Management Accountant - Franchised retail Kiosks

Wonderfield Group; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food service company in Camden Town seeks a Management Accountant for an 18-month fixed term contract. The role involves managing all retail and restaurant revenues, franchisee invoicing, and preparing financial reports. Candidates should have strong Excel skills and relevant qualifications (ACCA, CIMA). This position offers an opportunity to work within a multi-site franchisor organization and contribute to financial accuracy and reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within a multi-site franchisor organisation.
• Positive can-do attitude and takes pride and ownership of their work.

Responsibilities

• Posting revenue for retail and all franchisees.
• Reviewing and accruing all cost of goods sold for retail.
• Franchisee invoicing and bank postings.
• Assisting with preparing cashflow data.

Skills

Accuracy and organisational skills

Advanced Excel skills

Strong communication skills

Ability to manage key relationships

Education

Qualification (ACCA, CIMA)

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for a Management Accountant with experience working within a franchised environment on a Fixed Term contract for 18 months. The Management Accountant will be responsible for all aspects of Retail and Restaurant revenue and cost of goods, including franchisee invoicing, recharges, bank postings, reconciliations, cashflow data, P&Ls, royalty income, commissions, and delivery partner revenue.

Key Responsibilities

• Posting revenue for retail and all franchisees.
• Posting royalty income.
• Posting and reconciling all delivery partner revenue.
• Posting retail commissions in accordance with the contract.
• Reviewing and accruing all cost of goods sold for retail.
• Franchisee invoicing (deposit invoices and monthly revenue invoices), posting all recharges and ensuring payments are made in accordance with the contracts.
• Bank postings and reconciliations.
• Assisting with preparing cashflow data.
• Reconciliation of aged accounts receivable.
• Assisting in the preparation of retail P&Ls at month end, including raising necessary accruals and prepayments.
• Site‑by‑site reviews of P&Ls explaining any large variances to budget.
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations and uploading them to ADRA for monthly review.
• Responding to finance queries received from the business and franchisees.
• Assisting with audit queries.
• Other ad‑hoc duties as required.

Qualifications

• Accuracy and organisational skills.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Qualification (ACCA, CIMA).
• Experience of working within a multi‑site franchisor organisation.
• Strong communication skills and an ability to manage key relationships both internally and with external partners.
• Positive can‑do attitude and takes pride and ownership of their work.

Company

The Wonderfield Group has recently been purchased by Zensho Holdings, the leading food service company in Japan with a market cap of $5.5 billion and whose aim is to become the world’s largest food company, a position from which we can eradicate hunger and poverty from around the globe. We operate restaurants, factories, and thousands of sushi kiosks and have recently built a successful cut‑fruit business, Snowfruit. Combining this with the three businesses previously owned by Zensho, AFC, Sushi Circle and Sushi Take, results in annual sales of $2.5 billion and EBITDA in excess of $140 million a year with an ambitious growth trajectory.