Job Title: Finance Manager - Internal Reporting & Control
Contract Type: Permanent
Office Based: Dunstable LU5 Hybrid working 3 days a week in the office
Are you a finance professional who enjoys delivering accurate reporting, strengthening financial controls and turning complex data into meaningful insight? At Whitbread, we're looking for a Finance Manager to lead our Internal Reporting & Control activities, ensuring the integrity of our monthly reporting while providing challenge and insight to senior stakeholders.
In this key role, you'll own the monthly internal reporting cycle for Whitbread PLC, delivering accurate and timely P&L and Balance Sheet reporting that supports decision-making across the business. You'll lead a team of analysts, partner with stakeholders across our business and help drive continuous improvement in our controls and reporting processes.
What you'll be doing
- Lead the monthly internal reporting process for Whitbread PLC, ensuring accurate, high-quality P&L and Balance Sheet reporting is delivered on time and supports effective business decision making.
- Own and coordinate the period close process, producing monthly reporting packs, driving Balance Sheet reviews and providing challenge and insight to senior finance stakeholders.
- Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are completed and reviewed in line with policy, investigating variances, identifying risks and maintaining strong financial control across the Group.
- Champion Whitbread's Financial Control Framework, supporting audit requirements, compliance activities, process documentation and continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen governance and reduce risk.
- Lead, coach and support a team of Internal Reporting analysts, building strong relationships across Finance and deputising for the Financial Controller when required.
Why You'll love it here:
- Bonus up to 20%
- Up to 10% contributory pension
- Up to 60% off Premier Inn and Hub stays
What you'll need
- Significant experience within Financial Reporting, Management Accounting, Financial Control or Internal Reporting environments.
- Strong understanding of period-end reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, controls and governance processes.
- Experience producing reporting packs and presenting financial information, insight and challenge to senior stakeholders.
- Excellent organisational and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to critical deadlines.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large, complex datasets to support reporting and analysis.
- Experience leading, coaching or coordinating teams, with the confidence to influence stakeholders across a large and complex organisation.
- Experience of working within a multi-site, large corporate, retail, hospitality or consumer-facing business would be advantageous.
- Experience using Oracle, Fusion or similar ERP systems would be beneficial.
