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Your new company
You will work for an established and thriving global business travel specialist, with offices based in the heart of London city.

Your new role

• Drive accurate accounting and reconciliation of UK accruals, prepayments, and key balance sheet items.
• Lead intercompany reviews and reconciliations across UK and global entities, ensuring smooth cross-region alignment.
• Oversee the full lifecycle of fixed and intangible assets, from accounting to ongoing maintenance.
• Own month-end journal postings and deliver timely, accurate uploads.
• Manage intercompany trading entries and ensure clean, compliant elimination reconciliations.
• Produce clear, reliable VAT analysis each month, reviewing invoices and supporting quarterly submissions.
• Reconcile sundry debtor and creditor accounts, resolving discrepancies and maintaining clean ledgers.
• Support IFRS 16 lease accounting through detailed reviews and reconciliations.
• Maintain and reconcile property related provisions, utilities, and dilapidation accruals.
• Contribute to month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, year‑end audits, and wider ad‑hoc finance projects.

What you'll need to succeed

• Have recent, relevant experience working in a similar Assistant Financial/Management Accountant position
• Ideally, be actively studying towards a professional qualification (i.e. ACCA/CIMA)
• Have a strong understanding of double entry
• Ideally, have at least a basic understanding of IFRS16
• Have strong practical experience/understanding of assisting with balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, VAT returns and corporation tax
• Travel/Hospitality industry experience is advantageous (not essential)
• Have strong Excel skills - minimum level of intermediate, including VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, SUMIFS (please note that this will be tested at interview)
• You must have resided in the UK for a minimum of five years (due to enhanced personal security checks)

What you'll get in return

• Flexible hybrid working option of 3 days in office and 2 from home each week
• Study support
• 22 days annual leave (with option to buy up to 5 additional days)
• Birthday leave
• Volunteer day
• Pension
• Flexible benefits platform and partner discounts
• Eye test/glasses reimbursement
• Long service awards
• Salary deduction and sacrifice options including health insurance, travel insurance, car leasing

What you need to do now
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