Travelport is a place of opportunity. It’s our incredible team that makes our company great – our people drive our winning culture.
What’s Travelport?
Travelport is a worldwide travel retail platform. Our next-generation marketplace connects buyers and sellers that share our passion for delivering exceptional travel experiences. Unconflicted and independent, we are reinventing a simpler future for travel’s complex ecosystem.
What does a great Finance Accountant - Financial Reporting do?
This role will be responsible for working with the Director Financial Reporting in the month, quarter, year-end accounting close for the Travelport group. This will require regular interaction with other Controllership team members, other internal finance teams, and the external auditors, along with the Head of Controllership.
Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for key elements of the monthly, quarterly and year end Group close/consolidation process.
2. Review and analysis of critical accounting areas.
3. Coordination with various team members in corporate and technical accounting as well as other finance teams, including Treasury, Tax, Financial Planning and Analysis, and Financial Operations to ensure timely and accurate reporting of results.
4. Providing support to the wider finance function, in the accounting for any unusual or complex transactions
5. Preparation of documentation for external auditors
6. Supporting corporate project activity such as corporate restructuring, and refinancing transactions, acquisitions, and disposal
7. Preparation of certain UK statutory accounts
8. Preparation of monthly consolidated cashflows
9. Managing team’s intern
What we look for/who would prosper in this role?
10. Chartered Accountant with some PQE,
11. Knowledge of US GAAP would also be beneficial but is not a requirement.
12. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
13. Diligent and good attention to detail
As we evolve and grow as a business, so will you.
You will thrive within an inclusive and diverse workplace where you are encouraged to think differently, and have the courage, confidence & ambition to challenge what’s been done before, and be bold to win!
14. Reporting into Manager of Financial Reporting
15. Scope for the candidate to take on additional responsibilities to those listed above as the role evolves.
16. Significant interaction with the Head of Controllership and Director of Technical Accounting
17. Interactions with cross teams, mainly Treasury, Tax, Financial Planning and Analysis, and Financial Operations
18. Visible role with interaction with Finance leadership team
These are just a few of our employee’s favourite benefits/perks…
19. Flexible working
20. Health insurance
21. Various discounts through Intranet for employees