Collinson Group
Interim Senior Group Accountant
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Collinson Overview
Collinson is the global, privately-owned company dedicated to helping the world to travel with ease and confidence. The group offers a unique blend of industry and sector specialists who together provide market-leading airport experiences, loyalty and customer engagement, and insurance solutions for over 400 million consumers.
Collinson is the operator of Priority Pass, the world’s original and leading airport experiences programme. Travellers can access a network of 1,500+ lounges and travel experiences, including dining, retail, sleep and spa, in over 650 airports in 148 countries, helping to elevate the journey into something special. We work with the world’s leading payment networks, over 1,400 banks, 90 airlines and 20 hotel groups worldwide.
We have been bringing innovation to the market since inception – from launching the first independent global VIP lounge access Programme, Priority Pass to being the first to sell direct travel insurance in the UK through Columbus Direct and creating the first loyalty agency of its kind in the travel sector with ICLP. Today we still invest heavily in innovation to ensure that we continue to deliver superior customer experiences.
Key clients include Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, LATAM, Flying Blue, Accor, EasyJet, HSBC, Chase, HDFC.
Our mission is focused on doing good beyond profit, which for us means we seek out opportunities for our people to share in our success and that we give back to the communities and people within which we work.
Never short of ambition, the success of our business is delivered through the diverse and talented team of over 1,800 global colleagues.
The Team and the Role
The Group Reporting Team is responsible for providing robust financial information, driving improvements through financial reporting processes, and providing guidance on complex accounting matters. The Senior Group Accountant plays a key role in the team, ensuring accurate and timely reporting to management throughout the year and for the delivery of the Group’s consolidated statutory accounts at the financial year-end.
The role is a 6-month fixed-term contract and combines a requirement for strong technical accounting knowledge with good communication skills and an aptitude for complex computations. The ability to demonstrate initiative, strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and to prioritize effectively are also key to the role.
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Collinson is a dynamic business, undergoing a period of significant transformation, and the role will support on related projects.
Key Responsibilities
Month-end and Statutory Reporting Processes
- Overseeing the timely submission, review and challenge of global subsidiary submissions, ensuring accounting treatments align with FRS102 and Group accounting policies
- Delivery of consolidated primary statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cashflow) in compliance with FRS102 for internal monthly/quarterly reporting
- Delivery of the consolidated annual statutory accounts in compliance with FRS102, including disclosure notes and supporting analysis/audit evidence
- Collaboration with internal teams (including global finance teams, treasury and tax) as required to input into the preparation of audit information and analysis
- Liaison with the Group and component audit teams to ensure the timely resolution of audit issues and completion of the accounts
- Lead research on complex accounting matters, assess the accounting impact of proposed transactions and provide expert guidance to regional finance teams on the application of FRS102
- Preparation of comprehensive accounting papers to document technical assessments and recommendations for complex transactions
- Driving automation and process improvements to enhance the efficiency of month-end and statutory reporting processes
Finance Projects
- Ongoing maintenance and enhancement of the suite of Group accounting policies, ensuring alignment with FRS102, and provision of application guidance to global finance teams for complex accounting areas and transactions
- Ongoing maintenance and enhancement of the Group financial control policies to ensure these remain relevant and adhered to throughout the Group
- Support on embedding and monitoring adherence to minimum control framework, and support on application and best practice to global finance teams
- Contributing to training on Group policies to global finance teams
- As Collinson is a dynamic business, and currently undergoing a period of significant transformation, the role will be involved in other ad-hoc finance projects as these arise
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Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Required
The successful applicant will ideally have a recognized accountancy qualification (ACCA/ACA or overseas equivalent) and demonstrable experience in year-end group consolidation processes and preparation of statutory accounts under FRS102.
- Knowledge/experience of financial reporting processes, complex multi-currency consolidations, and internal controls
- Technically strong with working knowledge of FRS 102, specifically leases and revenue recognition
- Analytical and detail-oriented, with a commitment to delivering high-quality, accurate financial reporting
- Strong communication skills and ability to maintain good working relationships with global subsidiary finance teams
- Proactive approach to problem-solving, able to prioritize effectively, and ability to handle multiple tasks, while continuously seeking improvements in processes and financial reporting
- Ability to work as part of a team and be collaborative
- Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
Collinson Values
Collinson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in all their forms including: colour, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, family status, age, individuals with disabilities, and people from all backgrounds, cultures, and experiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our ongoing success.
We are focused on continually evolving our purpose-driven, high-performing culture, providing an environment where our people have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningful work. Our company values are: Take Action, Do the Right Thing, One Team, and Be Insight Led. These help guide everything we do internally in terms of how we think, act, and interact, right through to how we deliver value to our customers and clients.
In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example - she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).
If you need any extra support throughout the interview process, then please email us at ukrecruitment@collinsongroup.com.
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