Management Accountant

About Us

At Travel Counsellors, our customers, communities, and colleagues are at the heart of everything we do. For over 30 years, we've empowered 2,200+ independent travel agents worldwide, helping them build successful businesses while providing deeply personal, human connections with their customers. Supported by a talented team of over 400 people in our Support Offices, we create unique travel experiences that keep customers coming back. Named the Best Place to Work in Travel (2022) and ranked in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work (2023, 2024 & 2025), we’re expanding rapidly and looking for exceptional individuals to join our Head Office team.

About the Role

As Management Accountant, you’ll play an important role in supporting the UK Finance team across a range of financial, accounting and administrative activities.

You’ll help ensure the accuracy and integrity of our financial records, with a particular focus on preparing, reviewing and completing balance sheet reconciliations on time. You’ll also support day-to-day finance processes, transaction processing, month-end close activities and management reporting.

This is a key role in maintaining strong financial controls and safeguarding the company’s financial integrity. You’ll ensure compliance with internal policies, accounting standards and regulatory requirements, while proactively identifying and resolving reconciliation and reporting issues.

Principal Accountabilities
As Management Accountant, you will support the accuracy, integrity and control of the company’s financial information through timely reconciliations, month-end activities and process improvements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Preparing journals, balance sheet reconciliations and financial documentation to support month-end and year-end close.

• Reconciling company credit cards, virtual credit cards, bank accounts, debtors, creditors and other balance sheet accounts.

• Reviewing booking and transaction data to identify discrepancies and support accurate financial reporting.

• Supporting stock counts, statutory accounts preparation and annual audit requirements.

• Working closely with Finance, AR and AP teams to resolve queries and maintain accurate financial records.

• Providing administrative support to the UK finance team, including data entry, record maintenance and responding to internal and external finance queries.

• Supporting financial system accuracy and identifying opportunities to improve, streamline or automate finance processes.

Required Experience
You’ll bring a strong understanding of accounting principles and financial processes, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to work confidently with financial data.

You’ll ideally have:

• An accounting degree or be studying towards ACCA, CIMA or ACA.

• Good knowledge of double-entry accounting and its impact on the balance sheet and profit and loss.

• Strong Excel skills and experience using financial or ERP systems, such as D365.

• Confidence working with large volumes of data accurately and efficiently.

• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work professionally with colleagues, suppliers and customers.

• A proactive, problem-solving approach and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Experience in the travel industry, UK financial compliance, or a similar finance/accounting role would be advantageous.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary + annual bonus

• Flexible hybrid working

• Career development opportunities

• 25 days holiday (increasing to 28 after 5 years)

• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay

• 1 day paid charity day

• Company events and incentives

• 3x salary death in service benefit

• Pension scheme

• Private Medical Insurance or Healthcare Cash Plan

• Free breakfast and beverages

Inclusive Recruitment at Travel Counsellors

Travel Counsellors is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, gender, disability, or any protected characteristic. We provide accommodations for individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will make every effort to accommodate reasonable adjustments where required. We believe diverse perspectives strengthen our team and encourage all to apply.

For more information about this role – and others – at Travel Counsellors, please do not hesitate to contact the Talent Acquisition team at  View email address on careers.travelcounsellors.com