Title: Senior Accounting Analyst Location: Dunstable (Hybrid Working)
- Driving month-end activities to ensure accurate and timely reporting of key P&L areas.
- Preparing and reviewing complex month-end journals.
- Providing detailed variance analysis and insightful commentary to stakeholders.
- Supporting month-end reviews with a strong understanding of operational performance.
- Ensuring compliance with Whitbread's Financial Control Framework.
- Completing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations, identifying risks and resolving reconciling items.
- Supporting internal and external audit requirements.
- Part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
- Strong understanding of key financial processes, including:
- Month-end reporting
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Year-end activities
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- Financial controls
- Previous experience in month-end reporting and financial control environments.
- Strong Excel and systems skills.
- Experience building relationships and influencing stakeholders at different levels of the business.
We believe that everyone is unique and there should be no barriers to entry and no limits to ambition. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation that values diversity and welcomes your application whatever your background or situation.
Under-represented groups such as women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities & members of the LGBTQIA+ community (those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans and non-binary or those who use a different LGBTQIA+ term), are strongly encouraged to build a career with us. Speak to us about workplace adjustments, part-time and flexible working. Where possible we will support this.
Job ref: 212356-4492
Advertised: 17 Sep 2026
Application closed: 02 Oct 2026
