Finance Manager

We are looking for a Finance Manager to oversee and manage all financial reporting and control activities for the Saga Travel Group (STG).

In return, you can look forward to all the responsibility and involvement of an integral role, providing you with a rewarding and fast-paced career with an excellent benefits package.

So, if this is of interest to you then we would be keen to hear from you!

**This role is a fixed term contract for 6 months. There will be a requirement to work from one of our hubs on average once a week**

• All financial reporting for the business, including statutory accounts, overheads and shareholder reporting.
• Presentation of the above to various stakeholders (Exco, FMT, FLT).
• Management of the month end process end-to-end ensuring all ledger entries are accurate.
• Balance sheet reconciliations and monthly variance analysis.
• Hedging and FX.
• Management of external reporting compliance, including banking covenants, CAA and ABTA.
• Management of trust account relationship and reconciliation of trust account position and advance receipts.
• Reviewing and submission of all tax compliance (CT, VAT).
• Audit management (internal and external).
• Operational banking management, including short term cashflow forecasting.
• Overheads cost control.
• Maintaining an effective control environment supported by processes and systems to safeguard the company’s assets and reduce risk.
• Development of systems to improve the production efficiency of those accounts.
• Provide support to the other areas of finance as required, but particularly during busy times.
• Continual analysis and improvement of finance processes.

• Communications skills.
• Stakeholder Management skills.
• Organised and methodical.
• Work in a task focused environment and to deadline.
• Up to date IFRS knowledge.
• Dream Unit 4.
• TM1.
• Professional finance qualification.

Our Saga Values:

• Precision Pace - Always owning and making things happen.
• Empathy – Always aware of others.
• Curiosity – Always asking why.
• Collaboration – Always one team, the Saga team!

At Saga Travel Group, we’re driven by the aim of creating a place where older people are valued for their experiences. We’re a dynamic and forward-looking business with a clear, single-minded purpose: to deliver exceptional experiences every day for our colleagues and customers.

Our values underpin our approach and help guide us. We work with precision, pace, curiosity, empathy and collaboration to create a unique environment for our teams.

The vision for the Saga Travel Group is to build the travel company for the experienced traveller. We already have world-class escorted Saga and Titan touring businesses and now building a new dynamic, digital travel business that will deliver fresh, innovative product.

When you join Saga Travel Group you will work across two leading brands and play a vital role not only in our growth but in our mission to deliver lasting memories for our customers seeing them return again and again.

As an STG colleague you will see that we are committed to treating all employees fairly and to offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement.

We value diversity not just because it is the right thing to do, but because diverse teams perform better. Creating a culture in which everyone feels welcome and offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement is incredibly important to us.

We are an official Disability Confident employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and we will make reasonable adjustments as required.

We are a member of the 30% Club and partner with Moving Ahead which offers us a fantastic opportunity to take part in a leading, global, cross-company, leadership mentoring scheme to champion female talent.

We are a signatory of the Armed Services Covenant and have received a Silver Award from the Employer Recognition Scheme.

To all recruitment agencies: Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Talent Acquisition Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Any engagement with employees or provision of CVs to employees within Saga where you have not engaged with the Talent Acquisition Team will be considered speculative and Saga will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.

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Everyday our colleagues deliver exceptional experiences to our customers. We believe exceptional work deserves even more exceptional rewards, that's why we have put together an amazing benefits package for all colleagues.

We offer total flexibility over where you work – you choose a place that you feel happiest, healthiest and most productive, either from home or in one of our hubs in London, Crawley or Ashford.

We have an award-winning wellbeing programme, modern family-friendly policies including premature baby leave, enhanced maternity and paternity leave and our unique grandparents’ leave policy.

Benefits available to all colleagues:

• 25 days of paid holiday (with option to purchase more), plus bank holidays that you can use any time of the year and an annual volunteer day on us.
• Free private medical insurance after 1 years' service, including access to a GP, and great levels of income protection and life assurance cover.
• Workplace pension scheme where we match your contributions up to 10%.
• AXA Be Supported.
• A range of reductions and offers from Saga Travel Group as well as leading retailers, travel groups discounts and entertainment companies.