Reporting and Central Costs Manager
Job Overview
Reporting & Central Costs Manager
📍 Toddington (Hybrid/Office-based) | 🕒 37.5 hours per week, Monday–Friday
Moto Hospitality is the UK’s leading operator of motorway service areas, with 70 sites across 53 locations nationwide. From familiar brands like M&S Simply Food, Costa Coffee, WHSmith, Burger King, KFC and Pret A Manger, to our own Moto offer, we’re proud to serve millions of customers every year.
We’re now looking for a Reporting & Central Costs Manager to join our Finance team at Toddington. This is a great opportunity for a recently qualified accountant who enjoys combining technical reporting with business partnering and continuous improvement.
What we offer:
Up to 20% annual company performance related bonus
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Private medical insurance
Contributory pension scheme
Family discount scheme across Moto sites
The role:
Reporting into the Corporate Finance Controller, you’ll work closely with Central Support Department Heads, providing financial insight, challenge and support across central cost management and reporting.
This role also has management responsibility for two direct reports and offers the opportunity to influence processes, improve reporting and contribute to wider finance projects.
What you’ll be doing
Central costs & fixed assets
Partnering with Central Support Department Heads on budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
Managing IT capex, infrastructure spend and capital project budgets
Ownership and quarterly updates of the bonus model
Reviewing fixed asset reporting and supporting capital and IT reporting
Reporting
Preparing group management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow
Consolidating group company results and analysing working capital movements
Investigating variances to budget and presenting key insights at monthly review meetings
Owning statutory and ONS reporting requirements
Identifying opportunities to improve reporting processes and drive efficiencies
Financial accounting
Group company accounting, including intercompany loans, interest and amortisation
Preparing balance sheet reconciliations
Supporting audits and responding to requests from auditors and tax advisers
Ad hoc analysis and finance projects
About you
You'll be a recently qualified accountant, with strong IT skills, in particular Excel. You will be self-motivated, with the ability to prioritise workload, have a strong attention to detail and be able to foster good cross-departmental working relationships.
Qualified ACA or ACCA
Strong financial accounting and reporting experience (practice or industry)
Good working knowledge of FRS 102
Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with financial data
Highly organised, detail‑focused and able to prioritise competing deadlines
A clear communicator who enjoys building effective cross‑department relationships
Why join Moto?
At Moto, we’re proud of our inclusive, down‑to‑earth culture and our focus on developing our people. You’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact, work with supportive colleagues, and grow your career within a large, complex and interesting business.
