Senior Finance Assistant - Chelsea FC

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Job Introduction

Senior Finance Assistant - Chelsea FC

£38,000 Basic

• Medicash - Healthcare benefits, including dental, optical and therapy treatments (includes up to 4 dependent children)
• Aviva Digicare - Free annual healthcare check
• Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site (Perks at Work)
• Entertainment discounts - up to 55% off cinema tickets
• Health & Wellbeing discounts - Discounts for Nuffield Health (20%) and Pure Gym (10%)
• Travel discounts - Discounts with holiday companies such as TUI and Expedia
• Shopping discounts - Save up to 15% at high street and online stores by purchasing Shopping Cards
• Meals on duty
• Vodaphone discounts
• Pension scheme and Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 23 days + BH's and additional day off for your birthday
• 2 days additional leave, following return from Maternity leave during first year back
• Competitive and supportive family benefits
• Day off for baby's first birthday
• Holiday purchase scheme
• On-going training & development and career pathways
• Professional subscriptions paid
• Financial wellbeing programme and preferred rates on salary finance products

The Venues

Levy UK is the official catering partner to Chelsea FC & Brentford FC responsible for the catering at both venues

Chelsea Football Club estate, including Stamford Bridge stadium, Chelsea FC's training facility in Surrey, Frankie's Bar & Grill and the Womens team home ground at Kingsmeadow has been in the Levy family since 2005. Levy Cleaning is the estate wide cleaning service for Chelsea FC. At Chelsea we cater for an estimated 1.15 million fans annually. Delivering catering across 43 public outlets, 58 boxes and 20 suites on match-days. There are over 1,000 corporate and private events are held at Stamford Bridge each year.

The new Community Stadium at Brentford FC was mobilised by Levy in 2020/21 and caters for up to 17,500 on a matchday with a fast growing non-matchday business

Nature and Scope of Role

delivering timely and accurate financial reporting through the completion of daily tasks including takings reconciliation for the sales and purchase ledger function. Underpinned by an organised and proactive attitude with a focus on relevant company and finance policies

Reporting to Finance Business Partner and working closely with culinary, operations team as well as the wider finance team and senior management at both venues and the Levy family

Focus Areas

Finance

• Purchases & costs
  1. Reconciliation of all purchases using Foodbuy & SAP bi-weekly
  2. Highlighting and investigating variances
  3. Reviewing all outstanding action on Foodbuy
  4. Ensuring all purchases are correctly approved and coded
  5. Maximising purchasing compliance
  6. Supplier statements
• Sales & revenue
  1. Reconciliation of daily taking for all operational units, investigating and highlighting variances
  2. Monthly, matchday and adhoc billings
  3. Ensuring correct client codes and/or purchase order numbers are used
  4. On account charges, approval and cross-charging
  5. Maximising purchasing compliance
  6. Supplier statements
• Management Accounts
  1. Completion of all reconciliation to month end deadlines
  2. Ensure minimal outstanding queries
  3. Support with adhoc analysis as required
• Other
  1. Health & Safety: maintain compliance and personally demonstrate that you take responsibility for your own and others safety
  2. Profit Protection: comply with guidelines to mitigate loss and theft to protect our property and brand
  3. People: realise the potential in all colleagues and take an active role in supporting diversity and inclusion

Person Specification

• At least 4 years experience in a finance role
• Ideally studying for a CIMA/ACCA
• Accuracy and the ability to hit time pressured deadlines
• Confidently able to manage a wide range of activities across a fast-moving business, in a calm and structured manner
• Well organised, process driven with the ability to problem solve
• Can communicate well with all levels of colleagues and will have the confidence to persevere
• Flexibility and a can do attitude

As part of Compass you'll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections in around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses.

Job Reference: com/1908/64333002/52674552/SU

Compass Group UK&I wants everyone in our business to feel able to be themselves at work and to have an equal opportunity to progress their career. We want to create a culture where we respect and embrace everyone's talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities. Where our colleagues feel valued, can reach their full potential, and thrive - Diversity is Our Strength!