UK Finance Lead

Finance Lead

Location: London (Hybrid)

Salary: £67,000 per annum

We're looking for an experienced Finance Lead to join our Workplace Hospitality business, supporting a diverse, multi-site corporate portfolio across the UK and Ireland. This is a commercially focused leadership role where you'll partner with senior operational stakeholders to drive financial performance, influence strategic decisions and lead a high-performing finance team.

Managing a complex portfolio that includes workplace dining, hospitality, vending and major transformation projects, you'll play a key role in turning financial insight into commercial action. From budgeting and forecasting to business cases and investment appraisals, you'll help shape the future of a high-profile account during an exciting period of growth and change.

What you'll be doing

  • Lead all aspects of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and month-end reporting.
  • Partner with operational leaders to provide commercial insight and support strategic decision-making.
  • Identify financial risks and opportunities, delivering clear recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Develop business cases for investment, mobilisation, tenders and commercial initiatives.
  • Drive working capital performance, financial controls and balance sheet management.
  • Monitor performance improvement initiatives and challenge delivery where required.
  • Lead, coach and develop the finance team while collaborating across regional and global business functions.

About you

You'll be a commercially minded finance professional with a passion for business partnering and leading teams in a fast-paced operational environment.

You'll have:

  • ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification (or equivalent experience).
  • Strong management accounting, budgeting and forecasting experience.
  • A proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving commercial performance.
  • Excellent analytical, communication and leadership skills.
  • Experience managing or developing finance teams.
  • Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with financial reporting systems.

Experience within hospitality, catering, facilities management, retail or another multi-site operational business would be highly advantageous.

Why join us?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a market-leading workplace hospitality business supporting a prestigious national portfolio. You'll have genuine influence over commercial strategy, work on major transformation projects and be part of an ambitious, collaborative leadership team where your expertise will make a real impact.

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:

  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
  • Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
  • Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
  • 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 cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
  • Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
  • You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families

About Us

Restaurant Associates provides brilliant hospitality through our food, drink and services. We work with our partners and collaborate with our clients to achieve great things together. Every day, our teams of passionate hospitality professionals strive for excellence in delivering employee dining and hospitality to some of the UK's leading workplace as well as inspiring exceptional experiences in iconic cultural and heritage destinations.

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!

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