Finance Manager - London, United Kingdom - Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd

Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Finance Manager

Are you an ambitious finance professional looking to take the next step in your finance career in a highly commercial and business facing role? Are you part or fully qualified in ACCA, CIMA or ACA? If so, our Medirest business is on the lookout for an operationallyminded accountant to join us supporting at Kings College Hospital.

You will predominantly based at Kings College Hospital, when not at the Hospital you will be required to support remotely.

Medirest is the specialist healthcare operating company of Compass Group UK & Ireland, providing a full range of hotel services, including staff, patient and visitor catering, domestics, portering, security and reception, at over 130 NHS Trusts and privatehospitals.

What we'll give:

Finance Manager - King's College Hospital London
- £46,000 per annum,

40 hours per week

We ensure you're rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
Receive Wow Points every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
Unwind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families
Contributory pension scheme
Grow your career with our Career Pathways programme
Compass exclusive offers on PerksAtWork

More about the role:

As our Finance Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the Contract Directors/ Managers and operational teams in understanding and managing operational financial performance of contracts.

You will have the following responsibilities:

Raising journals for business area, ensuring validity of accounting entries and compliance to contract, escalating any concerns to Commercial Finance Manager
Managing the Review and Approve process being the central point of contact for operational teams
Review of operational working capital components and recommending / driving actions to improve performance
Ensure billing is timely, accurate and complete ensuring processes, procedures and systems meet contractual requirements recommending improvements and efficiencies as appropriate
Supporting the Profit Protection team, driving units to complete selfassessment audits and assisting with completion of action plans to achieve required scores
Implementation of standard monthly reporting to be used in the business
Assist in training of operational teams in the use of business reporting to understand and improve their financial performance
Analysis of financial performance highlighting to Contract Director key points to be discussed at monthly review
Analyse and manage all unit contract costs, ensure full purchase compliance, manage margin percentge
Preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts, challenging operational performance, understandingand reporting key variances
Attending and presenting at designated Client meetings

Who you are:

- be right for us, you will be either fully or part qualified in ACCA, CIMA or ACA with commercial finance experience.

You will have skills, experience and knowledge in the following areas:

Proven stakeholder management experience
Multisite experience is highly desirable
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Demonstrable commercial judgement
Leadership and influencing
Proven stakeholder management skills
Strong analytical and systems skills

Part of Compass Group UK&I, Medirest is the specialist healthcare operating company of Compass Group UK & Ireland, providing a full range of hotel services, including staff, patient and visitor catering, domestics, portering, security and reception, at over130 NHS Trusts and private hospitals.