Assistant Accountant

Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working pattern (3 days in the)

Private healthcare

Wellbeing programme

CTM Learning platform

Job summary

CTM is seeking an Assistant Accountant to provide accurate and timely information to the Finance Reporting Manager. You will prepare monthly financial reports, perform variance analysis, and support the wider finance team to ensure timely reporting.

Experience in travel is a distinct advantage, with the role requiring strong Excel and teamwork skills. The role involves month-end journals, balance sheet reconciliations, and constant collaboration with the offshore team.

Qualifications

• At least four years’ experience within a finance team.
• Experience within travel is a distinct advantage.

Responsibilities

• Perform month end tasks (journals with backups).
• Support offshore team during month-end / BAU processes.
• Prepare management accounts including balance sheet reconciliations and P&L variance analysis.
• Conduct month end checks around receivables and payables.
• Support the manager in preparing variance analysis on monthly results.
• Assist wider finance team with strict month-end deadlines.
• Review accuracy of accounts receivable and payable.
• Assist with interim and year-end audit.
• Handle other ad-hoc duties as required.

Skills

Proactivity

Deadline pressure

Excel

Word

Outlook

Teams

Finance experience (4+ yrs)

Travel industry knowledge

Error identification

Teamwork

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Teams

Job description

CTM is an award-winning provider of travel service solutions spanning corporate, events and sports markets. Headquartered and founded in Australia, CTM has offices all around the world, including Europe, Asia, North America, Australia and New Zealand. www.travelctm.co.uk

About the Role

The role of Assistant Accountant is to provide accurate and timely information to the Finance Reporting Manager. The Assistance Accountant will also be responsible for the preparation of monthly financial reports, variance analysis and ad hoc reporting. This role will also be liaising with the wider finance team to ensure accurate, timely reporting.

Skills & Experience

• Be proactive.
• Being able to cope under strict deadlines and pressure.
• Advanced knowledge of excel / word / Outlook/ Teams.
• At least four years’ experience within a finance team
• Experience within travel is a distinct advantage
• Ability to identify errors and correct them
• Working in a fast-paced team.
• Be able to work as part of a team and on their own initiative.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform month end tasks (preparing journals with backups, supporting other team members)
• Supporting the offshore team during month-end/ in any other BAU processes
• Preparation of management accounts including all associated balance sheet reconciliations and P&L/ Balance Sheet variance analysis
• Month end checks around receivables/payables
• Provide support to the manager in preparing variance analysis on monthly results
• Support wider finance team with strict deadlines around month end
• Review and check accuracy of accounts receivable and payable
• Assisting interim and year end statutory audit
• Other ad-hoc duties as and when required.

What to expect from the recruitment process

• Every hire starts with a chat with our Talent Acquisition team, if your profile is selected you will be contacted by phone or email (please check your spam folder);
• Then, if you are progressing, the hiring manager will invite you to an interview, usually on Teams;
• If you are successful we will invite you to our office for a final stage interview.

Wherever possible we will provide you with feedback, however we are a small team and often we won't be able to do so until after we fill the vacancy.

CTM is a responsible employer and is dedicated to conduct thorough right to work checks in the interests of both parties, candidates and the company. Candidates selected and invited to an interview will be invited to a mandatory 15 min call with the TA lead to produce their RTW documents. This call is a mandatory step for all candidates regardless of their RTW status. This call is confidential and conducted by HR professionals only.

CTM is an equal opportunity employer. We want to make sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know: as a Disability Confident Employer, we’re here to support you in any way we can. Do not hesitate to connect with our Recruitment team if you need to discuss arrangements.

Reward & Recognition

• Our learning platform CTM Learning
• our annual conference the All Stars
• our High-Performance programme
• a global leadership programme

Employee Wellbeing and Flexibility

• Our wellbeing platform Vitality
• our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• our new private healthcare Medicash +
• our mental health first aiders

Most of our roles offer a hybrid working pattern, with 3 days per week in the office. Where permitted and depending on the role, we can offer flexible start and finish times to suit your other commitments and support a healthy work-life balance. We are committed to finding a setup that works for you and the business.

Sustainability Focus

Principles of Governance, People, Planet, and Prosperity, CTM’s Sustainability Strategy identifies material issues and outlines initiatives to achieve this.

CTM is the Data Controller with respect to the personal information you provide during your application. We will use this information solely to process your application, and our legal basis is that you are considering taking up an employment contract with us. We may share this information with our parent company in Australia, but otherwise we will not disclose it to any other organisation. If you take up employment with us, we will keep the information for the duration of your employment, otherwise we will destroy it 2 months after the post is filled.

All the information that we ask for in application forms has to be completed for your application to go ahead. There is no profiling or automated decision making applied to the personal information you supply. You have all the legal rights with your personal data as laid out in the General Data Processing Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, including the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Our Data Protection Officer may be contacted at [e-mail]