Harper May is collaborating with a leading travel company that is currently seeking a talented Management Accountant to join their expert team. Renowned for its exceptional travel experiences, this company is poised for rapid growth, offering an opportunity to quickly advance within a highly ambitious and successful organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Preparing income statements, balance sheets and other financial documents
- Measuring the company's financial performance based on financial records
- Identifying problem areas and presenting recommendations to company management
- Communicating and interpreting financial data to non-financial managers
- Maintenance of the bank accounts (except flight and forex transactions)
- Code the main bank transactions and post all cash books that relate to the bank, PDQs and allocate guest payments
- Process till incomes and manage the cash banked weekly
- Enter utility accruals
- Post Revenue
- Procure Wizard uploads – weekly
- Maintenance of domestic and non-domestic rates
- Maintenance of licences
- Staff properties oversee costs and liaise and provide information to HR at Payroll year end
- Managing the Accounts Receivable inbox
- Monthly Balance sheet reconciliations
- Liaison with point-of-sale, accounting software, and other system vendors, bank and consultants
- Ensure the integrity of the accounts in Access Financials and creation of new authorised accounts
- Running statistical reports and analysis when required
- Assist in month and year end audits and financial reporting processes and posting monthly journals
- Review relevant codes to ensure postings are correct and amend if necessary
- Analyse sales against expenses and investigate as necessary any anomalies
- Capex request processing
- Ensure all SOPs are followed to maintain appropriate controls and mitigate risk
Requirements:
- Experience as a Management Accountant, preferably in the travel industry.
- Strong understanding of financial principles and accounting standards.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and accounting software.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate complex financial information effectively to non-financial stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work accurately under pressure.
- Previous experience in discounted cash flows, business production processes, financial data processing and bookkeeping is also helpful.