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Senior Finance Executive

Employer
Alternative Airlines
Location
Horley, Surrey
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
8 Mar 2022

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Sector
Aviation, Finance, Leisure & Tourism, Travel
Function
Data , Financial
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Senior Finance Executive

Full-time, Permanent

Alternative Airlines is a fast growing Online Travel Agent. We have built a strong online presence, www.alternativeairlines.com, with an ultra-quick flight booking capability and an expanding, global customer base of delighted consumers.

With a new customer-focused approach to a huge, well-established market for air travel, the organisation has built a reputation for innovation, attention to detail and doing things differently.

Alternative Airlines enjoyed a period of high growth with yearly growth rates of 86% from £2.9m to £19.0m from 2016 to 2019. Whilst demand for air travel is currently reduced, Alternative Airlines continues to grow driven by its strongly performing US business and is on track to generate £27m in 2021. We are targeting £100m revenue by 2023.

Due to our continuous growth, we have created another opportunity to join our growing finance department at Alternative Airlines, and we are now looking for Senior Finance Executive to join the team.

The Role:

The Senior Finance Executive role will focus on the preparation of data to enhance our analytical review of high volume, multi-currency sales transactions.

We need strong excel skills, a passion for improvement and change, and a dedication to finding the best way of working with ever increasing amounts of financial data. As we continue to innovate and establish new partnerships which allow us to reach new markets, your ideas will be key to working efficiently to accurately report our sales.

If you like working with data, enjoy creating new analysis and reporting, and you are interested in developing a finance business partnering role for the company, this could be a great role for you!

Key Responsibilities:

● Importing, downloading, and manipulating large volumes of multi-currency transactional data, from internal and external sources

● Collating a high level of daily, weekly, and monthly financial data for both sales and costs

● Assessing the quality of data received by the finance team to validate financial information from our payment partners and our internal reports

● Provide the source data tools for revenue analysis, reviewing and revising for growth and improvements

● Support the weekly revenue recognition process

● Test data from our portal reporting and from new payment partners

● Analyse data and reports to identify opportunities and areas for development

● Assist with the processing and posting of revenue and cost accounting entries

Candidate Specification:

● Part Qualified ACA / ACCA / CIMA

● Intermediate / Advanced Excel

● Experience of managing large data sets

● Strong analytical skills, able to identify trends and patterns

● Excellent attention to detail

● Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

● Self-motivated, with a positive attitude, and hands on approach to change

Why work with us?

Our people matter, they are what drives our success. Therefore, we’ve created a culture where we put our people first:

● We understand the importance of having a good work-life balance

● We’re multiple small teams working together to reach our mission

● We challenge ourselves daily and move at a pace

● We try new things, make decisions on them quickly

 

Employee Benefits:

● Highly competitive salary

● Personal development opportunities

● Opportunity to directly and personally influence the next stage of growth of a young, innovative and fast-growing Online Travel Agency

● Flexible working

● Opportunity to directly and personally influence the next stage of growth of a young, innovative and fast-growing Online Travel Agency

● Opportunity to attend airline and travel industry hosted events

Company

Alternative Airlines is a fast growing Online Travel Agent, and our ongoing mission is to empower anyone in the world to book a flight easily, and every booking and every customer counts to us!

Alternative Airlines is a young and innovative company in the fast-moving travel sector. We arehard-working, driven and committed to delivering excellent customer service. At Alternative Airlines, our staff are important, and we are committed to their on-going personal development.


With a global customer base and offices near Gatwick Airport, Alternative Airlines is an on-line travel agency (OTA) which offers a wider choice of flights for its customers. By working with more airlines worldwide, including smaller regional airlines and low-cost carriers, we offer a greater choice of flight options at lower prices. We specialise in flight-only sales and offer over 600 airlines on our easy-to-use site.

 

Why work with us?
Our people matter, they are what drives our success. Therefore we have created a culture where we put our people first:


- We understand the importance of having a good work life balance.
- We are multiple small teams working together to reach our mission.
- We challenge ourselves daily, and move at pace
- We try new things, make decisions on them quickly.

Company info
Website
Location
Suite 9A, Gatwick House Peeks Brook Lane
Peeks Brook Lane
Horley
RH6 9ST
GB

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