Finance Assistant

Contract

Permanent

Location

Ellesmere Port, UK

Shift pattern

37.5 hrs/week, Monday – Friday

Salary

£26,000, plus bonus & benefits

About us and the department this role sits in

We’re the foundation brand bringing together our three companies, Lime, Calrom & Aviate, all with unique services to the travel trade.

Lime

British Airways experts, providing the airline’s best fares to the travel industry with a number of unique benefits.

Aviate

Founded in 2009 with the purpose of offering the best flight content to tour operators. They now encompass multiple brands with a broad offering, all with their customers in mind.

Calrom

A fast-growing SaaS company, Calrom has a proven record of delivering innovative software for international airlines.

This role sits within a busy and multi-skilled Finance team. Our team is a hive of activity who work hard to handle all finances for the Travel Innovation Group. As well as looking after our management accounts and financial reporting, we’re also a key touchpoint for many suppliers, tour operator & travel agent partners and contractors across the group.

To support your personal development, the team and wider company is dedicated to providing plenty of training opportunities, helping team members to flourish in their roles.

The role:

The Finance Assistant will be a part of a dynamic and fluid finance team and will have the ability to be flexible and step into in all Finance positions as and when required. This will involve covering various ad hoc duties within the Finance function.

Tasks & responsibilities include:

Daily reconciliation of bank account(s), including posting to Sage for any payments/ receipts
Responsibility for the operation of the Purchase Ledger Reconciliation
Responsibility for the operation of the Sales Ledger – including the weekly Debtor reviews
Daily submission of Direct Debits
Weekly Payment collections – TTA / ACAS / Travel Ledger / Direct Debit
Administering supplier payments
Weekly Refund Run
Preparation of Monthly Spreadsheets
Supporting the team with reconciliations and ad hoc tasks that will assist with the preparation of management accounts
Liaising with the operations department on any queries that may arise
Dealing with queries from tour operators and travel agents
Provide reports to assist with the audit of data held
Processing Company’s expenses and Credit Cards

We think you’ll be a great fit if you have:

Advanced Excel skills including VLOOKUP, Pivot tables
Experience of dealing with large volumes of data
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a flair for time management, accuracy and organisation.
Experience using Microsoft Office applications.
A self-motivated team player with the ability to work on your own initiative and make informed decisions – we’d love it if you’re a keen problem solver, creative thinker or can demonstrate commercial acumen.
A Level Maths / Accountancy / working towards AAT / or relevant experience in a similar role would be beneficial