Assistant Finance Manager- NEC

This job is with Compass Group UK & Ireland, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community.

This role offers the opportunity to become a trusted partner to the General Manager and Heads of Department across the entire warehouse operation. You'll take on a visible and influential position, building strong relationships with both client-side teams and internal stakeholders, while driving collaboration across the business. Through effective partnering and commercial insight, you'll play a key role in enhancing service delivery, improving cost efficiency, and supporting the contract through an exciting mobilisation phase, helping to shape its future success from the outset.

The role PURPOSE: Commercial Support

• Effective business partnering with the onsite operations team, ensuring strong commercial and operational decision making, managing financial risks and opportunities.
• Delivering pro-active financial analysis with summarised findings and recommendations to support decision making.
• Take ownership for the financial controls and processes for the operation which includes weekly flash process, budget process, review of commercial initiatives, support of capex appraisals and emphasis on optimising working capital.

PERFORMANCE

• Deliver analysis of key business reporting such as dashboards, month end reports, business reviews, client reports, budgets, flash forecasts, client requests and other ad-hoc analysis to be discussed at monthly/weekly reviews.
• Be responsible along with the Venue GM for the overseeing of the budgeting and forecasting process for the venue.
• Assist in training of finance/operational teams in the use of business reporting and KPIs to understand and improve their financial performance.
• Monitoring initiative delivery plans, challenging operational teams and where there is a risk to achievement, highlighting to senior stakeholders.

Key metrics include GP%, Labour to Sales ratio and unit margin %. You must use these and champion them within the business.

What we're looking for:

• Experience of partnering non-finance professionals to support the delivery of financial information.
• Qualified Accountant or finalist (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) and a minimum of two years within a financial role.
• Experience of management accounting inclusive of accounting adjustments, producing reports/analysis to support commercial decision making.
• Analytical and with a high level of attention to detail.
• Proficient in Excel Macros & VBA.
• Experience of SAP and E15 / Power BI as analysis and reporting tools.
• Strong commercial acumen.
• Accountability & resilience.
• Attention to detail - ensuring the results and analysis presented is accurate and meaningful.
• Ability to adapt to changing environments & circumstances.

Leadership Behaviours:

• Able to build relationships with stakeholders (in Compass and with clients, Ops and Finance) in the right way.
• An effective communicator with the ability to communicate oral and written information concisely and logically at all levels.
• Challenges constructively.
• Works collaboratively and ethically.
• Presenting detailed information in a succinct and clear way - often to non-finance people.
• Be data numerate and comfortable working with data to make data driven decisions.
• Understand the core drivers/issues and present in a way that is succinct and appropriate for the audience.

What you'll get in return:

• Competitive salary and full company benefits.
• 23 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, your birthday off, and a holiday purchase scheme.
• Healthcare & wellbeing: Aviva Digicare, Medicash (dental, optical, therapy treatments).
• Mental health support: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
• Family benefits: Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Perks & discounts: Shopping, entertainment, and travel discounts.
• Financial wellbeing: Pension scheme, Life Assurance, preferred rates on salary finance products.
• Development opportunities: Professional subscriptions, ongoing training and structured career pathways.
• Meals on duty included.

Why Join Us?

Levy UK & Ireland is part of Compass Group, the world's largest catering company, and a vibrant leader in hospitality. We believe in celebrating individuality and building inclusive teams where everyone feels they belong. Our diverse team fuels creativity, innovation, and excellence. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds to join us in creating a supportive, empowering workplace where everyone can thrive.