Senior Finance Analyst - Sport Travel

Destination Sport; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports travel company in Manchester is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst. In this hybrid role, you will drive financial reporting and cashflow management while collaborating with senior stakeholders. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant familiar with the travel industry's regulatory requirements and possesses strong analytical and communication skills. Join us and be part of a passionate team.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant with relevant certifications.
• Experience in managing cashflow across multiple entities.
• Familiarity with travel industry regulatory requirements is preferred.
• Excellent attention to detail and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial reporting in working capital and regulatory areas.
• Develop cashflow forecasting and reporting processes.
• Own regulatory reporting for the company.
• Initiate MI and data projects to support finance reporting.
• Act as liaison between finance and the wider business.

Skills

Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)

Cashflow management

Presentation skills

Attention to detail

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel

Communication skills

Relationship building

Ability to work under pressure

Logical thinking and complex analysis

Education

Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

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. Destination Sport Group (website: destinationsport.com)

We’re looking for a Senior Finance Analyst to join our Manchester based finance team. Reporting into the Head of Finance, this role will assist and develop working capital, cashflow, regulatory and MI projects, processes and provide valuable insight to key stakeholders across the Destination Sport Group and wider Portman Travel Group’s business areas.

What you will do

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Finance and Executive leadership teams to drive financial reporting in working capital, regulatory and MI areas of the business
• Take ownership and continual development of the cashflow forecasting and reporting processes, including driving automation and use of system development and integration with banking platforms
• 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
• Work on ad-hoc projects and improvements to the sports finance processes
• Maximise personal skills, knowledge and experience to positively impact on performance
• Adhere to the organisation's 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:

Qualifications

• Be a fully qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
• Have previous experience in managing cashflow across a multi-currency group of entities
• Have previous experience with travel industry regulatory requirement (preferred)
• Be confident presenting to senior stakeholders
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail
• Be computer literate with strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, and in particular Excel
• Have experience in manipulating and managing large quantities of data using Excel
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills both written & verbal
• Be proactive and able to build strong relationships 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

Other

So if you have a passion for sports, and are looking for your next challenge, take a look and get in touch—we’d love to hear from you!