This Senior Management Accountant role involves working across the Group, ensuring the quality delivery of month-end and year-end accounts preparation, supporting a strong control environment, and enabling clean audit reports.

Based in Trafford Park, the successful candidate will be a qualified, CCAB-registered accountant.

About the Role

Lead on management accounts, P&L, intercompany, control accounts & balance sheet reconciliations.Investigate and comment on key variances between budgeted and actual performance, proposing corrective action as appropriate.Monthly reviews of the financial performance with General Managers.Responsible for accurate and timely reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts for both the UK company and international subsidiaries, including Intercompany reconciliations across all entities.Manage journal postings to make adjustments where required at month-endPrepare and submit external reports (VAT, ATOL return, insurance renewals).Keep up-to-date with accounting standards and compliance requirements across the processes.Propose business improvement and efficiency initiatives as appropriate.Improve end-to-end accounting processes by consulting with other finance teams and the wider business.Supervise & guide Management Accountants and Finance Assistants.Oversee the accounting operations of your team's responsibility.Ensure that financial controls are applied consistently.Assist in providing technical leadership to the finance team and wider business.Manage and support audit queries alongside the Finance Team.Liaise with auditors to resolve queries in association within your remit.Ensure continual best practices and accurate delivery to tight deadlines.Any other duties that may be required.

Benefits

In return, you will receive the following benefits:

A basic salary ranging from 45k - 50k depending on experienceFlexible hybrid working modelCareer development and promotional opportunities25 days holidays (increasing to 28 after 5 years of service)A Moments That Matter Day (annually)Enhanced maternity/paternity payHoliday buy and sell3 paid days of charity leaveCompany events, socials, and incentives3 x death in serviceCompany pension schemeCostco membershipSalary sacrifice, company car schemeFree breakfast, fruit, and hot/cold beveragesReferral schemeEmployee discount

Essential Skills

3+ years of experience gained in a similar environment.Qualified ACCA, ACA, CIMA or similarly recognised accounting qualification.Experience in working to tight deadlines.Previous experience of Group Consolidation is beneficial.Proven experience in leading a successful team.Proven experience in taking ownership and responsibility.Proven experience of working in a fast-paced, changing, environment with excellent communication skills.Apply for this Senior Management Accountant role today and we'll be in touch with the next steps.

About Company

Here at Travel Counsellors, our customers, communities, and colleagues lie at the heart of everything that we do - and that's what makes us special. For us, relationships come before transactions, and we are there for our customers, connecting with them on a deeply human level through the moments that matter.

We've been changing lives for over 29 years as the leading travel marketplace for self-employed travel entrepreneurs, empowering over 2,000 global independent travel agents to run successful leisure and corporate travel businesses. We pride ourselves in remaining a company that truly cares and one that has never wavered from its purpose; to redefine what personal means for a travel business.

Our Travel Counsellors are supported by a team of over 350 super-talented people in our Support Offices to help them create unique, inspiring, and exciting experiences for their customers, building lasting personal relationships that bring them back to us, time and time again.

Our unique approach within the workplace - as well as towards customers - has seen us receive numerous awards and accolades, including being named The Best Place to Work in Travel at the 2022 TTG Travel Industry Awards, as well as being the first travel company to be awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category!

We are currently expanding at a phenomenal rate - on the back of what is our record year in terms of revenue (over 930m) and so are looking for like-minded individuals to join our dedicated Head Office team, to help the company continue to flourish.