Revenue Management Accountant (Maternity Cover)

The Revenue Management Accountant is a key member of the Finance team at Secret Escapes. In this broad and varied role, you will be an essential support to the wider business by ensuring the integrity and accuracy of our revenue streams are maintained. You will be responsible for getting “under the hood” of our transactional data to ensure the accuracy of postings in our finance system (NetSuite) and performing deep-dive reconciliations. Please note, this is a 12-months Fixed Term Contract.

About Secret Escapes 

Secret Escapes is one of the world’s leading members-only, online travel deals companies, offering inspiring travel experiences and hand-picked offers to over 60 million members worldwide. Operating in 10 countries across Europe, Secret Escapes continues to grow and establish itself as a world-class business, dedicated to giving our members the best range and value in luxury travel deals at low prices.

The Role & What You’ll Do

• Ensure accuracy of revenue and costs recorded from travel products by manipulating and comparing large data sets

• Conduct month-end variance analysis on revenue streams and related working capital balances, leveraging insights for forecasting enhancements

• Perform detailed balance sheet reconciliations, offering insightful analysis to identify discrepancies and drive improvements

• Leverage data to streamline activities, reducing manual intervention and enhancing overall financial control

• Collaborate cross-functionally with the finance transformation team (Business Solutions) to reduce the complexity of our financial records and enhance accounting system functionality

• Assist with year-end, acting as a key point of contact for audits

• Lead on ad-hoc projects to ensure the ongoing success of the team

The Team

We are one valued team of experts who build and maintain robust financial foundations, partner with our colleagues in other teams to deliver the strategy, and drive successful corporate development activity. We are hard-working, data-driven, supportive, and enjoy a team lunch and a quiz or two!

You Will Bring

• A strong understanding of accounting principles as a qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent).

• Proven experience in a similar finance or analytical role.

• Demonstrated ability to maintain accurate financial records, from initial calculations through to final ledger postings.

• Proficient skills in Microsoft Excel and manipulating large data sets, with a strong aptitude for leveraging AI technologies.

• Experience with Netsuite, SQL, Excel Power Query, or Tableau/Snowflake is beneficial but not required.

And You Are…

• Organised and able to prioritise and multitask in a fast-paced environment.

• Willing to adapt and pick up new techniques, with a keenness to make a difference to existing processes.

• Analytically minded with the ability to spot patterns or discrepancies within thousands of rows of data, and using sound judgement to reach conclusions.

• A Problem Solver who enjoys “playing detective” to investigate discrepancies and see them through to resolution.

• A proactive communicator who can build relationships across the business.

Working Requirements

• Hybrid: 3 days in the office.

• Secret Escapes operates a “Work from Anywhere” policy, so you can work from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks each year! This benefit is designed both to feed our travel passion and support parents and carers, especially during school holidays. We also offer flexible working with core hours between 10 am to 4 pm, and you have the freedom to schedule the remaining hours to suit your routine.

We are an equal opportunity employer

Diversity and inclusion are important to us at Secret Escapes and we encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves at work. We value and actively seek out a richly diverse range of talent and our policies ensure that every job application and employee is treated fairly, with equal opportunity to succeed. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law. As part of our commitment to inclusion, we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.