Job Details
Salary: Competitive per annum
Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Flexible working, 3 days a week in our VHQ, Crawley
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 10th February 2025
Virgin Atlantic is a ground-breaking long-haul airline, committed to protecting the planet while bringing the social and economic benefits of connectivity and trade to the destinations and communities we serve. At Virgin Atlantic, we're committed to innovation, pioneering change through partnership, and being transparent in our progress.
In a nutshell
The role involves being responsible for certain financial controls of the Group, including maintaining accurate and timely books of account for the VAL Group and its subsidiaries. You will also provide balance sheet analysis and insight to senior leadership, and assist with reporting requirements.
Deliver high-quality accounting expertise under IFRS and UK GAAP, informing and advising senior management and the team on accounting decisions. Clearly communicate implications to collaborators, including auditors and finance teams.
As the person in charge, you will manage the monthly balance sheet reconciliation process, ensuring all reconciliations are completed and reviewed in a timely manner and meet the required level of quality. Your expertise in preparing or reviewing balance sheet reconciliations will be crucial in rigorously assessing their accuracy and completeness. Additionally, you will provide monthly reports to the Financial Operations Leadership team, highlighting the most important items.
Day to day
• Provide high-quality technical accounting mentorship on all aspects of International Financial Reporting Standards and FRS101.
• Responsible for advancing the monthly balance sheet reconciliation process, holding reconciliation owners accountable, and bringing up areas of concern to Senior Manager / VP as appropriate.
• Accountable for the quarterly balance sheet pack, providing insightful commentary and review of quarterly variances to finance VPs and CFO.
• Support the Financial Reporting team through the annual audit and year-end reporting cycle.
• Monitor compliance with general ledger conventions, including chart of account usage and manual journal entries.
About you
• Qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA
• Considerable post-qualification experience
• Demonstrates deep knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards and FRS 101 with the ability to articulate technical accounting requirements to influence decision making
• Evidence of strong ability to exercise independent professional judgment and problem-solving skills within an overall business context
• Experience of working within a fast-paced finance department or audit firm, resilient personality, and the ability to be self-motivated
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to distil complex accounting issues into clear simple messages and explain to non-financial collaborators.
• Strong systems knowledge and experience.
• Understanding of Oracle Financials
• Proven capability to prioritise work, working under pressure and delivering to tight deadlines
• Strong attention to detail and high analytical capability; ability to think critically and provide insightful challenge
• Strong on MS Office, in particular Excel
• Proven ability in dashboard reporting (e.g., in Power BI)
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Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That's why we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive.
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