Management Accountant - Fixed Term Contract

Destination Sport 

Management Accountant

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

This role is a 12 month Fixed Term contract

Welcome to Destination Sport Group where we set the global standard in sports travel, offering a uniquely holistic approach to partnerships not seen before. Our unique global sports travel business offers our partners the very best in everything they need in order to succeed. We are proud to have 7 market leading sports travel companies in our group, helping millions of customers to enjoy sport. https://destinationsport.com/

This is a varied & hands on role, as our new Management Accountant you will:

• Report into the Head of Finance, driving the continued success of Destination Sport Group

• Be responsible for the production of monthly management accounts for the DST & Sportsbreaks divisions with variance analysis to budget and discussing the monthly numbers with the department heads

• Manage Assistant Management Accountant to ensure month end is delivered in line with the required deadlines

• Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations to a high standard

• Improve the efficiency of the month end processes

• Oversee the preparation of quarterly VAT returns

• Preparation of weekly management information for distribution to the operational teams

• 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 within this role, our ideal candidate will:

• Be a fully qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)

• Previous management accounting experience, ideally in a fast-paced, multidivisional, operational environment

• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail

• Be computer literate with strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, and in particular Excel

• Experience in manipulating and managing large quantities of data using Excel

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills both written & verbal to stakeholders at all levels of seniority

• Be able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

• Show good knowledge of back-office systems

• Have the ability to work within a team environment to achieve team/department objectives

• Be able 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!