Management Accountant – Lina Stores

• Own the month-end close for designated Lina Stores entities – journals, accruals, prepayments, and balance sheet reconciliations – to a tight reporting timetable
• Produce the monthly management accounts pack – P&L, balance sheet, and KPI commentary – at site, brand, and consolidated level, with clear variance analysis against budget and prior year
• Business partner with Heads of Department, General Managers, and Operations leaders, translating numbers into commercial insight that drives decision-making
• Lead annual budgeting and quarterly reforecasting cycles, building robust, bottom-up plans aligned to commercial strategy
• Monitor and challenge key hospitality KPIs – GP margins, labour cost percentage, controllable costs, EBITDA, and site profitability – flagging risks and opportunities early
• Partner with Operations on labour and rota efficiency, using Fourth data to interrogate productivity, scheduling, and wage cost performance
• Safeguard financial controls and balance sheet integrity, ensuring reconciliations are completed on time and anomalies resolved
• Prepare cashflow forecasts and working capital analysis to support liquidity planning
• Support new site openings and pre-opening budgets, modelling the realities of opening a Lina Stores location
• Track capital expenditure across the estate against budget
• Support the year-end audit, preparing schedules and partnering with external auditors
• Drive continuous improvement of finance processes, systems, and reporting as Lina Stores continues to grow

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with a strong foundation in management accounting and month-end close
• Proven experience producing management accounts – ideally within hospitality, retail, or multi-site operations
• Strong technical accounting skills: journals, accruals, prepayments, balance sheet reconciliations, and a solid grasp of UK GAAP
• Commercial mindset – you don't just report the numbers, you interrogate them and translate them into insight non-finance colleagues can act on
• Advanced Excel
• exposure to Fourth, Sage, Xero, or NetSuite is an advantage
• Experience business partnering Operations – comfortable on the floor of a restaurant as well as in a spreadsheet
• Highly organised, deadline-driven, and rigorous on detail
• A collaborative team player who lives our values of generosity, empathy, and community
• Right to Work in the UK (essential)

Exposure to Fourth, Sage, Xero, or NetSuite is an advantage

• 28 days' holiday (including bank holidays), increasing with service
• Staff discount across all Lina Stores restaurants, delis, and bars
• Wagestream for flexible access to earned pay
• Cycle to Work scheme and season ticket loan
• Genuine career development through study support, and clear progression as our estate grows
• Recommend a Friend bonus scheme