Finance Director London
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The Finance Director supports Raising Canes entry into the United Kingdom by overseeing core accounting activities and providing financial planning and analysis for Restaurant openings and ongoing operations. Based in the UK this role ensures financial accuracy compliance and operational readiness as Restaurants open across the market. This position works closely with UK and US teams to set up reliable financial practices and day-to-day support for a growing Restaurant presence.
Your Impact and Responsibilities:
- Oversee UK accounting activities including reconciliations journal entries and month-end processes ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Support financial control activities and ensure compliance with UK accounting standards statutory reporting and tax requirements
- Manage financial requirements related to leases landlords and regulatory obligations
- Lead forecasting and financial analysis to support evaluation of Restaurant openings and ongoing market performance
- Analyze Restaurant-level financial and non-financial performance to provide Operations leaders with timely clear and actionable financial insights
- Prepare financial reporting and insights for UK and US leadership highlighting trends variances risks and opportunities
- Provide financial support for New Restaurant Opening activities through coordination cost tracking and cross-functional partnership
- Build and improve financial processes and workflows that support UK operations and future Restaurant growth
- Support the UK-based operations and functional teams by solving operational and financial challenges with a strategic yet practical and detail-oriented approach
- Oversee financial relationships with external partners and vendors while collaborating closely with internal UK teams to support operational needs
- Interact with and support US-based Finance and Accounting teams to ensure proper consolidated financial reporting and to troubleshoot and improve financial processes
- Other ad-hoc projects and analyses as the business dictates
Travel Requirements:
Up to 10% with some international travel as required
Qualifications :
- 7 years of progressive experience with Finance and/or Accounting teams with 3 years in leadership roles
- Bachelors degree in accounting finance or a related field
- Strong knowledge of UK accounting principles statutory requirements and financial reporting
- Ability to perform detailed accounting work while applying higher-level financial concepts and analytical tools
- Experience in budgeting forecasting variance analysis and operational financial support
- Ability to build document and improve financial processes in a growing environment
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently
- Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across UK and US partners
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a high-growth fast-paced environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting retail restaurant hospitality or other multiunit operations
- Experience supporting market entry expansion or early-stage operational growth
- Chartered Accountant (ACA) or Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) designation
Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Accounting Software
- Forecasting
- Ellucian
- Financial Report Writing
- GAAP
- Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Budgeting
- Financial Management
- Financial Planning
About Company
At Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers® we serve only the best tasting and most craveable chicken finger meals. It’s our ONE LOVE®. Our Crew make it happen, our Culture makes it unique and the Community makes it all worthwhile. Every talented Crewmember in our Restaurant Support Office ( ... View more
