Full job descriptionFS Partners is delighted to be partnering with an international, London-based restaurant group to appoint a Group Finance Director. This is a hands-on, high-impact role in a fast-moving, founder-led business that is scaling fast.
Our client operates a portfolio of casual and high-end restaurant brands, with an international estate. It’s an entrepreneurial environment where finance sits right at the heart of decision-making, working closely with the Director on strategy and growth.
Key Responsibilities
*Lead, mentor and develop the finance team, embedding strong processes and controls as the business scales
*Maintain tight financial control, with full ownership of P&L, balance sheet and cashflow, and all key accounts reconciled
*Lead year-end, auditors, statutory accounts, and tax, VAT and HMRC compliance, including hospitality-specific considerations
*Partner with the Director on cashflow, liquidity planning and financial strategy
*Own forward-looking financial models to support decisions across the group and new openings
*Lead board, investor and lender reporting, including presenting complex models and forecasts
*Manage banking relationships, debt facilities and covenant reporting
*Run the FP&A function: budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting across all sites and central costs
*Develop and track KPIs, and turn data into clear, actionable insight for operations, marketing and openings
*Support pricing, menu engineering and revenue optimisation
*Drive granular cost control with site teams, Heads of Department and the Head of Commercial
*Improve site performance through margin analysis, labour optimisation, TRONC oversight and KPI tracking
*Oversee key supplier contracts and procurement initiatives
*Support commercial decisions, including site selection, lease negotiations and investment cases
*Oversee CAPEX planning and pre-opening OPEX for a pipeline of new openings
*Own and improve the finance and operational tech stack.
About You
*Proven Finance Director experience in a multi-site hospitality or consumer-facing business
*ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
*A strong track record building complex financial models, cashflow forecasts and long-term plans
*Confident presenting to investors, lenders and boards
*Experience managing lender relationships, debt structures and covenants
*Strong commercial finance and FP&A capability
*Commercially minded, with the ability to translate numbers into clear, actionable insight
*A hands-on leader who’s comfortable operating strategically and in the detail
*Experience supporting new openings and CAPEX-heavy growth in a scaling business
*A strong understanding of hospitality metrics, labour models and operational drivers
*Experience with finance and operational systems