Finance Analyst - Bank Accounting

at  WSH Support Office

Company Description

WSH is the parent company for leading brands operating in the catering and hospitality sectors. Our brands operate in diverse sectors, including:

• Public spaces – such as the Science Museum, St Pancras Champagne bar and Dublin Zoo
• Workspaces – from power stations to investment banks
• Education – primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and universities

A central support office provides financial, HR, IT, Supply Chain and other administrative services to the group companies each of whom retains its own personality and who operate across a number of catering and hospitality markets.
Recent acquisitions provide the group with new opportunities and include prestigious locations such as Musee Du Louvre in Paris and partnerships with established chefs such as Claus Meyers in Denmark.
Job Description

The WSH Bank Accounting team of 5 (plus Manager) is a centralized finance function for the whole WSH group. We manage cash reconciliations and payment services for 4+ banks, 100+ bank accounts, 15+ entities and 70k+ transactions per monthly trading period. We look after the following areas:

• Cash Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• Cash Transaction General Ledger Entries
• Cash Collection and Change Order Services
• Merchant Invoicing and Charging
• Ad-Hoc Business Payment Services
• Operational Cash Function Support
• Cash Processes Transformation and Controls

This role focuses particularly on the following areas of Bank Accounting:

Ad-Hoc Payments - providing payment services for WSH entities when required, for example, for taxation, cashless & deposit refunds and charitable donations.

• Daily payment processing of ad-hoc ticket requests across multiple WSH entities.
• Utilities the WSH Service Desk to manage, process and respond to tickets raised across the Group.
• Utilities banking portals and the WSH TMS to raise and import payment instructions to banks across the Group.

Cash Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Completing and maintaining cash-based reconciliations across multiple WSH entities, with internal reporting and commentary as required:

• Daily posting of General Ledger journals and Sub-Ledger entries, for cash transactions across the WSH UK & Ireland Group.
• Daily reconciliations of cash balance sheets across the WSH UK & Ireland Group.
• Ensure accurate and timely reconciliations of balance sheets, reporting internally as appropriate and demonstrating good financial acumen.

Cash Transaction General Ledger Entries: Completing cash-based General Ledger Journals to accurately, and efficiently, recognise cash transactions across multiple WSH entities for further reconciliation:

• Support the Group’s operational divisions with the governance and oversight of petty cash collection and change orders.
• Charge WSH entity locations in an appropriate and timely manner, with regards to merchant service supplier invoicing.
• Support the Group’s operational divisions with queries regarding cash transactions and charges.

This role also works closely with other Finance functions in the WSH support office including the in-house Treasury, Accounts Payable and Credit collection teams,and with a variety of external suppliers and stakeholders of the Group.
Qualifications

Please refer the Job description for details