Job Description

Job Introduction
Full time 40 hours per week 5 out of 7 - hybrid - London based - must be able to travel 48000 per annum plus our Sodexo employee benefits package Opportunities for professional development

Finance Manager

Hybrid - Full time

At Sodexo, we're passionate about our people. We know that our teams are the key to delivering exceptional service and creating meaningful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.


We are seeking an experienced

Finance Manager

to provide key financial support for a portfolio of Sodexo UK accounts. Working closely with Account Directors and operational teams, you will play a vital role in driving financial performance, improving processes, and ensuring strong financial control across multiple contracts.

As a

Finance Manager

you'll:

Partner with the Account Director and site teams to support business decisions. Build strong working relationships with senior operations to understand current and future challenges. Lead the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes. Manage month-end activities, including SAP PO tracking, client spend analysis, and invoicing. Deliver accurate monthly accounts, ensuring all project and operational activity is reflected. Review and analyse site performance, providing financial insight and commentary. Support client meetings and quarterly business reviews with clear financial reporting. Drive process improvements to enhance reporting efficiency and accuracy. Ensure robust financial controls, including cash, stock, and cost management. Provide financial training and support to operational teams.

What we're looking for:

Degree educated or equivalent, with an accounting qualification (or part-qualified). Minimum 5 years' experience in finance, ideally within a commercial or contract-led environment. Strong analytical, modelling, and reporting skills. Excellent communication and presentation abilities. Proactive, hands-on approach with strong attention to detail. Comfortable working independently and collaboratively within a matrix organisation. Fluent in written and spoken English.

Why Sodexo?

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you for you.

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.


We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family) Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.


We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.


We're a Disability Confident Leader employer. We're committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.


Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications