Finance Manager

Zachary Daniels; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

Zachary Daniels is seeking a hands-on Part-Time Finance Manager for a hospitality business in SW London. This 6‑month contract, approx. 12 days per month, offers a pathway to permanent employment and reports to the Financial Controller.

You will own complex balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany activity, CAPEX and intangible assets, ensuring robust financial controls across multiple entities, including franchise partners, with a clear emphasis on month‑end accuracy.

Qualifications

• Experience as Finance Manager, Management Accountant or Financial Accountant with strong balance sheet experience.
• Comfortable working across complex accounting areas and multiple entities.
• Highly analytical with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident investigating discrepancies and challenging unusual balances.
• Strong technical knowledge of balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany, CAPEX, intangibles and leases.
• Advanced Excel skills would be advantageous.
• Able to work independently and manage priorities in a part-time structure.
• A strong communicator who can work with Finance and non-Finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• F&C Partner Accounts: Complete balance sheet reconciliations for franchise and concession partner accounts.
• F&C Partner Accounts: Maintain clear supporting documentation and provide summary positions to partners.
• F&C Partner Accounts: Ensure balances are accurate, complete and appropriately supported.
• IP Contracts & Minimum Guarantees: Calculate IP costs and minimum guarantee liabilities and prepare associated journals.
• IP Contracts & Minimum Guarantees: Prepare partner reporting and maintain the minimum guarantee tracker.
• IP Contracts & Minimum Guarantees: Manage intercompany recharges relating to IP.
• IP Contracts & Minimum Guarantees: Review complex and judgemental accounting areas and ensure postings are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
• IP Contracts & Minimum Guarantees: Support monthly reporting requirements, including monthly reporting for key IP partners such as Netflix.
• Balance Sheet & Financial Control: Take ownership of a number of complex and high‑materiality balance sheet reconciliations.
• Balance Sheet & Financial Control: Review IP, CAPEX, intangible asset, AR, intercompany and other key balance sheet accounts.
• Balance Sheet & Financial Control: Investigate unusual or historic balances and identify errors or areas requiring correction.
• Balance Sheet & Financial Control: Work closely with the wider Finance team to ensure robust controls and accurate month‑end reporting.
• CAPEX & Intangible Assets: Review CAPEX accounts, including WIP and allocation between GL accounts.
• CAPEX & Intangible Assets: Assess whether expenditure has been appropriately capitalised.
• CAPEX & Intangible Assets: Review intangible assets, including content, software, trademarks and head office costs.
• CAPEX & Intangible Assets: Apply sound accounting judgement to complex additions and ensure appropriate treatment.
• CAPEX & Intangible Assets: Review inventory balances following stock takes with the Operations and Technology teams.
• CAPEX & Intangible Assets: Investigate discrepancies and ensure appropriate accounting treatment.
• Intercompany: Reconcile UK and US intercompany balances.
• Intercompany: Investigate differences and work with relevant teams to resolve outstanding items.
• Leases: Prepare FRS lease adjustments / IFRS 16 overlay using the dedicated lease accounting software.
• AR & Cash: Review net AR positions across the control accounts.
• AR & Cash: Reconcile offsetting cash receipt GLs and investigate discrepancies.
• Month-End Focus: The role will have a strong month‑end and balance sheet control focus, with the majority of reconciliations and reviews completed around WD6‑WD15.

Skills

Balance sheet

Analytical

Attention to detail

Intercompany

CAPEX

Intangibles

Leases

Excel skills

Communication

Independent work

Job description

Part-Time Finance Manager | Hospitality Business

Part-time | Approximately 12 days per month

SW London

Contract 6mth initially with potential to go Permanent

Salary up to £70,000 - Pro Rata

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced, hands‑on Finance Manager to join the Finance team on a part‑time basis, working approximately 12 days per month.Reporting directly to the Financial Controller, this is a specialist role focused on some of the business's more complex, high‑value balance sheet areas across the Group's UK, US and franchise entities.The role will suit someone who enjoys getting into the detail, investigating complex accounting issues and providing robust financial control across a growing, multi‑entity business.

Key Responsibilities

F&C Partner Accounts

• Complete balance sheet reconciliations for franchise and concession partner accounts.
• Maintain clear supporting documentation and provide summary positions to partners.
• Ensure balances are accurate, complete and appropriately supported.

IP Contracts & Minimum Guarantees

• Calculate IP costs and minimum guarantee liabilities and prepare associated journals.
• Prepare partner reporting and maintain the minimum guarantee tracker.
• Manage intercompany recharges relating to IP.
• Review complex and judgemental accounting areas and ensure postings are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Support monthly reporting requirements, including monthly reporting for key IP partners such as Netflix.

Balance Sheet & Financial Control

• Take ownership of a number of complex and high‑materiality balance sheet reconciliations.
• Review IP, CAPEX, intangible asset, AR, intercompany and other key balance sheet accounts.
• Investigate unusual or historic balances and identify errors or areas requiring correction.
• Work closely with the wider Finance team to ensure robust controls and accurate month‑end reporting.

CAPEX & Intangible Assets

• Review CAPEX accounts, including WIP and allocation between GL accounts.
• Assess whether expenditure has been appropriately capitalised.
• Review intangible assets, including content, software, trademarks and head office costs.
• Apply sound accounting judgement to complex additions and ensure appropriate treatment.
• Review inventory balances following stock takes with the Operations and Technology teams.
• Investigate discrepancies and ensure appropriate accounting treatment.

Intercompany

• Reconcile UK and US intercompany balances.
• Investigate differences and work with relevant teams to resolve outstanding items.

Leases

• Prepare FRS lease adjustments / IFRS 16 overlay using the dedicated lease accounting software.

AR & Cash

• Review net AR positions across the control accounts.
• Reconcile offsetting cash receipt GLs and investigate discrepancies.

Month-End Focus

• The role will have a strong month‑end and balance sheet control focus, with the majority of reconciliations and reviews completed around WD6‑WD15.You will work closely with the Financial Controller and wider Finance team to ensure complex areas are reviewed early, accurately and with appropriate supporting evidence.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who is:

• An experienced Finance Manager / Management Accountant / Financial Accountant with strong balance sheet experience.
• Comfortable working across complex accounting areas and multiple entities.
• Highly analytical with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident investigating discrepancies and challenging unusual balances.
• Comfortable making accounting judgements and explaining their conclusions.
• Strong technically, with good knowledge of balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany, CAPEX, intangibles and leases.
• Advanced Excel skills would be advantageous.
• Able to work independently and manage priorities within a part‑time structure.
• A strong communicator who can work collaboratively with Finance and non‑Finance stakeholders.

Why this role?

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys being the technical problem‑solver within Finance rather than simply processing routine month‑end activities.

You’ll have ownership of some of the Group's most complex and material balance sheet areas, working directly with the Financial Controller and wider business to strengthen controls, resolve historic issues and ensure the accounts accurately reflect the underlying business.

Part‑time: approximately 12 days per month, offering flexibility for an experienced finance professional looking for a role where they can make a real impact without committing to a traditional full‑time position.