Accountant - #1722750

Accountant - Netherlands

About us:

SSP is a leading operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations worldwide, with c.42,000 colleagues in over 600 locations across 37 countries. We operate sit-down and quick service restaurants, cafes, lounges and food-led convenience stores, principally in airports and train stations, with a portfolio of around 550 international, national and local brands.

These include our own brands Upper Crust, Millie's Cookies etc. as well as franchise brands such as M&S, Starbucks and Burger King.

Our purpose is to be the best part of the journey, and this is underpinned by our aim to bring leading brands and innovative concepts to our clients and customers around the world, with an emphasis on great value, taste, quality and service.

About the Role:

Working within a wider finance team and reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, the role will be primarily responsible for the processing and management of periodic financial accounting and reporting for SSP Netherlands. This will include management accounting element of processing period end journals and reviewing month end performance with the Finance Director and Divisional CFO. This is a wide-ranging role that also scopes in reporting balance sheet areas such as Intercompany through group reporting modules. The finance manager will also take responsibility for the preparation of all audit related information and resolve any queries with the statutory auditors, Grant Thornton.

What you'll be doing:

• Process period end journals and review actual P&L performance against forecast. This will include managing accruals and prepayments and providing commentary on key P&L variances against forecast.
• Prepare period end intercompany workings and upload to MIS for Netherlands.
• Prepare audit supporting documentation.
• Work with the outsourcing partner (Infosys) to ensure up to date supplier statement reconciliations are shared with the local operations team as a reminder to process all open invoices.
• Ensure accurate reporting of sales on a weekly basis through till system (Micros) and follow through with checking if credit card receipts (monthly) and cash receipts (weekly) have been cleared, correctly aligned with expectation for each.
• Provide underlying data within revenue for franchise fee charges and review the reconciliation of such charges against the original turnover data provided.
• Prepare and process monthly payroll journals from the data provided by the third party service provider.
• Raise and initiate payments for creditors as well as other areas such as payroll.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and take responsibility for substantiating such balances on a periodic basis.

To be successful in this role you will need:

Essential

• Part qualified or qualified ACCA/ACA
• 5 years + accounting experience
• Strong Excel Skills including knowledge of pivot table and VLOOKUP functions
• Experience in working with senior management team
• Experience of external audit processes

Desirable

• Experience in using SAP ERP System
• Experience in working within the retail sector
• Financial reporting experience

SSP is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to recruiting and retaining the most talented individuals from a range of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives.