UK&I Senior Finance Manager

UK&I Senior Finance Manager

The UKI Senior Finance Manager will have overall responsibility for all aspects of Purchase Ledger, Cash Management, Financial Accounting, Payroll and other key financial processes. 

The role provides leadership in delivering high quality, effective and efficient financial services, while also ensuring financial compliance and robust financial control.

Please note, this role is based in our Uxbridge office. We work on a hybrid basis, around 3 days in the office.

What you’ll be doing: 

• Provide leadership, support and direction for the UK&I finance teams (purchase ledger, cash management, financial accounting, and payroll teams).
• Develop skills and capabilities within the UK&I finance teams. Provide training and guidance to effectively manage their responsibilities in a timely.
• Ownership of the general ledger and internal controls for the UK&I purchase ledger, cash management, financial accounting and payroll teams
• Accountable for appropriate completion of balance sheet checks and reviews for the UK&I purchase ledger, cash management, financial accounting, general ledger and payroll areas. 
• Focus on effective and efficient management of the Group’s funds and facilities, cash forecasting and working capital management
• Working closely with the Group Director of Financial Control to implement the overall UK&I Finance department vision, strategy and objectives. Participating in continuous improvement initiatives within the general ledger process area and across the finance team.

What you’ll need:

• Qualification ACCA, ACA or similar
• A few PQE years of relevant industry experience
• Solid technical accounting experience
• Experience leading a large team
• Experience with integrated ERP and financial reporting systems
• Strong knowledge of, and practical experience with internal controls
• Able to demonstrate process improvement and change implementation

Who We Are: 

Where those who love pizza can be their true self. Proud to be a Top 10 Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023.  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.