Finance Controller

Financial Controller – Hospitality SectorLocation: LondonSalary: £90,000 to £110,000 + bonus (DOE)Hybrid: Hybrid – 4 office days per weekAbout the Company We are proud to be partnering with a leading London based hospitality group with an exceptional reputation for quality, innovation and customer experience. With a portfolio of well known brands and a strong growth trajectory, the business is continuing to evolve its operating model and strengthen its senior leadership team. As part of this journey, they are now looking to appoint a Financial Controller to take ownership of a strategically important multi entity portfolio within the Group. This is a high impact role, offering the chance to lead from the front across financial control, reporting, governance and commercial support. This is a control led role first, but equally one where you will work closely with senior operational stakeholders and act as the financial voice at the table. You will play a key part in driving pace, accountability and strong financial discipline, while ensuring the business remains aligned to Group standards and governance.Job requirements: As a Financial Controller, you will:\n

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• Own end to end finance delivery for a key multi entity portfolio, with clear accountability for pace, quality and output
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• Lead the monthly close process to agreed deadlines, ensuring accurate P&L, balance sheet and cashflow reporting
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• Maintain a clean and well governed balance sheet across all entities, ensuring reconciliations are completed, reviewed and actioned
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• Take ownership of key schedules including accruals, prepayments, payroll, capex, intercompany and provisions
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• Ensure a strong financial control environment is in place, with clear documentation, approvals, audit trail and cut off discipline
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• Ensure audit readiness throughout the year and lead delivery across year end and statutory reporting requirements
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• Ensure compliance with Group financial policies, internal control frameworks and delegated authorities
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• Provide oversight and challenge of weekly cash forecasts, ensuring assumptions are robust and risks are identified early
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• Partner closely with the Treasury Manager and wider leadership team to ensure cash impacts of commercial and operational decisions are understood
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• Act as senior finance partner to operational leadership, providing both support and constructive challenge
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• Deliver performance insight across trading, margins, controllable costs and site contribution
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• Support commercial decision making across pricing, promotions, menu engineering, operating models and new initiatives
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• Lead finance input into budgeting and reforecasting in partnership with Group FP&A
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• Provide structured analysis on labour, productivity and cost control, ensuring plans are realistic and deliverable
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• Support investment appraisals, new initiatives and strategic change, ensuring strong governance and returns discipline
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• Build and embed scalable finance processes as the portfolio continues to evolve
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• Drive continuous improvement across reporting, workflows, controls and data quality
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• Lead and develop the finance team, setting clear expectations, coaching performance and building accountability
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Key Person Requirements:\n

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• A qualified accountant, ACA, ACCA or CIMA, with strong post qualified experience in Financial Control or Controllership roles
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• Experienced in owning end to end month end, balance sheet governance and audit readiness across multi entity environments
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• Experience within multi-site hospitality or retail environments
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• Control minded, with the judgement to operate at pace without compromising integrity or standards
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• Confident managing senior stakeholders and able to influence, challenge and support non finance leaders
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• Commercially aware, with strong analytical skills and the ability to turn numbers into clear business decisions
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• Hands on, resilient and delivery focused, with the ability to thrive in a fast moving and evolving environment
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• Advanced in Excel and comfortable working across finance systems and reporting tools
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If you are looking for a broad and visible Financial Controller role where you can take full ownership of finance delivery for a key portfolio, while partnering closely with senior leadership in a growing hospitality business, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV for immediate consideration.#INDFT