Assistant Management Accountant (Graduate Scheme)

We're on a mission to inspire people to live a more adventure-rich life, help a global community of local businesses to make a great living doing what they love and protect the world's wild places, one adventure at a time.

Our multi-award-winning adventures are continually rated 5* by our tribe of loyal customers, we’re backed by some of Europe’s leading investors and entrepreneurs and are part-community-owned. We're rated one of the world’s ‘Top 100 Great Organisations to Work For’ by Escape the City, won ‘Best for Experiences 2022’ at the Travolution Awards, and are proud to be B-Corp Certified.

So if you get a kick out of supporting independent businesses worldwide, and are in your element out in the wild, you are in the right place.

About the role

We are looking for an Assistant Management Accountant to join our finance department as part of a study/graduate scheme. This role will provide an exciting opportunity to kickstart a career in finance in an agile and fast-growing company within the adventure travel industry. The successful candidate will receive comprehensive training and support, including sponsorship for accountancy exams, to develop essential skills and knowledge for a successful career in finance. This could suit either a new graduate, or someone who already has a couple of years of experience under their belt and looking to expedite their career in an agile and interesting environment.

This is a full-time contract. For the first 6-12 months there will be a heavy bias towards study time, learning for your professional accountancy exams, fast-tracking your experience and understanding. Your accounting studies will complement the growth of the company with opportunities to contribute to the successful development of both your career and the scale-up of the business. We’re looking for the best long-term candidate to grow together.

What you will be doing

As Assistant Management Accountant you will be one of the finance team crunching the numbers in the monthly reporting processes, communicating with our amazing local hosts and working closely with the Finance Manager.

You could find yourself getting involved in a wide variety of tasks both financial and non-financial, problem solving, and process improvement. 

We’re a bunch of team players, so it’s important you’re happy getting involved in tasks (big or small) outside your remit when required. As a fast-growing business, your responsibilities may change but we always look to promote from within and provide opportunities to develop your career based on your ambitions.

Your role will involve (but not be restricted to):

• Working as a member of the finance team to cover all operational finance processes and regular tasks
• Ensure data is recorded accurately and timely into our financial systems
• Record and monitor purchase ledger transactions ensuring all suppliers are paid within agreed terms
• Process payments to our hosts worldwide within agreed terms
• Take ownership of the finance inbox for external communications
• Work closely with the Finance Manager to produce monthly account reconciliations, taking on more responsibility over time
• Evaluate and suggest opportunities for process efficiencies and savings
• Help with quarterly and annual reporting
• Complete ad-hoc reporting and other tasks both financial and non-financial as required by the business
• Provide holiday cover in the team as required
• Grow within the finance team; what your future responsibilities look like depends on you.

Requirements

Essential Requirements:

• Demonstrate a passion for pursuing a career in finance
• Previous finance experience is advantageous for candidates
• IT literate with great Microsoft Office and/or Google Workspace skills (particularly Excel/Google Sheets)
• Flexible approach to work with a can-do attitude, willingness to help out with non-finance related tasks as and when required
• Proactive problem solver
• Self-starter who can work independently but has the awareness of when to seek assistance
• Able to work under pressure, learn and adapt quickly, and adhere to tight deadlines
• Excellent references
• What we’re doing here at MBA excites you!
  

Preferred Requirements:

• Previous experience with using Xero is advantageous
• Previous office experience

Benefits

We're building a team of super-talented, passionate, and ambitious people. We are committed to building an amazing place to work, you can expect:

• Base salary circa £24k-£26k with regular reviews based on exam progress
• Support for professional accountancy qualifications through the government-backed apprenticeship scheme (CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW/AAT) [worth £29k]
• 38 days holiday pro-rata (inclusive of public holidays)
• Company-wide meet-ups
• Annual company performance-based bonus
• Share options - all employees are part-owners here
• Pension scheme - a matching, salary sacrifice scheme (UK only)
• The chance to travel - with a free MBA trip in your first year
• A generous annual travel voucher to spend on an MBA trip
• Employee and friends and family discount for MBA trips
• Budget to set up a remote working space and access to co-working spaces
• An entrepreneurial and creative environment where great ideas are actively encouraged, and taking responsibility for them is expected
• A company culture that actively supports growth and learning
• The warm fuzzy feeling that comes with knowing you are making a huge difference to small independent businesses, local economies, and communities.

If you are passionate about changing the travel industry and are looking for an exciting finance opportunity then we should meet!

Application Details:

This is a full-time contract. For the first 6-12 months there will be a heavy bias towards study time, learning for your professional accountancy exams, fast-tracking your experience and understanding. Your accounting studies will complement the growth of the company with opportunities to contribute to the successful development of both your career and the scale-up of the business. We’re looking for the best long-term candidate to grow together.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 5th May, however, we reserve the right to close applications before this date.

Application process: Short video interview, a written plus Excel-based exercise, and a final interview.

Start date: Ideally May/June 2024

This is initially a Bristol based role (alongside our Finance Director and Finance Manager) for the working hours due to the nature of the training contract and the need to hit the ground running. As a company we are fully remote and spread all over, so the role would evolve into this in the future.

We are an equal opportunities employer and strongly encourage applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds to put their name in the hat. Our fully flexible working arrangements exist to support everyone in the team to achieve that all-important work/life balance. We recognise the challenges faced by working parents as well, and are very supportive.