Financial Accountant London, England
Job description
The Menu Partners Ltd is a diverse Group in the Food and Hospitality sector supplying hotels, pubs and restaurants up and down the UK with wholesale, prepared or cooked food. The Group continues to grow at pace with sales in excess of £250m in 2023. Within our group of businesses, we also have Absolute Taste, a leading event catering company, Inflight our Private Jet catering business along with two farm shops and so much more.
Come and join an exciting company which is expanding very quickly and looking for the right people to come and join our teams. In return, we develop individuals to be the best they can be and help them along their career paths.
The Menu Partners are recruiting an experienced Financial Accountant to join our food service division finance team based in London. The role is a full-time position and will report directly into Group Finance Director.
The successful candidate will be a fully qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) Accountant with minimum 1-2 years post qualification experience. This is a great opportunity for a driven individual looking for professional growth and exposure within a dynamic environment.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supporting Finance Director preparing detailed monthly accounts and other financial reports
- Preparing key balance sheet reconciliations
- Oversight of work performed by Finance Assistant, sales ledger and purchase ledger teams, ensuring all transactions are properly recorded
- Maintaining relationship with financing bank and regular reconciliation of £20m+ ID facility
- Providing support for cost control initiatives, providing appropriate analysis and change to drive performance improvements
- A key contributor to annual external audit cycle and statutory account preparation
- Responsibility for regular statutory / compliance / tax filings
Financial Accountant skills and qualifications:
- Fully qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) Accountant with minimum 1-2 years post qualification experience
- Experience across breadth of day to day activities of corporate finance function
- Advanced MS Excel skills and experience with data visualisation tools (i.e., Power BI, Data Rails etc) advantageous
- Highly organised with excellent time management and prioritisation skills
- Excellent analytical and numerical skills with a strong attention to detail
- A solid understanding of accounting and effective control environment principles
- Excellent oral & written communication skills
This is a full-time and permanent role.
The above list is not exhaustive of all duties and responsibilities.
