MSG Tours Ltd
Finance Manager
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About the Company
MSG Tours Ltd is a brand delivering unique travel experiences to school students, sports teams, military groups, and fans of global live sport.
Built on a passion to ‘deliver the unexpected’, we surpass industry standards in customer service and overall experience. Travel is a lifestyle and our chosen profession; an extension of our passion for enhancing our customers’ travel experiences. This is what we mean by delivering the unexpected.
About the Role
We’re seeking a Finance Manager to help deliver our portfolio of ski, sport, supporters, and study travel packages to our Company’s exceptionally high standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Management Accounts
- Creation and management of annual financial forecasts
- Work alongside the Managing Director and management team to manage strategic short- and long-term planning
- Coach, lead, and manage finance apprentices
- Processing supplier payments in multiple currencies accurately and on time
- Balancing cash flow across numerous bank accounts in various currencies to enable day-to-day operations as well as optimizing interest returns
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Other Duties
- Process and manage monthly staff payroll (Xero Payroll)
- Human resources management – Liaise with our external HR consultancy firm to ensure compliance with constantly evolving regulations, issue employee contracts, potentially deal with sensitive issues with empathy and professionalism
- Apprenticeship/CPD Management – Liaise with external training providers, manage Apprenticeship portal and funding, attend meetings, support our employees
- Foreign exchange purchasing and transacting (inc. forward contracts)
- System reconciliations – Ensure both our tour operating system and our online booking system/merchant provider reconcile to our accounting system every month
- Insurance procurement, renewals, and contracting
- Creation of any financial reports required
- Processing foreign exchange activity and working to conversion targets
- Taxation & Quarterly (TOMS) VAT returns
- Monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations
- Managing grant funding from application to delivery
- Liaise with our external accountants annually to prepare our year-end accounts and provide them with all necessary workings
- Complete returns and renewals with the CAA and ABTOT as required to retain our licenses to operate and ensure customer financial protection in line with the PTRs
- Work alongside the Operations and Sales teams to deliver commercial targets
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Reporting Structure
Reporting to the Finance Director and working alongside the Managing Director, the candidate will support the daily financial and HR operations of our fast-paced business.
Required Skills and Qualities
- Organised
- Empathetic
- High level of attention to detail
- Appreciation of the travel industry’s unique accounting mechanisms
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