Finance Graduate

About the role

This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate with a passion for finance to start their career in management accounting. As a Graduate Management Accountant, you will assist with financial reporting, budgeting, and analysis for Hollywood Bowl’s UK operations, as well as provide support with the financials for our Canadian business.

You will gain invaluable hands-on experience and receive full support towards completing your accountancy qualification (CIMA or ACCA) and is based in Hemel Hempstead. This is a great opportunity to develop in a fast-paced environment, with the chance to contribute to the financial success of an expanding business.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in preparing monthly management accounts for both UK and Canadian entities, including profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
• Support with budgeting for both regions, working with local teams to ensure accurate financial planning.
• Perform variance budget and investigating discrepancies between actual performance and budget and providing recommendations to improve financial performance.
• Support the month-end, including posting journals, accruals, and prepayments.
• Assist in the year-end and half-year external audit process.
• To provide finance support to the centres and management teams, including
• Production of ad hoc analysis as required.

Person Specification:

• Recent graduate with a strong degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Management or a related field.
• Strong interest in management accounting.
• Basic understanding of accounting principles and Microsoft Excel
• An eagerness to learn new accounting systems.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, with attention to detail.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with colleagues in the UK and Canada.
• Eagerness to learn and grow in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

What do we offer?

• Full study support for an accountancy qualification (exam fees, study leave, and materials).
• Competitive salary.
• Opportunity to gain international finance experience.
• Employee discounts at Hollywood Bowl and our partner entertainment venues.
• A fun, fast paced environment to learn and thrive in.

The Who...

Hollywood Bowl Group has a passion for bringing families and friends together for affordable fun and healthy competition.

Following our listing on the main stock market in 2016 we became Hollywood Bowl Group, seeking out the perfect locations for our bowling and golf centres nationwide. We formed our customer proposition, built on real feedback, and went from strength to strength with our in-centre game technology and online scoring systems.

Now with 76 centres across the UK and 15 centres in Canada, operating under the Hollywood Bowl, Putt & Play and Splitsville brands, we’re proud to be ambitious market leaders in experiential family entertainment.

We continue to expand our estate and look for profitable opportunities to grow, with an average of three new sites opening each year.

At Hollywood Bowl Group, we value diversity and inclusion, and we’re committed to creating a working environment that promotes equal opportunities. Individual differences and the contributions of all employees are recognised and valued and we believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace makes us a more relevant, more competitive, and more resilient company.