Finance Manager

Royal Lancaster London; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious hotel in London is seeking a Finance Manager to oversee financial reporting, manage pension contributions, and ensure compliance with statutory requirements. The ideal candidate has strong financial analysis skills and is passionate about delivering exceptional service. This role offers a competitive salary range between £50,000 - £60,000, along with exceptional benefits including a pension scheme and various employee discounts.

Benefits

Pension scheme with company contributions

50% discount in all restaurants

Complimentary stay after probation

Employee Assistance Programme

Bike to work scheme

Free meals on duty

Qualifications

• Experience in reviewing financial statements and variance analysis.
• Knowledge of preparing and analyzing Profit and Loss statements.
• Understanding of pension contributions and statutory submissions.

Responsibilities

• Review monthly financial statements and analyze variances.
• Oversee preparation and distribution of the P&L statement.
• Ensure timely submission of statutory information.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budget management

Pension administration

Statutory compliance

Job description

Join the team that Always Cares!

Are you the type of person that gets out of bed on the right side every day? If so, we would like you to come and join us as a Finance Manager at the Royal Lancaster London, where we encourage your personal development and growth. We are located next to Lancaster Gate tube station, and a short distance from Paddington, Bayswater and Marble Arch stations.

Some of our fabulous benefits you will enjoy as a Finance Manager are:

• Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 + service charge
• Pension scheme with company contributions
• 50% discount in all our restaurants and Spa's across our properties
• Team member and Friends & Family rates across our properties
• Complimentary stay after passing probation
• Extensive discounts on our benefits platform
• Access to private medical insurance
• Support through development plans, apprenticeships and world-class management development programmes including educational sponsorship to be the best you can be
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing
• Bike to work scheme
• Recommend a Friend incentive
• Complimentary laundry
• Free meals on duty
• Opportunity to join our taskforces to contribute to the business focuses, community and environment
• Employee recognition schemes and Social Committee events including gala dinners and much more!

We are currently looking for a passionate Finance Manager, to join our Finance Department on a permanent basis, with an immediate start to join us in consistently delivering memorable moments and five-star service to our guests and each other. It is important to us that everyone in the team brings positive energy to support our happy and fun environment, as we strive to build a community of diverse backgrounds and life experiences, where we care about careers and not just jobs.

As a Finance Manager, your main duties and expectations for the role will include:

• Review monthly financial statements and analyse variances between actuals and budget for all revenues, expenditures and payroll.
• To oversee the preparation of the monthly Profit and Loss Statement summary. To write P&L comments and distribute P&L pack by the 5th working day of the following month.
• Arrange Interest loan payments as per schedule and any other payments as required.
• Ensure that Pension contributions are sent monthly and that records are kept of these.
• Oversee statutory information submission on time as required (PSA, TSA, PAYE, VAT, P35, P11Ds, P14s, National Statistics office data, Payment Practices Reporting, Gender Gap reporting, etc)

You will be required to work such hours as are necessary to fulfil their duties and in any event not less than hours.

We are ...

• Best Employer for 2021 at Springboard's Excellence Awards
• One of the happiest hotels in London
• Earth Check Silver Certified 2023
• 2 rosettes
• Hoteliers' Charter Approved
• Preferred Hotels & Resorts member
• Top 100 in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025

We are more concerned with what's in the glass, not whether its' half full or empty, so if you feel this Finance Manager role is for you, come and pour some happiness into yours by joining our award winning family today!

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK