Assistant Management Accountant

Your Golf Travel is the worlds largest golf travel specialist providing golf breaks and holidays across more than 3,000 locations in 22 countries, including the UK, Ireland, Europe, and beyond. Since our launch in 2004, we have seen swift expansion and now boast a team of over 180 professionals based in our offices in London, Brighton, St Andrews, and Killarney. Throughout this journey, we have established incredible relationships with our suppliers and customers, created an extensive array of exceptional travel products and experiences, garnered numerous awards... and this is only the beginning! 

At Your Golf Travel, we are driven by our "Always Going The Extra Yard" values, a set of four core principles that define how we work and who we are. We put the Customer First, Always, using empathy and deep insight to consistently exceed expectations. We believe in the power of the collective to Own it, Together, combining personal accountability with high-pace collaboration to deliver results. Our team is encouraged to Think Smart, Act Bold, challenging convention with an ambitious, entrepreneurial spirit that knows no limits. Finally, we maintain The Expert Edge by constantly evolving, learning, and pushing boundaries to ensure we are always going that extra yard for our clients.

Do I need to be a golfer? … Not at all. We primarily operate as a travel company, with golf being just one aspect of our offerings. If you’re eager to learn, we’d be thrilled to equip you with all the knowledge you need about our product; however, we can’t promise you’ll become the next Tiger Woods. What we truly seek is a genuine passion for travel and an eagerness to learn.

This is a unique role within the finance team reporting into the Director of Financial Control. You will be responsible for assisting with monthly management reporting, balance sheet reconciliations and the annual audit for both Your Golf Travel and Premier Golf. You will work closely with the Financial Accountant for US Operations and the Financial Team for Your Golf Travel.

This encompasses the following areas:

• Monthly management accounts for our core UK business

• Monthly management accounts for our core US business

• Day to day bookkeeping for both companies

• Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations

• Assistance with the annual audit

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  Accruals for overheads and cost of sales, payroll journals and fixed assets.

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  Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly basis for prepayments, accruals and fixed assets.

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  Assistance with the annual audit.

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  Assistance with management accounts preparation including variance analysis

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  US Bank and credit card reconciliations

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  UK regulatory reporting, including VAT preparation and submission

The above list is not an exhaustive list of duties. You will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by the overall objectives of the organisation.

This role will be well suited to an individual with previous experience in an entry level finance role or a relevant degree. There will be an opportunity to study towards a professional qualification based upon performance in role.

What we are looking for:

Essential

• Experience working within a finance team or a relevant degree

• Self-motivated and focused with the ability to work proactively dealing with issues

• Highly organised and focused on delivery

• Able to build relationships across all levels of the organisation and work in a team environment

• Good MS Excel / Google Sheets modelling skills

• Strong attention to detail and high levels of accuracy

Preferred

• Travel industry experience

• Previous experience working with Sage and Xero

• Knowledge of G-suite products including building models in Google Sheets as well as Excel