Hybrid Group Management Accountant – Multi-Site Hospitality

COREcruitment; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Ruth Wagstaff Recruitment Ltd's client is seeking a Group Management Accountant to join a small central finance team. The role reports to a Director and is supported by two assistants and an external accountant.

Hybrid role with 2–3 days on site. You will prepare monthly management accounts across multiple entities, produce site and brand-level P&L packs with variance analysis, own KPI reporting, monitor cash and working capital, reconcile balance sheets, support budgeting and rolling forecasts,

Qualifications

• Multi-site hospitality experience essential
• ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualified, or part-qualified with strong experience
• Proven month-end, reconciliation and management reporting experience
• Strong Excel skills, with experience of POS data and ERP/consolidation tools

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts across multiple entities
• Produce site and brand-level P&L packs with variance analysis
• Own weekly and monthly KPI reporting across sites
• Monitor cash and working capital, including weekly cash forecasting and PAYE
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and intercompany accounting
• Support budgeting and rolling forecasts across sales, labour, overheads and capex
• Track royalty, marketing levy and franchise fee obligations by brand
• Maintain month-end processes and liaise with auditors to keep files audit-ready
• Improve data flow from POS to the ledger and automate routine reporting

Skills

Multi-site hospitality

Month-end reporting

Variance analysis

Excel

Operations liaison

Director collaboration

Turn data into actions

External accountant liaison

Fast-paced environment

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualified

Tools

POS data

ERP / consolidation tools

Job description

Ruth Wagstaff Recruitment Ltd's client is seeking a Group Management Accountant to join a small central finance team. The role reports to a Director and is supported by two assistants and an external accountant.

Hybrid role with 2–3 days on site. You will prepare monthly management accounts across multiple entities, produce site and brand-level P&L packs with variance analysis, own KPI reporting, monitor cash and working capital, reconcile balance sheets, support budgeting and rolling forecasts,