Group Finance Manager
Milton Keynes, MK16 9EZ
Salary – £55,000 to £65,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Full time role
Hybrid working model
There may be very occasional travel to Dublin and sites within our UK estate
We’re looking for a Group Finance Manager to join us and help add strength to our finance team and to support the business growth we are experiencing through improved reporting, forecasting and analysis.
This person will work closely with the tax accountant, sitting within our head office finance team and have regular contact with the Welcome Break Senior Leadership Team, the overseas Applegreen Group finance team and external auditors.
What will your role look like?
You will be responsible for:
Preparation of the monthly group reporting pack, including IFRS adjustments, for submission to the parent company group finance team
Monthly and YTD variance analysis for balance sheet accounts
Completion of the statutory accounts and annual group financial statements in UK GAAP, including group consolidation and workings behind the financial statements and compliance
Production of subsidiary financial statements in UK GAAP
Co-ordinating the annual external audit process with Deloitte, including interim and year end visits
Influencing and supervising the Group’s accounting policies and procedures, including revenue recognition, acquisition consolidation
Working with the financial planning and analysis team to maintain key reports, structures and hierarchies within SUN financial ledger
About you
Ideally we are looking for someone who has:
Hold a professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA) and would ideally be educated to degree level
Accounting practice, or relevant experience
Working knowledge of developments in accounting standards (IFRS and UK GAAP) and corporate governance / reporting
We also have some great benefits;
33 days Holiday (inc. BH) - entitlement increases with service
Pension Scheme. 4% employer, 5% employee contribution.
Employee discounts (50% off onsite KFC, Burger King, Starbucks and Pizza Express to name a few)
My Welcome Break discounts - savings at hundreds of high street retailers including fashion stores, electrical retailers, supermarkets and travel companies
Career progression and brilliant training programmes
Cycle to work scheme - salary sacrifice scheme allows you to save money on bikes – including e-bikes
Free onsite parking at all Welcome Break sites
Free lunch provided in office (sandwiches, pasta pots, rolls) as well as Tea and Coffee
About Welcome Break
Welcome Break is one of the UK’s leading motorway service operators, running 59 service areas and 31 hotels across the UK.
When you come into one of our sites you will recognise your favourite brands such as Starbucks, Subway, WHSmith, KFC, Pizza Express and Burger King, as well hotels under the Ramada and Days Inn brands. But what might come as a surprise is that we are all one team and that even with different uniforms, everyone works for Welcome Break.
For this role, you may also have experience in financial reporting, tax accounting, group finance, financial analysis, financial forecasting
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