Management Accountant

Alfa Holiday Group have an exciting opportunity for a Management Accountant to join our team based at our Central Office in Buckshaw Village, Chorley.

The Alfa Holiday 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 Hotels and Alfa Coaches.

Our mission is to provide high quality memorable holidays for our guests.

Alfa Hotels own and operate 25 hotels in the UK’s most popular seaside locations.

We have a combined bed stock of over 2,000 rooms and achieve strong all year‑round occupancies due to our sister brands, plus our links to other coach operators and group organisers.

You would be joining the group during an exciting period as we continue to see significant growth in the number of customers choosing to holiday with us each year.

As an employee‑owned business with over 1,000 employee owners, we treat our people with respect, enabling them to achieve their ambitions and provide the best service to our guests.

As the Management Accountant for Alfa, you will have an important part to play in producing the management accounts for Alfa Holidays, our Tour Operator Division and Alfa Coaches, our Coach Operator Division.

You will also have overall responsibility for the day‑to‑day operation of the cash management, sales and purchase ledgers for Alfa.

As part of a wider accounts team, this role has line manager responsibility for two experienced accounts assistants.

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 skills and experience, plus a number of additional benefits outlined below.

• Bi‑annual tax‑free dividend (circa £1,500 FTE last year)
• Funding for any relevant training courses to aid your development
• Job security – an employee‑owned status that cannot be sold to another company
• 30 days annual leave including bank holidays, with a flexi‑time scheme in operation
• Support and continuous development opportunities
• Competitive occupational sick pay scheme
• Fantastic discounts on our holidays and hotel stays
• Employee assistance programme
• Health Assured (health insurance)
• Length‑of‑service rewards
• Build your pension – we have a pension scheme that the Company contributes towards
• Reward, recognition and engagement programmes
• Annual pay reviews in April each year

• Production of the management accounts for Alfa Holidays and Alfa Coaches
• Overseeing the collection of debt on a timely basis in conjunction with the accounts assistants
• Submit VAT payments in accordance with legislation
• Ensuring the Alfa bank accounts are fully reconciled every month
• Ensuring company card transactions are reconciled and accounted for
• Inter‑company invoicing and reconciliation of inter‑company accounts
• Submit the monthly PAYE payment for Alfa Holidays and Alfa Coaches in accordance with HMRC legislation
• Supervise and manage two accounts 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

• Part qualified or qualified by experience accountant, with experience of delivering management accounts
• IT proficient, with advanced Excel skills
• Demonstrable 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 focused
• Adept at seeing tasks through to completion
• Inquisitive and detail‑oriented
• Have a strong ability to analyse data and findings
• Have experience in the hospitality or travel industry or similar businesses
• Have experience integrating and/or transitioning to new accounting systems
• The below is preferred but not necessarily essential.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be a successful Management Accountant, click 'apply' today.

We would love to hear from you.