Job Description
Eclipse Hotels Group is an international family owned hotel group who are headquartered in West London. Our company's current portfolio includes brands such as Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and EasyHotel, located across the UK, Europe and the Caribbean.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Group Accounting Manager, based at our Head Office location in Parsons Green, West London. You will have the opportunity to join a developing employer who has the passion and drive to deliver first class service and a quality Team Member experience.
This role is very hands' on and you will be required to oversee the running of the day to day operation of our Finance Team. You will directly be supporting our 7 UK properties, and indirectly supporting our properties in Zurich and The Bahamas, you'll be vital in driving our financial standards forward and implementing changes to assist in providing true hospitality for our guests whilst increasing our profit growth.
What will your key responsibilities and duties be: -
This is but a small taster of what we would expect in this role:
- Ensure that our financial policies and procedures are up to date and used consistently across our portfolio of hotels.
- Prepare monthly P&L reports, other management Information reports and analysis, reviewing with sour Hotel General Managers.
- Manage the day to day function of our multisite bank balances.
- Manage and monitor each of properties daily cashflow.
- Complete balance sheet reconciliations.
- Audit of existing finance systems to ensure accuracy of data.
- Report on all capital expenditure vs budget.
- Monitor conduct and compliance with statutory requirements in all areas
- Ensure there are correct inventory controls in place for the purchasing, receiving and management of stock via our Procure Wizard application.
- Oversee our monthly processing of payroll with the support of our Group Accountant.
- Day to day management of our Head Office Finance Team.
How will you achieve this?
We genuinely care about people and we show this through living out our promise of True Hospitality each and every day. It's what connects every Team Member throughout our brand of hotels. Each hotel delivers True Hospitality in their own way, making them unique. At the heart of it is our key core service skills.
- True Attitude: being caring, wanting to make a positive difference, and building genuine connections with our guests
- True Confidence: having the knowledge and skills to perform your role, and giving our guests the confidence that they can trust you, to help and support them during their stay
- True Listening:focusing on what our guest is saying, picking up on body language that is often overlooked, and understanding what the guest wants and needs
- True Responsiveness: is about providing our guests with what they need, and doing so in a timely and caring manner
What we are looking for: -
- Qualified or near qualified as an accountant (ACCA).
- Demonstrate a good knowledge of financial procedures within a group role, ideally within the hospitality industry.
- Proven experience in managing multi-site profit & loss accounts
- Someone who can be gregarious in supporting our General Managers, whilst remaining calm under pressure.
- Possesses strong influencing skills with the ability to break down information for non-financial managers.
- Experience in using Sage, Procurewizard and Fourth would be beneficial
- Excellent communication skills in all aspects; good organisational and administrative skills with an eye for detail; Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point presentations;
- Willing to work a flexible schedule including evenings, weekends and bank holidays;
What can we offer you?
When you work hard, you get rewarded. It is our aim to provide you with a wide range of benefits as follows: -
- Competitive salary package
- Generous bonus scheme based on your individual and hotel targets;
- Pension scheme;
- Access to a worldwide employee discount on bedrooms and F&B outlets for you, your family and your friends;
- Free shuttle service too/from Hammersmith Station to Coda Studios
- Access to a free onsite gym
- Free lunch, and lots of snacks to get you through the day!
- Hundreds of discounts and other free perks with high street and online retailers, cinemas, restaurants, gym and theme parks, i.e. ASOS, Tesco, Boots, Argos, Starbucks, Odeon, Pizza Express etc*;
- Life insurance cover;
- A lively and fun working environment with a sense of family community.
If this opportunity sounds good to you and you fit what we are looking for, then please forward your CV across to us and we will hopefully be in contact with you shortly.