Secret Escapes is hiring a
Junior Accountant in United Kingdom

Summary

The Junior Group Accountant is a key member of the Accounting and Control team at Secret Escapes. They will support the finance team, manage the Group accounting system (Netsuite), and assist with compliance of the Group’s Senior Facilities Agreement. Responsibilities include supporting non-trading overseas subsidiaries, monthly reporting, and ad hoc financial analysis.

Requirements

• Part-qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)
• Strong academic record and technical experience of IFRS
• Experience with foreign entities and multicurrency consolidations
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and effectively with colleagues at all levels of management as well as external accounting firms
• Excellent user of Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUP and PivotTables)
• Confident with Statutory accounts preparation and compliance workstreams

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Group accounting processes and effective management of the Group accounting system (Netsuite)
• Assisting with the compliance of the Group’s Senior Facilities Agreement
• Supporting the team with our non-trading overseas subsidiaries, ensuring they comply with local rules, tax regulations and statutory filing requirements
• Answering queries on entity reporting across the wider finance team
• Helping to define policies and processes for entity reporting across multiple subsidiaries
• Liaising regularly with the local accounting firms to ensure we are compliant with local filing requirements
• Supporting processes for intercompany GLs and below EBITDA balances including leases, exceptionals, CAPEX, financing costs, FX, and share-based payments
• Supporting the Group statutory audit including contributing to the Group consolidation process
• Assisting with Group cash flow forecasting and foreign exchange requirement planning
• Working with our Group Brands’ finance teams to ensure accurate and consistent reporting
• Support compliance and other stakeholder reporting to external parties, including Group auditors, banks, investors and ONS
• Helping to improve and develop data capture, systems and processes appropriate to the business

Benefits

• Flexible working policy - we are all in the office 1 day a week (minimum) and have core hours of 10am-4pm, you can make up the other hours to suit you
• Work from Anywhere' policy - you can work from anywhere in the world for up to a month each year!