Financial Controls & Reporting Assistant

The Inn Collection Group is a multi-award-winning pubs with rooms company, proudly located in some of the most outstanding destinations across the North of England and Wales. At ICG, we deliver exceptional hospitality by living and breathing our core values of respect, customer focused, warmth, and honesty, all with the goal of Making People Happy.

Benefits

• Celebrate your birthday with an extra paid holiday.
• Build your future with support from our Lead-Inn development program.
• Take the time you need to rest and recharge; Paid Breaks are on us.
• Enjoy 50% off food at any of our Inns.
• Relax with a stay at any of our Inns during January, February, and March for just £1.
• Take advantage of the chance to explore our beautiful locations, with 1/3 off room bookings all year round.
• Experience a spontaneous trip away with £50 on same day bookings.
• Your loved ones can enjoy 15% off bed and breakfast too!
• 24/7 confidential support is always there when you need it with our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Tronc (…that’s tips to me and you).
• Contribute to a company that gives back through our Give-inn back scheme.
• Join an award-winning team recognised as the Best Pub Employer at the Publican Awards.

Rooted in the North, our support hub at Quorum Business Park in Newcastle serves as a central space where all our departments come together to collaborate and innovate. Located in a thriving business community, it reflects our strong connection to the region while providing a modern, dynamic environment to drive our collective success.

You’ll Fit Right Inn

We have an exciting opportunity for a Financial Controls & Reporting Assistant to join our team. This is a key role within our Financial Reporting team, responsible for the preparation and submission of both external and internal reporting and compliance requirements across the Group. The role will also involve finance business partnering, supporting the month-end close and reporting process, and acting as a key contact for our external auditors.

The successful candidate will have a positive and proactive approach, with a willingness to learn and develop within the role. They will be confident in building strong working relationships across the organisation with a naturally inquisitive mindset, strong attention to detail, and previous experience within financial reporting, compliance, or audit-related disciplines would be advantageous. This is a broad, hands-on finance and accounting role with ownership of key reporting areas, making it well-suited to someone who takes pride in accuracy and has a genuine interest in processes, controls and continuous improvement. This role supports the study of the ACCA qualification.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Support and contribute to the development of quarterly internal controls process within the finance team and an ever audit ready approach.
• End to end ownership of P&L lines, including the preparation of month end accounts.
• Balance Sheet area ownership, preparation and reviewing.
• UK VAT preparation and 1st level review.
• Capex Reporting and tracking.
• Audit support.
• Support on UK Corporation tax, including providing required information and review of tax comps.
• Support on draft and submission of company stat accounts.
• Financial management of staff accommodation.
• Ownership of Business rates & Council tax across the estate.
• Companies House administration.
• Any other reasonable requests.

Required Skills

• AAT Level 4.
• Compliance mindset.
• Ability to work to strict deadlines.
• Attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel.
• Ability to articulate to various stakeholders in the business in a language they understand.
• Sage 200 (not essential but preferable).

This role is based working at our Head Office in Newcastle, with the option of some home working once the initial training period has been successfully completed.