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Senior F&B Finance Manager
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Senior F&B Finance Manager
Senior F&B Finance Manager
Work Level
3
Contract Type
Permanent (Hybrid working)
Location Dunstable office (LU5) – 3 days a week having the flexibility to work from home the other 2 days
About the Role
This critical Senior F&B Finance Manager position is responsible for driving the financial strategy, planning, and performance management of Premier Inn’s Food & Beverage (F&B) business. Reporting closely with the Head of F&B, the role provides essential commercial insight, financial challenge, and strategic decision-making to optimise revenue, margins, and profitability—shaping a sustainable long-term growth trajectory.
Key activities include:
- Leading planning, forecasting, analysis, and performance reporting.
- Supporting decisions on pricing, product offerings, supply chain efficiency, and labour optimisation.
- Holding full accountability for the F&B budget, forecasting, performance reporting, and end-to-end commercial finance support.
The role also involves guiding a small multi-manager finance team in delivering high-quality analysis, strategic data-driven recommendations, and fostering strong operational partnerships.
What You’ll Be Doing
1. Commercial Strategy & Leadership
- Lead the financial components of the F&B strategy, aligning revenue targets, cost controls, and margin objectives.
- Provide robust financial backing for key decisions—including pricing, product launch decisions, category management, and promotions—to maximise ROI.
- Challenge assumptions and ensure every initiative delivers quantifiable business impact.
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2. Menu & Product Economics
- Oversee financial planning throughout each menu cycle, analysing performance trends at the dish and category level.
- Model price changes, promotional strategies, inflation impacts, and supply chain adjustments to refine commercial viability.
3. Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Own, highlight, and deliver end-to-end budgeting across all F&B revenue and cost streams.
- Develop dynamic forecasting models, incorporating real-world trends, operational data, and supplier variables for scenarios that aid decision-making.
4. Performance Insight & Reporting
- Generate executive-focused breakdowns, highlighting profitability drivers, cost of sales, waste, labour efficiency, and operational execution patterns.
5. Operational Partnership & Profitability
- Collaborate with Supply Chain and Operations teams to enhance stock accuracy, waste reduction, and on-site profitability.
- Lead margin improvement initiatives and nurture a high-performing F&B finance team to drive excellence.
Why You’ll Love It Here
Financial & Perks Incentives
- Performance Bonus – Up to 20% of your salary.
- Pension Scheme – 10% matched contributory up to 10% chosen by you.
- Hotel Discounts – Up to 60% off stays across all Premier Inn and Hub properties.
What You’ll Need
Essential Experience & Skills
- Proven track record of leading finance functional teams, delivering accuracy-driven reporting, forecasting, analysis, and strategy support.
- Strong ownership of budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning, including performance management frameworks and scenario modelling.
- Ability to craft financial strategy that bridges vision and execution, delivering direct commercial change.
- Advanced financial modelling & data analysis expertise, rooting recommendations in hard evidence.
- Track record of property-based decision-making underpinned by sound financial assessments.
- Confidence to challenge senior stakeholders with convincing insight and deliverable recommendations.
- Ability to thrive in large matrix environments, particularly those with a multi-site consumer-facing operation (e.g., hospitality, retail, or leisure).
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Qualifications
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA). or
- Equivalent experience simulating full-funnel financial oversight.
About Us
At Premier Travel, we believe everyone’s uniqueness is a strength. We are committed to building an inclusive, values-driven organisation that values diversity and fosters equal opportunities. If you are part of one of the following groups—female, from ethnic minorities, disabled, LGBTQIA+ (or any identifying term within the community)—we actively encourage you to apply and will support you at every stage.
We offer solutions for workplace adjustments, flexible working patterns, part-time roles, and other provisions where possible.
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