Operations Accountant

We have an exciting opportunity for an Operations Accountant to join our Quark Division. This is an outstanding role for an ambitious individual, who is flexible, highly organized, and excellent at collaborating with team members at all levels!

About Us

Travelopia is headquartered in the UK and is one of the world’s leading specialist travel groups providing customers with outstanding travel experiences. This includes adventure travel, safaris, private jet, and polar expeditions, tailor-made luxury holidays, yacht, and riverboat charter holidays, educational and sporting-based school trips, corporate hospitality, and sporting event fan travel.

Quark Expeditions is the world leader in polar adventure travel. Since 1991, Quark has established a tradition of firsts in polar travel: as the first to transit the Northeast Passage with adventure travelers; the first to take travelers to the far side of Antarctica; and to circumnavigate the Antarctic continent with guests. Quark is recognized for its diverse fleet of passenger's vessels and offers the widest variety of polar itineraries of any other adventure company.

What you will be doing:

• Handle the accounting for the cost of goods sold for Vinson Expeditions LLC including inventory, prepaid, accruals
• Handle reconciliations with key suppliers proficiently and independently
• Work with the AP team to ensure bills are recorded in appropriate GL codes/class, in a timely manner
• Work with the finance manager to ensure all relevant costs are booked for each itinerary
• Work with the finance manager to prepare cash forecast for COGS
• Support Vinson finance team in month-end close, including variance commentary
• Responsible for maintaining appropriate record-keepings for all month-end close activities and journal entries and Handle vendor relations and building effective partnerships
• Partner with the core finance team to identify and implement process improvements
• Assist the team with collecting support for all external audits, including pulling documentation and assisting in ad hoc projects as needed
• Receives, researches, and resolves a variety of routine internal and external inquiries concerning account status, including communicating the resolution of discrepancies to appropriate persons

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience in Core accounting such as AP process, accruals, and vendor reconciliation.
• Should have knowledge of Finance planning analysis
• Experience with Balance Sheet reconciliation
• Accounting or Finance qualification at degree level or Semi qualified CA

What do we have to offer:

• Competitive salary
• Company bonus
• Remote working model
• Wider scope for learning, working with teams across the world

Are you looking for an opportunity where you can thrive in a growing travel business? If you know the value you can bring to this role and our organization, we would love to hear from you!

We believe people are happier and perform best when they are able to be their true self, and that diverse teams deliver better results.

Together we will cultivate a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, where everyone can thrive. We are committed to driving change through a growing awareness of, and counteracting unconscious bias; building an inclusive culture, and embracing diversity in all its dimensions