Finance Manager

About the Role

Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, you will be responsible for delivering financial insight across multiple business areas ensuring robust financial control via balance sheet reconciliations, statutory reporting, and internal and external audits.

The role includes managing supplier rebates across the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands. In addition, you will provide quarterly forecasting, retail GP analysis, inflation forecasts, and scenario planning to support senior management decision-making in a challenging economic environment.

You will act as a Management Accountant for a central warehouse and food preparation business, producing forecasts, monthly performance reviews and variance analysis to the FD.

What you'll be doing:

• Calculation & raising of rebates earned in UK, Ire & Netherlands & implementing new contract terms. Regular communication with Purchasing / Commercial department and external customers, ensuring conflicts are resolved in a timely manner and rebates raised in line with documented processes.
• Forecasting of income on a quarterly basis, working with & challenging HOD.
• Implementation of tasking & ensuring risk / opp is communicated in a clear manner.
• Management accountant for central warehouse and food preparation business. Responsible for producing an accurate forecast & monthly review of performance with variance analysis, communicating the result to the FD.
• Monthly review of retail GP, collating & interrogating data & analysing variances such as waste & gap.
• Calculation, review and forecasting of inflation across the UK business. Performing scenario planning for senior management and providing effective communication of forecasted impact.
• Post monthly gaming machine rental, ensuring gaming duty reporting requirements are met.
• Monthly balance sheet reconciliations for income and Procurement 2 U.
• Lead internal & external auditors through controls & postings.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Qualified accountant or equivalent experience
• Strong understanding of management accounting, forecasting and financial analysis
• Knowledge of balance sheet reconciliations, financial controls and audit processes
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to challenge assumptions
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Good organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Advanced excel skills
• Previous experience with SAP or S4.
• Friendly and approachable

Why Join Us

• Employee Discounts across our brands (over 400 locations)
• Friends and Family Discount App
• Award-winning training, apprenticeships and development programmes
• Health & Wellbeing support
• Hybrid working model with flexibility for work–life balance
• Inclusive and diverse workplace with employee networks and communities

Ready to start the best part of your journey?
Join us at SSP and play a key role in shaping the financial performance of our Rail Gourmet business — where your insight, collaboration, and ownership will help drive our success across the UK and beyond.

At SSP, we value diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects a range of backgrounds, skills and perspectives.

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