Senior Finance Analyst

Destination Sport; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global sports travel company in Manchester is looking for a Senior Finance Analyst to lead financial reporting and cashflow forecasting. The ideal candidate is a fully qualified accountant with strong analytical and Excel skills, and experience in managing cashflow for multi-currency entities. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary, bonus scheme, and opportunities for progression in a growing global business.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Bonus scheme

Flexible holiday allowance

Flexible benefits

Opportunity for progression

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) required.
• Experience in cashflow management across multi-currency entities preferred.
• Must be proactive and able to build relationships with non-finance individuals.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial reporting in working capital, regulatory, and MI areas.
• Develop cashflow forecasting and reporting processes.
• Collaborate on data-driven financial models across departments.

Skills

Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)

Cashflow management experience

Analytical and Excel modelling skills

Attention to detail

Strong communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Back-office systems knowledge

Job description

Overview

Senior Finance Analyst

Destination Sport Group

This is a hybrid role based in our Manchester office with flexibility for homeworking, so you must live within a commutable distance.

Destination Sport Group set the global standard in sports travel, offering a uniquely holistic approach to partnerships not seen before. Our unique global sports travel business offers our partners the very best in everything they need in order to succeed. We are proud to have 7 market leading sports travel companies in our Group, helping millions of customers to enjoy sport. https://destinationsport.com/

Due to some exciting growth we are now looking for a Senior Finance Analyst to support our Finance Function. As a business data is key and as our lead Financial Analyst you will support the finance team by turning numbers into insights.

Reporting into our Head of Finance and working closely with the Finance and Executive leadership teams you will

• Drive financial reporting in working capital, regulatory and MI areas of the business

• Take ownership and develop our cashflow forecasting and reporting processes, including driving automation and use of system development and integration with banking platforms

• Collaborate with with departments to develop data-driven financial models

• Take ownership of the regulatory reporting for Destination Sport Group

• Develop MI and data initiatives to support finance reporting and commercial teams

• Take ownership of finance MI development

• Add insight to working capital considerations for M&A activity and ROI appraisals

• Become a key liaison between finance and the wider business, holding regular meetings with relevant stakeholders to help understand the business requirements and working capital movements

• Identify and work on process improvements and finance projects to drive efficiencies

• Maximise personal skills, knowledge and experience to positively impact on performance

• Adhere to the organisations policy and procedures on information security and take whatever actions are required to safeguard data and assets.

To be successful in this role, our ideal candidate will:

• Be a fully qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)

• Have previous experience in managing cashflow across multi-currency group of entities

• Have previous experience with travel industry regulatory requirement (preferred)

• Be confident presenting to senior stakeholders

• Strong analytical and excel modelling skills, with experience of manipulating and managing large quantities of data using Excel

• Comfortable interpreting data into clear insights

• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail

• Be computer literate with strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, and in particular Excel

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills both written & verbal

• Be proactive and able to build strong relationship with non-finance individuals

• Be able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

• Demonstrate good knowledge of back-office systems

• Have the ability to work within a team environment to achieve team/department objectives

• Be able to think logically, consider all relevant aspects and carry out complex analysis on information

In return you will get

• A highly competitive salary and bonus scheme

• Competitive holiday allowance, the option to buy and sell holidays and a day off for for your birthday

• A wide variety of salary sacrifice schemes and flexible benefits

• Central office location, with a hybrid work model

• Opportunity for progression and development, and the chance to make an impact in a growing global business