Senior Finance Analyst - International Hospitality Business

Role: Senior Finance Analyst – International Hospitality Business

Location: Central London (Hybrid Working)

The Role: This opportunity is working for an established hospitality business with a well-positioned brand and loyal customer base. This business has been going through some extraordinary growth and has sites across Europe and the United States. They are hiring for an exciting Senior Finance Analyst opportunity reporting directly to the CFO. This person would be playing a pivotal role to drive operational excellence and provide strategic counsel to the business leadership team. The ideal candidate will be hands-on, commercially minded, and eager to make an impact. You will be responsible for the consolidated reporting and analysis of the company’s portfolio ensuring the provision of concise and accurate information to the Management team, providing concise overviews and detailed analysis to help guide strategy. The Senior Finance Analyst will work with the regional teams to ensure all efforts are made to drive improvement of the operational results of the business as well as detailed involvement in projects such as the implementation of dashboard reporting. You will identifying new ways to communicate performance and providing financial planning and commercial analytical support. This role comes with a very competitive salary, benefits, generous bonus scheme and a clear path for progression in the future.

Role Responsibilities:

• Produces accurate and timely financial information to the management team to assist with the day to day running of the business
• Prepares consolidated reporting and forecasting for presentation to the board providing high level analysis, and initial recommendations
• Works with the management team to guide and advise on strategic actions and their implementation
• Collaborates effectively with the finance teams to maximize individual and property asset potential
• Reviews appropriate KPI reports for the business and provide the Chief Financial Officer with commentary and proposed action plans
• Owns and prepares the month end internal board packs and attend appropriate review meetings, whilst providing support and guidance on financial and commercial matters for the Group
• Reviews and challenges all internal controls and procedures to ensure they are maintained across the Groups
• Develops, analyses' and manages Group Specific Key Performance Indicators, particularly in Food and Beverage
• Reviews and interrogates all forecasts and budgets prepared by management teams to ensure the Chief Financial Officer are provided with guidelines of performance that are both reasonable and achievable
• Reviews and proposes any process improvements across the Group to ensure key financial information is delivered in the most effective and efficient means across all locations

Candidate Requirements:

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified professional
• Experience working within hospitality/multisite business
• An excellent communicator with the ability to tell a story and go beyond the analysis
• Experience working with non-finance staff and ability to explain financial data to them
• Experience in financial accounting and reporting e.g. analyse P&L statements, develop operating budgets, prepare a short- and long-term forecast and champion capital expenditure planning and asset management

Company Information

Wayman Finance is a specialist recruitment agency with over 20 years’ experience within the Finance field. We’ve worked hard to establish our reputation with our clients as one of the most reliable Finance and Accounting agencies in London through our core values of honesty and customer excellence.

Application

To be considered for this Senior Finance Analyst position please forward your CV as soon as possible.