Finance Project Manager - Risk & Controls - 9 Month FTC - GBP60-65k
- Recruiter
- PREMIER INN
- Location
- Dunstable
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 14 Apr 2017
- Closes
- 29 Apr 2017
- Sectors
- IT, Project Management
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
What will you be doing
This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to expand on their existing experience within Financial Control. You will be responsible for developing a best in class control environment to deliver financial reporting capability. Working with stakeholders within the business, including a newly created SSC, you will drive process improvement, process engineering and ensure that the end to end process is robust. Tracking the action plan created by Internal Audit and the Financial Controls framework you will roll out training and guidance across the business, embedding internal controls as BAU. Alongside this you will be responsible for recommending control improvements, documenting key business processes, sharing best practice across the business and ensuring that controls are embedded within all new projects.
Why we would like you to apply
You are a Qualified Accountant with a strong technical accounting background
You have significant experience in managing projects and will enjoy seeing these move from an idea through to business as usual
With your analytical rigour and methodical approach you will relish the opportunity to ensure our business is successful and operating a best in class approach to risk and controls.
You will have excellent communication skills, be confident in challenging others whilst maintaining your professionalism and integrity.
A bit about us
Premier Inn is the UK's largest hotel chain and is part of the UK's leading hospitality company in the FTSE100, Whitbread PLC. With over 700 hotels and more than 60,000 rooms across the UK and Ireland, we have grown rapidly, and have been named the UK's top rated hotel chain by the Which? Hotel Chain Report 2016. We have set ambitious growth plans and by 2020, we plan to increase the size of Premier Inn to around 85,000 UK rooms, as well as expanding our international presence to 50 hotels.
Whitbread Restaurants forms part of the UK's leading hospitality company in the FTSE100, Whitbread PLC, and includes our much-loved brands; Table Table, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Taybarns and Whitbread Inns. We serve over 50 million meals a year in our restaurants, 'Serving Up Great Memories' for our customers.
At Whitbread, we are fully committed to growing legendary brands through building a strong customer heartbeat and innovating to stay ahead. We are dedicated to our core values; being genuine, confident and committed, and are proud of our winning teams, who make everyday experiences special for our customers.
Where are we going
Our core business has changed over the years, yet we remain true to Samuel Whitbread's founding spirit to put our people first, focus on the customer, and recognise that progress comes from innovative thinking. This is reflected in our Vision and Values.
OUR VISION
We will grow legendary brands by building a strong customer heartbeat and innovating to stay ahead.
Our winning teams make every day experiences special for customers, so they come back time and again, driving profitable growth.
OUR VALUES
Our values underpin everything we do at Whitbread, across all our brands:
Genuine - we really care about customers
Confident - we strive to be the best at what we do
Committed - we work hard for each other
We would love you to join us on this exciting journey!
This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to expand on their existing experience within Financial Control. You will be responsible for developing a best in class control environment to deliver financial reporting capability. Working with stakeholders within the business, including a newly created SSC, you will drive process improvement, process engineering and ensure that the end to end process is robust. Tracking the action plan created by Internal Audit and the Financial Controls framework you will roll out training and guidance across the business, embedding internal controls as BAU. Alongside this you will be responsible for recommending control improvements, documenting key business processes, sharing best practice across the business and ensuring that controls are embedded within all new projects.
Why we would like you to apply
You are a Qualified Accountant with a strong technical accounting background
You have significant experience in managing projects and will enjoy seeing these move from an idea through to business as usual
With your analytical rigour and methodical approach you will relish the opportunity to ensure our business is successful and operating a best in class approach to risk and controls.
You will have excellent communication skills, be confident in challenging others whilst maintaining your professionalism and integrity.
A bit about us
Premier Inn is the UK's largest hotel chain and is part of the UK's leading hospitality company in the FTSE100, Whitbread PLC. With over 700 hotels and more than 60,000 rooms across the UK and Ireland, we have grown rapidly, and have been named the UK's top rated hotel chain by the Which? Hotel Chain Report 2016. We have set ambitious growth plans and by 2020, we plan to increase the size of Premier Inn to around 85,000 UK rooms, as well as expanding our international presence to 50 hotels.
Whitbread Restaurants forms part of the UK's leading hospitality company in the FTSE100, Whitbread PLC, and includes our much-loved brands; Table Table, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Taybarns and Whitbread Inns. We serve over 50 million meals a year in our restaurants, 'Serving Up Great Memories' for our customers.
At Whitbread, we are fully committed to growing legendary brands through building a strong customer heartbeat and innovating to stay ahead. We are dedicated to our core values; being genuine, confident and committed, and are proud of our winning teams, who make everyday experiences special for our customers.
Where are we going
Our core business has changed over the years, yet we remain true to Samuel Whitbread's founding spirit to put our people first, focus on the customer, and recognise that progress comes from innovative thinking. This is reflected in our Vision and Values.
OUR VISION
We will grow legendary brands by building a strong customer heartbeat and innovating to stay ahead.
Our winning teams make every day experiences special for customers, so they come back time and again, driving profitable growth.
OUR VALUES
Our values underpin everything we do at Whitbread, across all our brands:
Genuine - we really care about customers
Confident - we strive to be the best at what we do
Committed - we work hard for each other
We would love you to join us on this exciting journey!