & Hotel du Vin you will have overall responsibility for the following:

• month end closing reports ensuring that the financial reports are prepared in a timely and accurate manner.
• manage the day-to-day coaching and development of the finance personnel overseeing the various direct reports.
• responsibility for ensuring that Malmaison & Hotel du Vin has adequate internal controls and the ongoing compliance with group policies, statutory requirements and maintenance of sound accounting systems.
• VAT - you'll submit all returns in a timely manner accurately whilst liaising with external agents as required.
• manage payment approvals and bank mandates and look after our insurance renewals.
• cashflow forecasting, and central cost centre accounting, budgeting and forecasting.
• ensure adequate internal controls and ongoing compliance with group policies/statutory requirements and corporate governance and maintenance of sound accounting systems
• liaise with the Company's external auditors on the completion and audit of Group and statutory financial reports
• always be looking to improve our processes
• project implementations

We’re looking for someone with a minimum of three years’ experience in a similar position. You will hold a recognised finance/ accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), and will ideally have experience of working with SAP. Experience of working in a finance role within the hotel industry would be beneficial.

This role is based at our Head Office in South Kensington and some travel between locations will be expected.

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