Role: Assistant Management Accountant
Based: Chorley/Hybrid
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 depending on experience
Hours: 40 per week Monday - Friday

A BIT ABOUT US:

Who are we? World Travel Holdings UK was co-founded in June 2008. We are one of the largest and fastest-growing multi-brand cruise distributors in the UK, based in the Lancashire town of Chorley. No matter what we are selling or servicing, our mission is to deliver a remarkable experience through providing superior customer service. It’s the personalised experience we provide that keeps our customers coming back and puts us in a league of our own.
We have a good thing going on at WTH UK, with a strong sense of community and collaborative teams. We are driven and passionate, and care deeply about what we do and the goals of our business.
We value teamwork highly and expect everyone to be ready to cooperate and collaborate. We want all our staff to continuously strive to be better, looking for ways to improve not only themselves but our processes and ways of working too. Always looking to deliver, owning our individual commitments but also working to get the best result for our team and business.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

You will be supporting the Management Accountant in the preparation of monthly management accounts. Responsible for processing purchase ledger invoices in accordance with internal approval procedures and ensuring timely payments to suppliers. Reconcile bank accounts and credit cards, maintain accurate cash book records, and develop a broad understanding of all finance team functions. Provide cover during absences and contribute to maintaining a strong, reliable finance operation.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

· Enter all purchase ledger invoices into Sage and prepare supplier payment runs, ensuring due authorisation before processing.
· Monitor daily cash flow and bank account activity.
· Download daily bank statements and update the cash book, ensuring records are accurate and ready for month-end bank reconciliation.
· Download and post credit card transactions (Barclaycard and Amex), including reconciling at month-end.
· Process payments to cruise suppliers on a daily and weekly basis for customer bookings.
· Reconcile the customer debtor balance sheet account on a monthly basis.
· Provide monthly self-billing VAT figures to the Financial Accountant for HMRC payments.
· Maintain the Fixed Asset Register and calculate monthly depreciation.
· Assist in preparing the monthly management accounts pack.
· Support external auditors with year-end UK and US audit tasks.
· Undertake ad-hoc projects to support the finance team and the wider business.