Your new company
You will work for a successful hotel group with multiple properties across Europe.

Your new role

• Fixed-asset leadership - Taking full charge of long-term asset records and working closely with project teams to track spend, progress, and impacts of new developments.
• Business Partnering - Acting as the finance link for build activity, reviewing costs, challenging assumptions, and approving supplier invoices.
• Banking control - Owning group banking processes and ensuring movements reconcile cleanly across UK and Irish entities.
• Payroll ownership - Running monthly pay cycles for reception teams and site managers with full accountability from input to reporting.
• Revenue and system alignment - Keeping system balances tight and partnering with hotel managers to match bookings, payments, and guest activity.
• Tax and statutory duties - Completing recurring Irish tax submissions and preparing UK financial statements outside audit scope.
• Month-end - Driving close activities including depreciation postings, IFRS-16 entries, and cash-related journals

What you'll need to succeed

• Recent relevant experience in a similar Financial Accountant or Assistant Accountant role.
• Fixed assets and business partnering experience are essential.
• If you haven't previously been involved in Payroll, VAT, statutory accounts or IFRS16 that's ok! Training can be provided if you are keen to learn.
• You will be actively working towards a professional accounting qualification (i.e. ACCA/CIMA), with exams sat and passed.
• Strong understanding of double entry.
• Immediate availability preferred, candidates on up to 1 month notice will be considered.

What you'll get in return

• Flexible working options available with a hybrid working pattern of 3 days in the office and 2 from home each week.
• Study support
• Discretionary annual bonus of up to 10%
• 8% employer pension contribution with option to take as cash.

What you need to do now
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