NEOS Engineering Recruitment
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Financial Controller
Manchester
Leading Hospitality & Entertainment Group
Reports to: Finance Director
Direct report: Accounts Assistant
About the Opportunity
We are working with a leading hospitality and entertainment group that is expanding its portfolio of high-profile venues across Manchester.
The business operates across hospitality, nightlife, live entertainment, restaurants, and events, and is entering an exciting period of growth. As the group continues to develop, they are looking for a commercially minded Financial Controller to take ownership of the finance function across a number of busy, high-volume venues.
This is an opportunity to join an entrepreneurial business where finance plays a key role in operational performance, profitability, and future growth.
The Role
Reporting to the Finance Director, you will lead the day-to-day finance function, ensuring accurate reporting, strong financial controls, and clear commercial insight for senior leadership and venue managers.
You will be responsible for:
- Delivering monthly management accounts, including balance-sheet integrity, commentary, and KPI analysis.
- Leading budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modeling.
- Managing cash flow, weekly payment runs, and bank reconciliations.
- Overseeing the reconciliation of EPOS takings, presales, PDQ receipts, and cash banking.
- Supporting year-end accounts, audit preparation, and statutory compliance.
- Overseeing VAT, FEU, MGD, and National Statistics submissions.
- Overseeing payroll processing and reconciliation.
- Conducting venue audits to ensure financial accuracy and operational efficiency.
- Providing commercial analysis to improve profitability and support business decisions.
- Working closely with venue managers and senior leadership.
- Supporting and developing an Accounts Assistant.
- Improving finance systems, processes, and reporting as the group expands.
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About You
We are looking for a qualified or part-qualified accountant, or an experienced finance professional, with a strong background in financial control, management accounts, and commercial finance.
You will ideally have experience in:
- Hospitality, leisure, restaurants, bars, entertainment, events, or another high-volume, multi-site environment.
- Producing accurate monthly management accounts.
- Budgeting, forecasting, and cash-flow management.
- Managing financial controls and reconciliations.
- Working closely with operational teams to improve financial performance.
- Leading or developing junior finance staff.
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You will be commercially minded, organized, and confident working in a fast-paced environment. The ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders is essential.
What’s on Offer?
- Competitive salary: based on your experience and expectations.
- Benefits package
- Manchester-based role
- Opportunity to take ownership of finance across multiple high-profile venues
- Direct exposure to senior leadership and the Finance Director
- Opportunity to help build scalable finance processes within a growing group
- A varied, commercially focused role with genuine scope to make an impact
If you’re an experienced Financial Controller or Finance Manager looking for a role where you can influence performance and support the growth of a dynamic hospitality and entertainment business, we’d love to hear from you.
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