Finance Assistant

As a Finance Assistant based in Bury St Edmunds you will be responsible for supporting the Franchise team within Pub Partners business unit with administration of a variety of Franchisee invoicing and queries. The candidate will follow timely and accurate processes, working cross-functional with Operations and Payment teams, plus elements of Period End close.

Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience.

We’re all about rewarding our team’s hard work, that’s why…

You’ll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:

• The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career. 
• Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
• Free employee assistance programme – mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter!
• Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank.
• Refer a friend – who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn £1,500 for referring them!
• Wagestream – access your wage before payday for when life happens.
• Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…

Application closing date: Wednesday 29th January 2025

Location: Bury St Edmunds

Your role as a Finance Assistant

The role will be varied and may change with the requirements of a fast moving and growing Leased and Tenanted and Franchise pub business, however responsibilities will include:

• Self Billing – Ensuring all data on the Pub Supplier List is correct and accurate ahead of weekly invoicing, updating stock and cash recharges information for timely deductions to be made, and ensuring that the weekly invoicing cycle is completed successfully.
• Creation of new sites/suppliers – Ensuring that new sites are set up to be able to be invoiced weekly (manually if need be), handling ingoing fees and monitoring who has/hasn’t paid.
• Period end accounts – ensuring that any recharges that have been deducted from fees are journalled to the correct P&L line.
• Finance support – Maintaining data feeds for the compliance bonus tracker ready for the Finance Business Partner to review with Operations, adhoc data pulling, budget building annually for fees.

What you’ll bring… 

• Naturally enquiring mind with the ability to provide clear, concise analyses and recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills, with an ability to explain and present financial data in simple ways.
• Confident in challenging non-finance colleagues based on a combination of robust analysis/insight and experience.
• Proactive team player who wants to ‘do the right thing’ to improve the performance of the business.
• Ability to deliver to tight deadlines, despite varied and competing priorities.
• Able to build great working relationships with people from various teams.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently at times.
• Communicates – clearly, open, genuine, respect, supports but outcome focused.
• A passion for pubs with plenty of energy!

Qualification:

• Ideally suited for accountancy apprenticeship.
• Excel competent.
• Experience with IBM Cognos would be advantageous.

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