Group Finance Manager

PizzaExpress Ltd; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK restaurant brand is seeking a qualified finance professional to manage internal and external financial reporting. Key responsibilities include ensuring timely submissions, overseeing statutory audits, and producing consolidated financial statements. The ideal candidate will have strong accounting experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work independently. This role is based in Uxbridge and offers a chance to contribute significantly to the financial integrity of the brand.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role is essential.
• Strong experience of monthly reporting for multiple cost centres.
• Solid technical accounting experience required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely submission of financial information into the consolidation system.
• Lead the year-end statutory audit and liaise with auditors.
• Produce consolidated Group accounts and Annual Report.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Qualification ACCA, ACA or similar

Tools

ERP and financial reporting systems

Job description

The PizzaExpress Group comprises business units in the UK & Ireland, Hong Kong, UAE and Franchise sites across the world. The remit of this role is to manage all aspects of the Group’s internal and external financial reporting. The role will also extend to providing support to Group business units, in terms of Group processes and technical areas of accounting. The role includes the direct line management of a Group Reporting Analyst.

The candidate will need to pay close attention to detail and accuracy and will need to nurture key relationships with both local and overseas business units, as well as being comfortable working independently and taking initiative to problem solve.

What you’ll be doing:

• Responsible for ensuring the timely submission of each business unit’s periodic financial information into the Group consolidation system (FCCS).
• A key role in the year end statutory audit and any other audits that occur during the financial year, including liaising with the Group auditors.
• Responsibility for the production of the UK entity statutory accounts, including the consolidated Group accounts and Annual Report.
• Reviewing the results of the statutory audits of each business unit.
• Responsibility for the periodic and ad hoc commentary around Group performance for senior stakeholders, involving gaining a solid understanding of the conditions surrounding the performance in each market.
• Any ad-hoc analysis as required by the Group CFO or CEO.
• Leading role in the production and implementation of technical Group accounting policies.
• Impact analysis for any new accounting standards, including the project management of implementation of such standards across the Group.
• Responsibility for Group Manual of Accounting including production and updating as required.

What you’ll need:

• Qualification ACCA, ACA or similar
• Experience within a similar role
• Strong experience of monthly reporting for multiple cost centres
• Strong knowledge of, and practical experience with internal controls
• Solid technical accounting experience
• Experience with integrated ERP and financial reporting systems
• Excellent communication skills, and willingness to liaise with different departments across the business – including non-financial teams

Who We Are:

Where those who love pizza can be their true self. We’ve been around since 1965, bringing pizza to the UK and have since grown to a multichannel, international brand Our people are at the heart of our success and everything we do, we believe you should always be able to express yourself.

Our values and culture are made up of three key parts: use your head, show your heart and create a home. For us, this shows up as:

• Head - were customer centric, commercially driven and obsessed by performance in all we do
• Heart - we show our heart, are honest and vulnerable with our teams and lead everything through our people
• Home - we create a home, where everyone has a place at our marble table and you can truly express yourself everyday

Inclusivity and respect are at the heart of our business and are valued by our teams, customers, and suppliers. PizzaExpress and Milano is a place where everyone is welcome, and everyone belongs. That’s why we assess each application on the aptitude to do the job and nothing else.