Hotel Accountant

Join The Newman – Where REAL People Make a Difference

Be part of London’s vibrant luxury boutique hospitality scene. Located in the heart of Fitzrovia, The Newman offers a fresh and contemporary guest experience built around warmth, individuality, and exceptional service. We are looking for an experienced and detail-focused Hotel Accountant to join our Finance team at The Newman. This is a varied, hands-on role combining hotel accounting, income audit, revenue control, reconciliations and month-end reporting, with the opportunity to work closely with teams across the entire hotel.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will play an important role in protecting the financial integrity of the hotel, ensuring our revenue is accurately captured and reconciled while providing meaningful financial support to our operational teams.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with hospitality finance experience who is ready to take greater ownership, broaden their accounting exposure and continue developing their career within luxury hospitality.

Why Choose The Newman?

We believe great people deserve great benefits. Here’s what you can expect as a Hotel Accountant at The Newman:

• Experience Dinners and Stays
• Wagestream
• Retail Discounts – including Amazon, Nike, ASOS and Asda
• Enhanced Holidays & Holiday Buy-Back
• Enhanced Family Leave
• Discounts at The Newman and over 500 Preferred Hotels worldwide
• Cycle to Work Scheme & Season Ticket Loans
• REAL People Awards
• Monthly Social Events & Gifts
• Refer a Friend Bonus
• Company Pension Contributions
• Meals on Duty
• Tailored Career Development Programmes

Some benefits are conditional on length of service, recognising your ongoing contribution to The Newman’s success.

About You and The Role

As Hotel Accountant at The Newman, you will:

• Complete daily income audits, ensuring revenue across Rooms, Food & Beverage, Events, Spa and other hotel revenue streams is accurately captured and reconciled
• Reconcile revenue between Opera Cloud, MICROS, payment platforms and the General Ledger, investigating and resolving any discrepancies
• Review rate integrity, package allocations, complimentary items, discounts, refunds, voids, house charges and negative postings, ensuring appropriate controls and authorisations are in place
• Proactively identify potential revenue leakage and work with operational teams to strengthen processes and financial controls
• Manage daily cash banking, petty cash, floats and credit card reconciliations, investigating variances and supporting chargeback queries where required
• Monitor guest ledger, paymaster and deposit accounts, ensuring balances, deposits and credit card authorisations are accurate and appropriately managed
• Support Accounts Receivable, including raising invoices and statements, allocating payments and refunds, and following up outstanding balances within agreed credit terms
• Assist with month-end journals, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations and the preparation of monthly management accounts and financial reporting
• Work closely with leaders across Front Office, Reservations, Food & Beverage, Spa and Events, providing financial guidance and helping to build greater commercial awareness across the hotel
• Support the wider Finance team across Accounts Payable, Purchasing, Cost Control and Stock Control when required
• Work confidently across hotel and finance systems including Fourth, Adaco, M3, Fairmas, MICROS and Opera Cloud, supporting data accuracy and effective reporting
• Bring previous experience from a hospitality Finance department, ideally within a luxury hotel environment, with experience as a Finance Assistant, Income Auditor, Hotel Accountant or similar
• Have a strong understanding of revenue reconciliation, financial controls and accounting principles, alongside excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• An AAT, bookkeeping or equivalent accounting qualification would be advantageous, as would previous experience with hotel finance systems and exposure to budgeting and forecasting.

About The Newman

The Newman offers 81 rooms and suites, including a luxurious rooftop signature suite with a private terrace and dedicated wellness area.

Guests can enjoy Angelica, our modern all-day brasserie inspired by Northern European flavours, and Gambit Bar, serving classic and contemporary cocktails alongside local craft beers. The hotel also features a dedicated wellness floor, designed as a tranquil escape in the heart of Fitzrovia.

At the heart of The Newman are our REAL People values: Responsible, Energised, Approachable and Local. We are looking for people who share these values and want to contribute to a hotel where individuality, collaboration and genuine hospitality are celebrated.

We welcome applications from everyone and celebrate diversity at The Newman. In line with UK right-to-work legislation, all applicants must have the right to work in the UK.