Junior Finance Business Partner

Soho House & Co; Chipping Norton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global hospitality company in Chipping Norton seeks a Junior Finance Business Partner to support restaurant operations. This hybrid role involves financial reporting, KPI analysis, and budget support. Ideal candidates should possess advanced Excel skills and be part qualified in ACA or an equivalent qualification. Join a diverse team to help drive financial success across multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Junior Finance Business Partner to restaurants.
• Lead financial discussions between sites and Finance.
• Prepare weekly P&L reports to track performance.
• Produce monthly reports for KPI analysis.
• Support annual budgeting and forecasting.
• Chair monthly P&L reviews with GMs.
• Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support Finance processes and annual audits.

Skills

Advanced Excel skills

Ability to work to tight deadlines

Organised and methodical

Education

Part qualified in ACA or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Soho House is a global network of private members' clubs, restaurants, hotels, workspaces and cinemas, catering to those in the creative industries. The company has unique ventures throughout the UK, EU, NA, LATAM and APAC 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.

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

We’re looking for a Junior Finance Business Partner to support a group of restaurants, acting as the key Finance liaison for two regional sites (Soho Farmhouse and Manchester House).

This is a hybrid role, based a minimum of 3 days a week onsite at Soho Farmhouse, with occasional travel to Soho House, Manchester and London.

Main Duties

• Act as a Junior Finance Business Partner (FBP) to a group of restaurants/houses, leading them from a Finance point of view
• Act as the key contact between the relevant sites and Finance and own any financial issues raised by the sites
• Provide robust commercial challenge to General Managers (GMs) so that revenue weakness and cost overruns are properly investigated and understood
• Prepare weekly P&L reports for the relevant sites making sure all relevant items are captured and that the reports provide a reliable view of actual performance
• Produce monthly reports, including KPI analysis of actual vs target margins and cost trends (payroll/overheads), and analysis of pricing strategies and revenue trend across the group to support operations to maximise revenue and drive profit conversion
• Support sites on the annual budgeting and quarterly reforecast processes
• Diarise P&L reviews with the GMs each month and chair the meeting so that all key variances to budget are discussed and actions are recorded/followed up each month
• Ensure that monthly balance sheet reconciliations for the relevant sites are completed
• Support the FBP team with the objective to create consistent Finance processes & controls and produce first class management information for use across the business
• Provide support at year end on the annual audit process
• Additional ad-hoc duties as requested

Requirements / Qualifications

• Advanced Excel skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure
• Organised and methodical
• Part qualified in ACA or equivalent