Group Finance Manager

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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