Location Accountant- Edgebaston

Levy Uk + Ireland; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in Birmingham seeks a finance partner to support the General Manager and Heads of Departments. Responsibilities include managing financial risks, delivering financial insights, and supporting operational decision-making. The ideal candidate will have experience in management accounting and be part-qualified in ACA, ACCA, or CIMA, with strong communication skills. The company promotes an inclusive workplace and offers a range of benefits including discounts and ongoing training.

Benefits

Free annual healthcare check

Employees discounts

Training & development opportunities

Pension scheme and life assurance

Qualifications

• Experience in partnering operations.
• Experience of management accounting, including accounting adjustments.
• Part-qualified and working towards full qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).

Responsibilities

• Support GM and HODs in decision-making.
• Deliver financial analysis for strategic decisions.
• Manage venue’s financial controls and processes.
• Provide analysis of key business reporting.
• Assist in training operational teams on financial performance.

Skills

Partnering operations

Management accounting

Commercial decision-making

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Education

Part-qualified working towards ACA, ACCA or CIMA

Tools

SAP

Sage

Quicksight

Job description

Overview – Purpose of the Role

Support a venue within the Stadia subsector by business partnering with the General Manager and Heads of Department. The role involves all aspects of a partnering function, working collaboratively with the client and internally across finance, operations and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Business partnership with GM and HODs to support commercial and operational decision‑making, managing financial risks and opportunities.
• Deliver proactive financial analysis with summarised findings and recommendations to support decision‑making, using E15 Insights dashboards covering sales and costs.
• Take responsibility for the venue’s financial controls and processes: raising invoices, cash reporting, credit card reconciliation, PO log review, suspense account clear‑downs, match‑day ETA’s, monthly R&A process, weekly flash process, budget process.
• Provide analysis of key business reporting such as dashboards, month‑end reports, business reviews, client reports, budgets, flash forecasts and other ad‑hoc analysis for monthly/weekly reviews.
• Monitor initiative delivery plans, challenge operational teams and flag risks to the GM and FBP.
• Assist in training operational teams on business reporting and KPIs to improve their financial performance.
• Populate monthly balance sheet document for review, escalating key risks and opportunities to GM & FBP.
• Oversee budgeting and forecasting process for the venue in partnership with the GM, ensuring a joined‑up signed‑off process with the operational team.
• Attend client finance meetings when required – presenting their client return and resolving any contractual issues.
• Participate in future planning and strategic decision‑making processes.
• Present on match days – evenings and weekends required throughout the season (May to September).
• Work effectively as part of a finance and operational team.
• Build relationships with key finance stakeholders.
• Support finance apprentices, sharing knowledge and best practice.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Experience in partnering operations.
• Experience of management accounting, including accounting adjustments and producing reports/analysis to support commercial decision‑making.
• Part‑qualified and working towards full qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).

Personal Qualities

• Accountability & resilience – balancing competing requirements, meeting tight deadlines.
• Commercially astute and quick to work through back‑to‑back deadlines.
• Attention to detail – ensuring results and analysis are accurate and meaningful.
• Adaptability – ability to thrive in changing environments and circumstances.
• Relationship building – engaging, interacting and challenging stakeholders to achieve the right outcomes.
• Effective communicator – oral and written communication concise and logical at all levels.
• Clear, succinct presentation of detailed information, often to non‑finance audiences.
• Data‑numerate and comfortable working with data to drive decisions, using data warehouses and dashboards.
• Understanding of core drivers/issues – presenting in a succinct and appropriate manner for the audience.

Desirable

• Experience with SAP, Sage and Quicksight as analysis and reporting tools.

Benefits & Perks

• Aviva Digicare – Free annual healthcare check.
• Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site (Perks at Work).
• Entertainment discounts – up to 55% off cinema tickets.
• Health & Wellbeing discounts – 20% off Nuffield Health, 10% off Pure Gym.
• Travel discounts – TUI, Expedia.
• Shopping discounts – Save up to 15% at high‑street and online stores via Shopping Cards.
• Meals on duty.
• Vodaphone discounts.
• Pension scheme and Life Assurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• 23 days + BH's and additional birthday day off.
• Additional leave after maternity leave in the first year back.
• Competitive and supportive family benefits.
• Day off for first birthday of a baby.
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• Ongoing training & development and career pathways.
• Professional subscriptions paid.
• Financial wellbeing programme and preferred rates on salary finance products.

Company Overview

Levy UK & Ireland is part of Compass Group, the world’s largest catering company. We work at some of the greatest venues – Wimbledon, Twickenham, Edgbaston, Villa Park – providing catering and hospitality services with a commitment to sustainability, wellbeing and diversity. We are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds to join us in creating an inclusive, supportive workplace.