Finance professionals for the hospitality industryby Berkeley Scott

A boutique practice for finance recruitment within the hospitality sectorBerkeley Scott is the market leader in hospitality recruitment. Part of the AIM-listed Kellan Group PLC, it maintains its independence as a boutique consultancy, but is able to combine strengths.

It recruits the type of specialist to meet your needs, whether that be a permanent hire, an interim executive or a temporary resource. Combining an unrivalled knowledge and network within the hospitality industry with a dedicated recruitment group operating exclusively in the specialism of finance across the clerical, part qualified and qualified marketplace, Berkeley Scott is the premier specialist in hospitality finance recruitment within the UK.

We have a network of offices across the country, which ensures we have the widest and most in-depth reach possible. And if that isn’t enough, the majority of our consultants come from the industry. Put simply we are hospitality and finance people through and through.

We strike the balance between being a large PLC and a boutique local specialist recruitment business, in the sense that we

focus very much on providing a service tailored to each individual client in our core regions whilst having the backing, investment, state of the art technology and infrastructure provided by a PLC parent group.

This allows our clients to have the benefit of close working relationships with a network of consultants that have a true expertise in their local marketplace and can offer a unique recruitment experience in line with your specific requirements.

We are renowned for the quality of individuals we place. This means that we are relied upon by more of the UKs restaurant, hotel and contract catering groups than any other recruiter when it comes to hiring finance people.

What we offer:

• A bespoke and personalised service• Discretion and integrity• Direct experience working on yachts and

in private residences• Access, networks and the resources to

find the most appropriate people for your requirements.

ProvenToby Holt Operations Director – hospitalityHospitality has been in Toby’s blood since he was a child working in the family restaurant. Following a degree in hospitality management, Toby went into pub management. With a desire to spread his wings and take on a city centre bar, he spoke to three Manchester agencies, each one suggesting he consider a career in hospitality recruitment. Presenting itself as an opportunity to stay within the hospitality sector but without the evening and weekend work (at least the first part was true), he made the move from operations into consultancy. His recruitment career began in 2003 working as a temporary hospitality consultant, before moving into a divisional management role. In 2008, he joined Berkeley Scott to develop the temporary business in the North West, since then Toby has taken accountability for a number of locations and currently oversees our regional offices as well as London temps. He also co-heads up the finance and hospitality practice. When not doing the day job, Toby is a regional board member for Hospitality Action our industry benevolent charity (www.hospitalityaction.org.uk) and keen supporter of Lifeshare a charity that supports the needs of homeless and vulnerable people in Greater Manchester (www.lifeshare.org.uk).

John Smith Operations Director – financeFollowing a degree in Molecular Biology (& Genetics), John started his career in pharmaceutical medical sales. Favouring the account management and delivery side, John made a move into recruitment, and to a niche which he is passionate about – finance. John joined Kellan Group in 2006 and was quickly promoted, having had success building up the Manchester finance market. His brand of honest, direct and thorough recruitment matching the culture of the business well. In

order to gain experience in a small start-up and expand his knowledge outside of Kellan, John took on a senior management role in a small independent company for a couple of years. Returning to Kellan, John initially led the Yorkshire region before being promoted to his role as Operations Director for the whole of Kellan finance. During his tenure, John has led a rebrand, the installation of market leading software, updating the company technology, office moves and the establishment of a market leading training programme. He is also co-head of the finance into hospitality practice. He has demonstrated his success through the placement of the following:

• Group finance manager – Global hotel group• Payroll manager – Branded restaurant chain• Management Accountant – Boutique hotel

chain• Internal Auditor – Contract Caterer• Financial Controller – National hotel chain• Assistant Accountant – Global hotel group• Finance Director – Travel Company

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“We have partnered with Berkeley Scott for a number of years now for the majority of our hospitality appointments. However when it came to our finance team, we tended to use other agencies. We agreed to use the Berkeley Scott hospitality finance practice for the appointment of a key finance team member, alongside our existing agencies. They were fantastic. Not only did they inherently understand our culture, but they also targeted the skills and experience mix which would best work for us, again stemming from their sector knowledge. Their ability to work with both HR and technical line managers throughout the process was exemplary and their knowledge of their niche was second to none. I could not fault the service and would highly recommend their service.”

Laura Morgan Group HR Manager, Brownsword Hotels

Berkeley-Scott.co.uk+44 161 2369666finance@berkeley-scott.co.uk

Our expertise• Management & Financial Accountants• Commercial and Operational Accountants• Analysts• Finance Managers• Financial Controllers• Finance Directors• Senior Transactional Managers• Credit Controllers• Purchase & Sales Ledger Clerks• Payroll professionals• Accounts Trainees• Assistant Accountants• Transactional T/L and Managers