Group Financial Accountant
Holiday Extras, United Kingdom
Job Description
Salary: DOE + benefits
About us
Holiday Extras is a market leading and award winning business for travel extras. Its core offerings include airport parking, airport hotels, airport lounges, destination car hire, transfers and holiday insurance. Arrangements for 8 million travellers are made every year with bookings made predominantly via the website and App. Innovative technology, a wide choice of products, unbeatable prices and making travel better for its customers are the focus for Holiday Extras.
At Holiday Extras we believe time is precious, and holidays are some of the most precious times we have. That's why we promise to give customers less hassle, so they can have more holiday
We are building the future of travel from our headquarters in the Kent countryside, a future that expertly blends cutting-edge tech with best-in-class customer service to deliver something that has never been seen before.
We’re a fast-moving, innovative travel technology business and we are obsessed with making it easy for customers to make the most of their trip. As well as being the UK market leader in travel extras, we are also proud to work with some of the UK’s leading theme-park and theatre brands as their official short break provider.
Covid-19 has, of course, had an impact on many industries, none more so than travel. Like others, we’ve had to innovate and adapt quickly to continue to deliver on our promise to our customers. But the fact remains: customers want to go on holiday (in a recent survey of our customers, 80% of them told us that they plan to travel as soon as they possibly can) so there's never been a better time to join the team here at Holiday Extras. The finance team has played a pivotal role in ensuring the business has remained financially resilient throughout the pandemic. It has proven to be highly skilled, highly valued and central to the future direction of the business.
The Candidate
We are looking for an experienced Group Financial Accountant who believes in delivering exceptional service, has a passion for metrics and figures and is confident in financial reporting in a multi divisional business.
You will be working closely with all other teams within the business presenting financial data so that it can be easily understood and used by our business partners.
Role Summary
- Proven experience of working in a Group Accountant role in a complex business environment.
- Prepare and consolidate monthly management accounts and annual statutory accounts.
- Experience in consolidation reporting and subsidiary accounting
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis.
- Assist the Group Financial Controller with the annual audit process including preparation of financial statements and assisting auditors with timely and accurate information.
- Provide information for tax purposes to external tax advisors and review tax computations
- Bank reporting including meeting covenant commitments
- Ensure that compliance is adhered to for all relevant financial standards, including FCA returns
- Understand and adhere to financial regulations and legislation
- Ad hoc projects as directed by the Group Financial Controller and Group CFO
Personal attributes
- Able to work quickly and adopt an agile approach when required. Can do, will do attitude. Resilient.
- Self-motivated
- Able to collaborate brilliantly within finance, team player
- Strong communicator, both verbally and in presenting financial information.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Able to progress and grow with the business.
Skills and Experience
- Extensive use of Microsoft Excel including use of advanced formulas.
- Excellent experience in accounting software (experience in Open Accounts preferable)
- Excellent communication skills, both written amp; verbal
- To be able to build close working relationships across the finance department.
- The ability to work in a demanding and fast paced environment.
- Experience of working towards tight and fixed reporting deadlines.
- Professional accounting qualification with post qualification practical experience.
Working at Holiday Extras
We pride ourselves on being ‘people pioneers’, providing HX’ers with fantastic environments in which to work and a world of competitive benefits including:
Pension, life assurance, private medical insurance and health screening (after 4 years’ service), enhanced parental leave, cycle-to-work schemes, gym memberships, onsite fitness classes, birthday day off - we have a whole host of benefits to add value to your overall experience.
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