We are a young and innovative events operator, who run three event venues across the south of England. We are offing a unique opportunity for someone with experience in commercial and financial management to join the company.

About the role:

Over the last eight years, we have developed robust and accurate accounts and processes, but as we grow, we are looking to better integrate our accounts departments into the wider goals and strategy of our business.

It will be based out of our London office and will work closely with the Group General Manager and the Managing Director, to provide decision support and to target and streamline our financial processes and personnel to increase efficiency commercial output.

The role will involve:

• Overseeing the financial management across our three operating sites (in Wiltshire, The Cotswolds, and Surrey) and our parent company Dearborn based in London.
• Directly managing our two Accounts Managers and being the link between their day-to-day financial reporting, and the commercial context of the wider business.
• Helping enhance and develop our General Managers understanding of their monthly P+L’s helping them better forecast performance and identify pinch points ahead of time.
• Enhancing the detail and accuracy of our monthly budgeting.
• Monitoring sales and forecasting and identifying ways to present the relevant data in an easily digestible manner, to then be acted upon by senior leadership and General managers.
• Enhancing our financial targeting and reporting strategies to better incentivize our sales departments.
• Overseeing development of our future rates and revenue management strategies.
• Creating enhanced ‘live-tracking’ of sales and revenue at each property to better identify patterns emerging ahead of time which require focus and action.
• Working closely with the Dearborn leadership to develop and cost ‘off peak’ pricing and incentives to  volume is maintained throughout the year.
• Work with Operations, the Group Beverage Manager and Kitchen teams to ensure profit margins are maintained, and to provide tracking frameworks which can be understood at each site.
• Working closely with the accounts team to ensure information is received and distributed in a timely manner and the highest level of accuracy is achieved.
• Assisting the Managing Director with the financial planning with the opening of our fourth site in Sussex in late 2023 / early 2024.
• Oversee business to business invoicing between our catering partners at our sites.

Skills:

• 4 years’ + experience in financial management and a background in accountancy.
• Ideally experience of the hospitality sector.
• An understanding of Sage.
• Proven experience in financial leadership.
• An ability to be flexible and react to the challenges presented by a growing, young business.

Package:

• Part-time 32 hours per week across 3-5 days with options for flexibility and hybrid working.
• Pro-rata holiday at 25 days + bank holidays.
• Opportunity for the role to be extended to full-time in 2024

Location:

• London
• Travel required