This stylish hotel is off the M65, ideally located on the border of Hyndburn and Blackburn located within the Frontier Retail Park. Local attractions such as Blackburn's historic cathedral, the Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, King George's Hall, and Blackburn Empire Theatre are only a 10-minute drive away.
The hotel encompasses 150 bedrooms and has substantial parking available for big group bookings. The hotel has a friendly, upbeat, comfortable feel and embodies Hampton's culture of Hamptonality perfectly. Our team will welcome you with a bright smile and are multiskilled to support you on both the reception desk as well as in our lounge, bar, and during breakfast. There is a spacious lounge area where guests can enjoy a relaxing drink and some food, or they may choose to take advantage of the onsite gym. The spacious and friendly lounge area is the perfect setting to meet with your family, and friends, or to organise a small meeting with a client or colleagues.
We are seeking a Cluster Assistant Financial
Controller to join the finance team working across both the Hampton by Hilton
Blackburn and Stanley House Hotel & Spa. This role reports directly to the Cluster
Financial Controller. This position will support in the day-to-day
responsibilities of the finance department taking a leadership role with a
proportion of the daily duties.
The Assistant Financial Controller will have the
confidence and skillset to implement standards and ensure the team’s ongoing
compliance with the Company’s financial standard operating procedures. They
will be familiar with the daily duties of a finance team and work independently
following initial training and guidance.
The ideal candidate has relevant qualifications or
is working towards this and in addition has had exposure to finance and
accountancy procedures. Whilst hotel or hospitality finance experience is a
bonus, it is not necessarily a ‘’must have’’.
Key
responsibilities include:
* Daily
revenue audit and banking reconciliation
* Bank
reconciliation in the accounting system
* Processing
invoices via Procure Wizard
* Supporting
in credit controlling and chasing debtors for payments and maintaining up to
date sales ledger.
* Support
in the processing of payroll on a daily and monthly basis.
* Assist
with the daily and weekly forecasting production.
* Assist
with month end accounts production
* To run
and provide reports as required using the relevant systems and support tools
* Confident
in communicating and supporting hotel team members in finance queries on an
ongoing ad-hoc basis
* Deputising
in the absence of Cluster FC.
Skills, attributes, and desired experience
* Actively
uses initiative
* Confidence
to challenge and investigate
* Able to
spot opportunities and trends
* Thorough
and detail orientated
* Previous
experience in a supervisory capacity within a finance team
* A
qualification in finance or working towards preferable but not required
* Confident
using a finance system
* Finance
experience within the hospitality industry preferable but not required
* Experience
using Procure Wizard preferable but not required.
What you'll get in return:
* Competitive pay and package
* Exclusive Team Member discounted stays and 50%
off F&B across the leaf HOSPITALITY portfolio
* Continuous learning & development
opportunities
* Free access to 24/7 employee assistance
program
* Additional annual leave and family leave
* Service bonus for 5 and 10 years up to £1K
* Team Member of the month - £100 and Team
Member of the year - £500
* Additional pension contribution
This
hotel is managed by leaf HOSPITALITY who is a hotel management company that has
one simple value that underpins everything we do: be excellent. We work with
branded and independent hotels. Our vision is to be a leader in the market
where every member of our team plays a part in delivering excellent service to
our guests, owners, and team members.
#BeExcellent
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