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Assistant Accountant (Transactions)

Employer
easyJet
Location
London Luton Airport, Luton
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Aug 27, 2019

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Job Role
Finance Graduate
Sector
Transport & Rail
Contract Type
Graduate
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

When it comes to innovation and achievement there are few organisations with a better track record. Join us and you’ll be able to play a big part in the success of our highly successful, fast-paced business that opens up Europe so people can exercise their get-up-and-go. With over 320 aircraft flying over 1000 routes to more than 30 countries, we’re the UK’s largest airline, the second largest in Europe and the eighth largest in the world. Flying over 90 million passengers a year, we employ over 14,000 people. Its big-scale stuff and we’re still growing.

To focus and manage our transaction balance sheet accounts. Primary focus on the credit card receivables.

The key responsibilities are as follows;

  • You'll be responsible for the ownership of the Reconet reconciliation system for all credit card payments  received against the sales from all channels
  • Ensuring that billing from all merchant all in line with the agreed SLAs
  • Manage reconciliation of all sales ledger balance sheet accounts in a timely manner with supporting schedules and thorough understanding of the balance sheet position, managing risk and opportunities with the business.
  • Monthly reporting of Sales commentary  KPIS and key commentary
  • Ownership of the sales ledger cash flow forecasting 
  • Drive continuous improvement; actively engage in development of underlying systems
  • Monitor and review control processes around variances between sales and cash collection
  • Build relationships across several teams within easyJet, and with a number of external suppliers.
  • Need to be conscientious in making sure you meet deadlines and provide insightful and accurate analysis to your stakeholders.
  • Prepare month end journals and post to ledger ensuring accuracy and adhering to accounting standards.
  • Take ownership of projects / work with a specific underlying issue across the team to generate results. Report regularly and effectively on performance against project goals. 

Requirements of the Role

The successful candidate will have the following skills and experiences;

  • Studying towards professional qualification (CIMA)
  • Ability to find problems and provide proposals for change
  • From a lot of detail be able to identify and present key issues
  • Pro-active and enquiring mindset.
  • Able to coherently explain complicated financial matters to both finance and non finance contacts within a European business, to achieve results
  • Manage own time across variety of tasks and projects to deliver to deadlines
  • Communicate with both finance and non-finance contacts to achieve results
  • Intermediate to advanced MS Office Skills – including extensive knowledge of Excel and Powerpoint
  • Graduate/Strong academic record
  • Foreign language skills desirable

Company

EasyJet Airline Company Limited, styled as easyJet, is a British low-cost airline headquartered at London Luton Airport. It operates domestic and international scheduled services on over 1,000 routes in more than 30 countries

We’re proud of our culture in easyJet, which we call our Orange Spirit. Our head office is in a working aircraft hangar in Luton and we have an international mind-set in everything we do. We are connected, fast paced, no-one stands on status, we’re lean but not mean, and our talent is the best in the industry. We strive for diversity in all its forms, we work hard and have fun; we have reinvented air travel and we will keep on innovating.

With over 270 aircraft flying over 800 routes to more than 30 countries, we’re the UK’s largest airline, the fourth largest in Europe and the tenth largest in the world. Flying over 80 million passengers a year, we employ over 12,000 people. It’s big-scale stuff and we’re still growing.

But for us, it’s about so much more than the numbers. In fact, if there’s one thing that sets us apart, it’s our people. Every one of them. Our pilots and cabin crew. Our engineers and central support teams. They’re the ones who make us the huge success story we are today. Which is why we offer so much in return, from training and development to rewards and recognition.

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