Finance Accounting Manager

at  Whitbread

We’re Whitbread the UK’s largest hospitality business with over 1,200 hotels and restaurants across the UK but we’re more than that. We’re the 38,000 people who make everyday experiences special that delight over 5 million guests every month.
In the role of Property Accounting Manager, you will play a critical role in ensuring the financial integrity of our fixed asset portfolio and project accounting processes. This is a dynamic position that requires a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and strong leadership abilities to guide a team in delivering accurate financial reporting and effective controls.
Location: Dunstable, hybrid- a minimum of 3 days per week in the office
Job Type: Permanent

WHAT WE NEED:

• Qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA)
• Broad accounting knowledge, ability to talk through ideas & assess wider impacts.
• Working with financial and non-financial colleagues at all levels

• Ensure the integrity and standard of financial reporting- preparation of all Fixed assets information to a high level of accuracy and to required timescales.
• Business partnering to support the Fixed asset accounting of the commercial decisions
• Ensuring that the controls are designed and operated effectively through the control framework (FCF) and that processes are documented and risk and control matrices are developed.
• Balance sheet reconciliations are in line with group accounting policies and ensuring risk and opportunities are identified and flagged as appropriate.
• You will manage relationships with external auditors (Deloitte) and to ensure full compliance with best practice.
• liaising with external audit to deliver a clean audit for fixed assets.