Location Accountant- Edgebaston

Compass Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company seeks a Location Accountant for their Birmingham venue. You will support the General Manager and Heads of Department in financial management, ensuring operational decisions are made efficiently. Key responsibilities include conducting financial analysis, managing budget processes, and supporting the financial controls of the venue. Ideal candidates should have experience in management accounting, strong communication skills, and a proactive approach. Join us for competitive pay and great benefits in a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Healthcare benefits

Annual healthcare check

Exclusive benefits site

Cinema discounts

Health & Wellbeing discounts

Travel discounts

Shopping discounts

Meals on duty

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

23 days annual leave

On-going training & development

Qualifications

• Experience in financial management and reporting.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Experience in partnering operations.

Responsibilities

• Support venue GM and Heads of Department in financial aspects.
• Conduct financial analysis and deliver insights for decision-making.
• Manage budgeting and forecasting processes for the venue.

Skills

Business partnering

Financial analysis

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Data numerate

Education

Part-qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA

Tools

SAP

Sage

Quicksights

Job description

Location Accountant- Edgebaston-Up to £45k

Levy UK&I is a vibrant and exciting sector of Compass Group, the world’s largest catering company. We work at some of the greatest venues in the world, providing catering and hospitality services. We are proud to have a wealth of long‑standing partnerships with venues and events across sport, entertainment, and conferencing. This includes the likes of Wimbledon, Twickenham, Edgbaston, and Villa Park.

We have a strong ethical core. Sustainability, wellbeing, and D&I is at the heart of what we do. We are committed to being Net Zero by 2027 and we are proud to say all our team members are at or above the Real Living Wage or London Living Wage. We are official partners of the British Paralympic Association.

Overall Purpose of the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Levy for a finance professional to support a venue within the Stadia subsector. The candidate will business partner the venue General Manager and their Heads of Department, which involves all aspects of a partnering role, developing skills in working collaboratively with the client, and internally across functions and other stakeholders.

Key Accountabilities

PURPOSE

• Business partnering with the GM and Heads of Department ensuring strong commercial and operational decision making, managing financial risks and opportunities. The aim will be to support ops in delivering budgeted sales, PBIT and margin as well as delivering agreed returns for clients.
• Delivering pro‑active financial analysis with summarised findings and recommendations to support decision making. This will involve making full use of the latest dashboards from E15 Insights covering sales and costs.
• Take responsibility for the financial controls and processes for the venue, which includes raising invoices, cash reporting, credit card reconciliation, reviewing the PO Log, suspense account clear downs, match day ETA’s, monthly R&A process, weekly flash process and budget process.

PERFORMANCE

• Deliver analysis of key business reporting such as dashboards, month end reports, business reviews, client reports, budgets, flash forecasts and other ad‑hoc analysis to be discussed at monthly/weekly reviews.
• Monitoring initiative delivery plans, challenging operational teams and where there is a risk to achievement, highlighting to GM and FBP.
• Assist in training of operational teams in the use of business reporting and KPIs to understand and improve their financial performance.
• Populating monthly balance sheet document for review, escalating key risks and opportunities to GM & FBP.
• Be responsible along with the GM for the overseeing of the budgeting and forecasting process for the venue. Ensuring there is joined up and signed off process with the operational team.
• Attend client finance meetings when required - reporting on their client return and dealing with any issues within the contract.
• Be a part of future planning and strategic decision‑making process.
• Present on match days, therefore working evenings and weekends will be required throughout the season (May to September).

PEOPLE

• Working effectively as part of a team – both within finance and as part of the operational team.
• Building relationships with key finance stakeholders.
• Support the learning of finance apprentices within the team and share knowledge/best practice.
• Experience in partnering operations.
• Experience of management accounting inclusive of accounting adjustments, producing reports/analysis to support commercial decision making.
• Pro‑active and energetic approach.

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Accountability & resilience

• There are a lot of competing requirements – need to be able to balance time and achieve tight deadlines.
• Commercially astute and quick to work through the many deadlines required back‑to‑back through the year.
• Attention to detail – ensuring the results and analysis presented is accurate and meaningful.
• Ability to adapt to changing environments & circumstances.

Relationship building

• Able to build relationships with stakeholders (in Compass and with clients, Ops and Finance) in the right way – to be able to engage, interact and challenge in a way that gets the right outcome for the business.
• An effective communicator with the ability to communicate oral and written information concisely and logically at all levels – to both finance and non‑finance people.

Presenting detailed information in a succinct and clear way – often to non‑finance people

• Know the detail.
• Be data numerate and comfortable working with data to make data driven decisions – we have moved to data warehouses and dashboards as the way to drive the business. The individual must be comfortable with this.
• Understand the core drivers/issues and present in a way that is succinct and appropriate for the audience.
• Assess opportunities.

Desirable

• Experience of SAP, Sage and Quicksights as analysis and reporting tools.
• Part qualified and working towards full qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).

Why Join Us?

Levy UK & Ireland is part of Compass Group, the world’s largest catering company, and a vibrant leader in hospitality. We believe in celebrating individuality and building inclusive teams where everyone feels they belong. Our diverse team fuels creativity, innovation, and excellence. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds to join us in creating a supportive, empowering workplace where everyone can thrive. Together, we create unforgettable experiences and shape the future of hospitality.

Benefits

• Medicash – Healthcare benefits, including dental, optical and therapy treatments (includes up to 4 dependent children)
• Aviva Digicare – Free annual healthcare check
• Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site (Perks at Work)
• Entertainment discounts – up to 55% off cinema tickets
• Health & Wellbeing discounts – Discounts for Nuffield Health (20%) and Pure Gym (10%)
• Travel discounts – Discounts with holiday companies such as TUI and Expedia
• Shopping discounts – Save up to 15% at high street and online stores by purchasing Shopping Cards
• Meals on duty
• Vodaphone discounts
• Pension scheme and Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 23 days + BH’s and additional day off for your birthday
• 2 days additional leave, following return from Maternity leave during first year back
• Competitive and supportive family benefits
• Day off for baby's first birthday
• Holiday purchase scheme
• On‑going training & development and career pathways
• Professional subscriptions paid
• Financial wellbeing programme and preferred rates on salary finance products

As part of Compass you'll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections in around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK’s biggest businesses.

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive – because diversity is our strength!