Accounts Assistant - Commercial, Customer and Reporting

• Perform general ledger coding and provide supporting narrative on invoices, analysing charges to ensure accuracy and alignment with colleagues, addressing issues where appropriate
• Support balance sheet management, completing reconciliation of accounts for scheduled routes along with other direct operating costs, ensuring accuracy and completeness
• Assist with third-party supplier contract validation, ensuring forecasts align with contractual terms and identifying discrepancies, following up with actions to relevant teams
• Monitor revisions to airport charges and forecast assumption, summarising financial impact for stakeholders
• Support month-end close activities with the accountable Finance Business Partner
• Liaise with the Commercial team to ensure understanding of and provide accurate provisions for airport incentives
• Assist with quarterly competitor analysis, gathering and consolidating external financial results
• Assist the Assistant Finance Business Partner in performing analysis of the overhead costs along with commentary and variance investigation
• Assist with audit requests, ensuring information and supporting documentation are provided within agreed timeframes
• Support Accounts Payable Assistants with queries and invoice processing as required
• Maintain the chart of accounts and profit centre structures, ensuring alignment with business ownership and reporting requirements
• Identify and implement workflow improvements to drive efficiencies, maintaining updated process documentation

• High degree of numeracy and good analytical skills – able to analyse complex data
• Sound communication skills and ability to communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately at all levels
• Flexibility and ability to work under defined timescales
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships at all levels with key stakeholders
• Strong planning and time management skills
• Ability to work effectively on own initiative and as part of a team
• Analytical mindset, able to interpret complex data and provide insights
• Curious and inquisitive, challenging the status quo
• Attention to detail
• Time management skills
• Commercial awareness
• Organised and self-motivated
• Clear and articulate communicator
• AAT qualified, studying towards a professional qualification or demonstrating a desire to commence professional studies
• Role models the BA Cityflyer leadership behaviours – Trusting, Curious, Empowering, Courageous, Collaborative
• Takes ownership and accountability
• Collaborates effectively with colleagues and stakeholders
• Seeks opportunities for continuous improvements
• Proactively identifies and resolves issues
• AAT qualified or relevant degree or equivalent
• Computer literate with a sound understanding of MS Excel functionality (Ability to develop expertise in lookups and pivot tables)
• Previous experience working within a finance function
• Sound knowledge of basic accounting principles including double entry, accruals, prepayments and an understanding of relationships between the balance sheet and profit and loss account
• Experience of performing account reconciliations

Experience using Microsoft Power BI and Power Query

• Unlimited basic and premium standby tickets on British Airways flights
• Up to 30 discounted ‘Hotline’ airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family