Analyst – Financial Accounts (Cashbook)

Job Description:

Salary: Competitive per annum

Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday

Location: Flexible working with up to 3 days a week in our VHQ, Crawley

Contract: 12 month FTC/Secondment

Closing Date: 16th January 2025

In a nutshell

At Virgin Atlantic, we take pride in ensuring financial integrity and operational excellence, and our Cashbook function is at the heart of this mission. Known internally, as an Analyst – Cashbook, you’ll play a pivotal role in maintaining the accuracy and timeliness of our financial records, ensuring our bank and balance sheet accounts are reconciled to the highest standards.

In this role, you’ll work collaboratively across teams such as Treasury, Working Capital, and Revenue Accounting, and gain exposure to various aspects of financial accounting. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, have an eye for detail, and are eager to contribute to a high-performing finance team, we’d love to hear from you.

Day to day

Manage accurate reconciliations of global bank and balance sheet general ledger accounts.
Process end-to-end cashbook postings, including unremitted sales for allocated accounts.
Support investigations into aged and unreconciled items, collaborating with relevant teams.
Assist with month-end tasks, external audit queries, and ERP system testing.
Provide support for sales-to-cash reconciliation and cashbook suspense accounts.
Contribute to financial projects, ensuring high standards and team collaboration.

About you

Good technical and operational accounting skills, with an eagerness to learn.
Previous experience with accounting processes, including general ledger exposure.
Strong ability in account analysis, reconciliation, and handling foreign currencies.
Intermediate to advanced Excel skills; experience with Oracle Financials is a plus.
Proven ability to manage priorities, deliver under pressure, and maintain high accuracy.
Studying towards a professional accounting qualification (e.g., AAT, ACCA, ACA) would be advantageous.
A collaborative team player with excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

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Be yourself

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.

To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you’d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, (recruitmentfly.virgin.com) feeling confident that we’ve got your individual considerations covered.

Job Ident #: 2435

Company Details

Virgin Atlantic

Fleming Way
Crawley, England United Kingdom, International RH10 9DF International
www.virginatlantic.com/us/en

Virgin Atlantic uses a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft and operates to destinations in North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Asia from its main hub at London–Heathrow, and its secondary hub at Manchester

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Job Info

Location

Crawley , England, United Kingdom

Type

Contractor

Company Details

Virgin Atlantic

Fleming Way
Crawley, England United Kingdom, International RH10 9DF International
www.virginatlantic.com/us/en