Due to internal promotion within the Finance Team, Alfa Leisureplex Group has an exciting new opportunity for a Management Accountant to join the team based at our Central Office, Buckshaw Village, Chorley.
The Alfa Leisureplex Group is one of the UK’s most highly respected coach holiday and hotel companies with a consolidated turnover of over £75 million per year. We are the UK’s only employee-owned Travel Group and our brands include Alfa Travel and Leisureplex Hotels. Our mission is to provide high quality, memorable holidays for our guests.
Leisureplex Hotels own and operate 25 hotels in the UK’s most popular seaside and holiday destinations. We have a combined bed stock of over 2,000 rooms and achieve strong all year-round occupancies through our tour operator, Alfa Travel, plus our links to other coach operators and group organisers. We also cater for Self Drive guests and direct hotel bookings.
You would be joining the group as part of the finance team, with responsibility for delivery of the Leisureplex Accounts and day to day operations of the Leisureplex cash management, sales and purchase ledgers.
As an employee-owned business with almost 1,000 employee owners, we see our people as our most valuable asset in growing our business and continuing to provide a high-quality service to our customers.
About the job
As the Management Accountant for Leisureplex, you will have an important part to play in producing the management accounts for Leisureplex Hotels (including Leisureplex Hotels property Limited), our Hotel Division, which owns and operates 25 hotels across the UK. You will also have overall responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the cash management, sales and purchase ledgers for Alfa. The role has two direct reports.
Your role will report into the Financial Controller and will be based in our offices in Buckshaw Village, Chorley.
We are offering a salary of £40,000-£45,000 per annum dependent on experience plus a number of additional benefits outlined below.
Benefits of being an employee
* Bi-annual tax-free dividend due to our employee-owned status (circa £1,500 last full year)
* Flexi time scheme
* Funding for any relevant training courses to aid your development
* Flexible working arrangements; predominantly office based
* Job Security – our employee-owned status provides better job security, as we can't be sold to another company
* Support and continuous development opportunities
* Competitive occupational sick pay scheme
* Fantastic discounts on our holidays and hotel stays
* Employee assistance programme
* Length of service rewards
* Build your pension – we have a pension scheme in place that the Company contributes towards
* Reward and engagement programs
* Free onsite parking
Main accountabilities:
Production of the management accounts for Leisureplex Hotels and Leisureplex Hotels Property
* Overseeing the collection of debt on a timely basis in conjunction with the account’s assistants
* Overseeing the purchase ledger for Leisureplex including ensuring purchase ledger transactions comply with VAT legislation
* Submit quarterly VAT returns for Leisureplex Hotels and Leisureplex Hotels Property and process VAT payments in accordance with HMRC legislation
* Ensuring the Leisureplex bank accounts are fully reconciled every month
* Ensuring company card transactions are reconciled and accounted for
* Intercompany invoicing and reconciliation of intercompany accounts
* Submit the monthly PAYE payment for Leisureplex Hotels in accordance with HMRC legislation
* Supervise and manage two account’s assistants who directly report into the Management Accountant role
* Assist the Financial Controller with the audit process and liaise with external personnel where required
* Review and assist with the improvement of business processes and practices
Key skills and experience
* A part qualified or qualified by experience accountant, with experience of delivering management accounts
* IT literate, with advanced excel skills
* Have a good working knowledge of financial and operational controls
* Be a dynamic self starter who enjoys the challenge of multi tasking
* Possess excellent people management skills
* Be highly numerate and commercially minded
* Adept at seeing tasks through to completion
* Inquisitive and detail orientated
* Have a strong ability to analyse data and findings
The below is preferred but not necessarily essential.
* Have experience in the hospitality or travel industry or similar businesses
* Have experience integrating and/or transitioning to new accounting systems
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be a successful Management Accountant,