Finance manager

At Fora, we're reimagining what the workplace can be. We create inspiring, design-led spaces that blend hospitality, community, and wellbeing, so people can work productively, creatively, and happily. From our first London workspace over 20 years ago, we've grown to 60+ locations across the UK, supporting 30,000+ members and partnering with trailblazing brands. We're looking for a Senior Finance Manager to lead the finance function supporting Fora's Management Partnerships, taking ownership of high-quality financial reporting, planning and commercial insight across the portfolio.

• Take ownership of financial reporting across the Management Partnerships portfolio, ensuring stakeholders have a clear and accurate view of performance.
• Oversee month-end reporting across P&Ls, balance sheets, management fees, profit share calculations and Partnership-specific accounting.
• Turn performance against budget, forecast and prior periods into meaningful insight, ensuring key drivers, risks and opportunities are understood.
• Lead the financial input into quarterly partner and Board reporting, alongside ongoing Partnership KPI reporting.
• Lead budgeting and reforecasting for Management Partnerships, connecting financial plans to the operational and commercial realities behind them.
• Work closely with operational and commercial teams to improve forecast accuracy and strengthen financial accountability.
• Provide financial analysis for existing and new Management Partnerships and strategic initiatives.
• Use your understanding of performance to identify opportunities to improve returns across individual Partnerships.
• Act as a senior Finance partner to the Partnerships team and senior stakeholders across the business.
• Build credible relationships with external partners, providing clear financial insight and commercially relevant recommendations.
• Develop a detailed understanding of Management Agreements and ensure their financial implications are reflected in reporting, planning and decision-making.
• Bring constructive challenge to assumptions and decisions, helping stakeholders balance financial performance with wider commercial priorities.
• Lead and develop the Management Partnerships finance team, creating clear priorities, strong financial disciplines and a culture of ownership.
• Coach and challenge the team across reporting, forecasting and analysis, helping build both technical and business-partnering capability.
• Maintain strong financial control across Management Partnerships, including appropriate oversight of balance sheet positions, control accounts and reconciliations.
• Work closely with the wider Finance team to resolve accounting, control and reporting issues and ensure the appropriate treatment of capital expenditure and partner recharges.
• Shape financial processes and reporting that can scale as the Management Partnerships portfolio develops.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate reporting, improving both efficiency and the accessibility of financial information.
• Strengthen existing controls and ways of working, making sure reporting remains consistent and reliable.
• Partner with the wider Finance team on systems, data and reporting improvements.

• Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA accountant with a minimum of four years' post-qualification experience.
• Strong management accounting experience, including P&L and balance sheet ownership, variance analysis and commercially focused recommendations.
• Strong Finance business partnering experience, with exposure to budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and performance analysis.
• Experience managing and developing a Finance team.
• Experience working with senior internal stakeholders and external commercial partners.
• Strong financial modelling, budgeting and forecasting capability.
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with large and complex financial datasets.
• Experience improving Finance processes, reporting or systems.
• Strong understanding of financial controls and management reporting.
• Будет плюсом: Experience within real estate, hospitality or another multi-site operational business; Experience with SAP ByDesign; Experience with Salesforce

• Please note this position is 4 days in the office and 1 day working from anywhere.
• Core working hours with flexibility - because life doesn't run 9-5
• Two weeks ‘Work from Anywhere' - swap your desk for a beach, a mountain... anywhere that inspires you
• 28 days' annual leave + bank holidays
• Your birthday off - celebrate you
• Buy additional annual leave to create even more time for what matters
• 5% matched pension scheme - supporting your future
• Life assurance for peace of mind
• Discounted gym membership to keep you feeling your best
• Access to our gyms and selected wellness classes with Restore at Fora
• Health cash plan - supporting day to day medical expenses
• Mental Well-being support - confidential in-person or online therapy sessions
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan to make your journey easier and more affordable
• 25% off at Fora cafés - your morning coffee just got better
• 2 x volunteer days / year
• Generous Employee Referral Scheme