Junior Accountant (Part Qualified)

Soho House & Co; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Soho House is seeking a finance professional to join its Central Finance team in London. The role involves reporting, analysis, and budgeting for their membership and partnerships. Ideal candidates are part-qualified in ACA, ACCA, or CIMA, with strong analytical and communication skills.

Benefits

Discounts at Soho House globally

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Private Health and Dental Care

Cookhouse & House Tonic training

Team Events and activities

Qualifications

• Partially qualified in ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial reporting for memberships and partnerships.
• Analyze monthly P&L variances and maintain accounting records.
• Assist in compiling forecasts and budgets.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Education

Partially qualified ACA

Partially qualified ACCA

Partially qualified CIMA

Job description

Who We Are…

We are a collection of members' clubs, restaurants, hotels and cinemas, catering to those in the film, media, fashion and creative industries. The company has unique ventures throughout the UK, USA, Canada, Europe and Asia, with new openings planned globally. Soho House is a space for its diverse membership and teams to connect, grow, have fun and make an impact.

Opportunities for all…

Soho House was created to bring diverse communities of people together, and we take the same approach when building our teams. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a global company. Soho House is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.

The Role…

Reporting to the Head of Central Finance, you will be an integral part of the Central Finance team based in London. The Central Finance team at Soho House looks after a wide range of areas including central support, Cities Without Houses membership, intercompany and credit spend along with global capex, cashflow and financials for Soho House Group.

This position would be most suitable for candidates who are part qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA

Management Reporting

Cities Without Houses & Soho Friends

• Global reporting of CWH and Friends memberships
• Analysis of monthly P&L variances and commentary
• Membership and cost accounting for CWH and Friends businesses
• Analysis of membership movements including intakes, leavers and frozen memberships
• Business partnering with the CWH team across UK, Europe, Africa, North America, LATAM and APAC
• Maintenance of intercompany schedules
• Compiling transactional ad hoc analysis
• Assist with compilation of forecast and budgets
  
  

Partnerships

• Finance lead on global partnerships, with revenue of $18m per year
• Analysis of monthly P&L variances and commentary
• Revenue and cost accounting for different aspects of partner contracts
• Business partnering Partnerships team globally
• Compiling detailed reporting on events and profitability
• Assist with compilation of forecast and budgets
  
  

Financial Control

• Implementing Group policies & procedures in line with Group guidelines
• Ensuring correct Group procedures are followed
• Review and reconciliation of VAT accounts for CWH
• Liaison with auditors
  
  

Required Skills

• Partially qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• Commercially focused business partner
• High attention to detail, organised, able to manage own time and workload, demonstrate initiative
• Team player with hands-on, can-do attitude
• Strong analytical skills and an ability to work through problems logically and with perspective
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, interacting effectively at all levels in business
• Ability to get the best out of financial systems and demonstrable evidence of process improvement / re-engineering
• Strong problem solving ability
  
  

Benefits

Soho House offers competitive compensation packages that feature global benefits and perks. Whether you’re seeking entry-level employment or a new opportunity to expand your profession, we offer training to develop the technical and managerial skills necessary to grow your career.

• Discounts at Soho House globally, as well as Soho Home, Cowshed & Soho Skin
• Every House Membership
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Private Health and Dental Care
• Cycle to Work Scheme/Season Ticket Loan
• Cookhouse & House Tonic: Our Cookhouse & House Tonic programmes offer unique food and drink trainings, events and opportunities to inspire and educate
• Team Events: From fitness sessions to cinema screenings and art classes, each month we hold a series of fun events which you can sign up to