Financial Accountant - Newmarket Holidays : Job Details

Financial Accountant, Full time (5 days / week), or Part time (4 days / week).

Office-based [or hybrid] opportunity (min 3 days per week in the office in Wallington, Surrey)

At a glance

We are here to enrich lives and well-being through travel. To bring that to life, we know our success is driven by our exceptional people. We create wish-list holidays. The type of holidays that people have always dreamt of doing. We bring those dreams to life and are the trusted friends of our loyal customers.

Our Finance team combine their passion for customer delivery and their expertise with numbers and data to ensure we maintain an efficient and accurate finance function with timely business intelligence.

We believe in being a truly customer and colleague centric business. We expect our teams to really understand our holidays, so you’ll get the chance to visit some of our wonderful destinations. These trips are hard work, but you’ll see some amazing things and enjoy unique experiences. Our office in Wallington, Surrey is focused, and results-driven, but lots of fun, full of like-minded people who are all in the business of creating these amazing experiences.

Role Profile

As a Financial Accountant within our Finance team, you will be a professional responsible for gathering, monitoring and reporting financial data, preparing statements (balance sheets, income and cashflow statements), forecasts, costs and revenues, managing tax payments, and conducting internal audits to ensure compliance with accounting regulations, and analysing financial trends to support the company’s financial decisions.

The role also encompasses budgeting, maintaining financial transparency, providing guidance to senior managers for cost analysis, managing the Financial Accounts Assistant and driving the organisation’s growth. By meticulously managing our financial records and supporting investment decisions, you play a vital role in the company’s success.

Who we are looking for.

• Proven work experience as a Financial Accountant or similar role
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and accounting software
• In-depth understanding of business bookkeeping procedures
• Solid knowledge of accounting regulations
• Excellent math skills with an attention to detail
• Time-management abilities
• Confidentiality
• Qualified Accountant either by experience or relevant qualification
• Demonstrates passion and approaches all tasks in an enthusiastic way
• Self-motivated and self-aware - recognises own development needs and is committed to personal growth
• Effective communication skills - written and verbal

What we can offer you

• A changing and multi-cultural team-spirited environment with opportunities to learn from new experiences and challenges
• Leaders who are interested in your development and committed to helping you to be the best version of yourself
• A responsible organisation that cares about its people, the environment, and the communities we visit
• Encouragement to take initiative and try something new and different
• A flexible and hybrid-working arrangement
• An exciting set of benefits
• The opportunity to visit our destinations and experience our holidays

The Newmarket Spirit

The Newmarket Spirit is what binds us together. It is our 'who?’.The Newmarket Spirit encompasses five distinct pillars, which have been inspired by people across our organisation.

BE RESPONSIBLE | BE TOGETHER | BE COMMERCIAL | BE DETERMINED | BE A LEADER

Join Us!

Travel is a wonderful industry to be part of. If you're passionate about holidays - perhaps you've done a similar job before or have some other experience that is relevant - we'd love to hear from you! If this sounds like the kind of opportunity, and place to work, that you’re looking for, please send your CV with a brief covering note about your salary expectations and any notice period to our Recruitment Team.

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

No agencies, please.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Newmarket Holidays is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Newmarket Holidays.