Management Accountant - Sports Travel

Management Accountant

Mike Burton - Destination Sport Group

This is a hybrid role based in our Gloucester office, you must live within a commutable distance.

As part of Destination Sport Group (“DSG”), Mike Burton create and deliver major brand, customer and revenue focused ticketing and travel programmes around the globe, working in direct partnership with organisations that include the British & Irish Lions and England Rugby. https://mikeburton.com/

Due to continued growth within our finance team we are looking for a Management Accountant to join & focus on delivering day to day financial & accounting functions cross multiple projects for England Rugby Travel and Lions Rugby Travel.

No two days are the same in this broad role but on a typical day you will:

• Report into the Head of Finance, driving the continued success of Mike Burton
• Be responsible for the production of monthly management accounts for Mike Burton with variance analysis to budget and discussing the monthly numbers with the department heads
• Work closely with the team to ensure month end is delivered in line with the required deadlines
• Improve the efficiency of the month end processes
• Prepare monthly bank, balance sheet & intercompany reconciliations to a high standard
• Prepare quarterly VAT, ABTA, ATOL & Escrow returns
• Preparation of weekly management information for distribution to the operational teams
• Assist with quarterly & annual audits
• Drive process improvements and bring new ideas to the finance team
• Build strong working relationships with the wider finance team and the department heads
• Ad-hoc project work as and when required
  
  
  

To be successful in this role, our ideal candidate will:

• Be a fully or part qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
• Have proven experience of Bank & Ledger reconciliations
• Have previous experience of preparing consolidated management accounts, ideally in a fast-paced, multidivisional, operational environment
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail with the desire to get things right the first time
• Be computer literate with strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, and in particular Excel
• Have experience in manipulating and managing large quantities of data using Excel
• Possess excellent communication skills both written & verbal
• Have the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Have good knowledge of back-office systems
• Have the ability ability to work within a team environment to achieve team/department objectives
• Be a great collaborator, happy to ‘help out’ in other areas that will only grow your experience and opportunities
• Be highly organised individual with the ability to prioritise work efficiently and effectively
• Possess the ability to think logically, consider all relevant aspects and carry out complex analysis on information
  
  
  

So if you are looking for your next challenge, please get in touch we'd love to hear from you!