Transactional Finance Team Leader; FTC

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529563

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Brand: Scott Dunn
Work type: Fixed Term Contract, Full time, Hybrid
Location: London
Categories: Finance

Scott Dunn is an award-winning luxury tour operator creating tailor-made vacations to destinations all over the world. With offices in the UK, US and Singapore, we pride ourselves on providing outstanding service to all our guests from the moment they begin their research online, right the way through to post-vacation evaluations.

Covering a 12-month period of parental leave, we are looking for a new team leader for our Hammersmith based finance team. The role will include management of a team of three working in transactional finance to ensure that supplier and guest payments and refunds are efficiently managed and will also involve a number of reporting responsibilities to the Group Head of Finance and external stakeholders.

• Manage a team of 3 finance apprentices including allocation of workloads and monitoring of tickets
• Be a point of escalation for the sales team/suppliers where required
• Continue to look for areas to streamline processes
• Ledger management (including accruals, debtors and banks) and month end commission reporting
• Oversight of reconciliation processes such as CMR recs

• Supporting the HoF in liaising with the auditors for the year end audit in the UK
• Managing the delivery of samples by the AP team for the auditors

• Construct clear career development plans for each team member and support through coaching, training and review
• Conduct biannual appraisals and more regular informal feedback meetings

• Work closely with the US to ensure sufficient transactional support remains in place dispute time zone difficulties

• Review payment runs
• Support the wider finance team as required
• Work across departments where required to ensure processes are as efficient as possible
• Any other adhoc tasks as required

• AAT qualified – bringing technical credibility and practical expertise to share with your team
• Highly organised – exceptionally at managing time and priorities without compromising quality
• Systems‑savvy – with a strong understanding of accounting systems
• A team player – skilled at building relationships and collaborating across departments

• In the know - Start by listening. We take the time to understand our guests’ and colleagues needs. Be Precise. We take pride in getting every detail right. Own it. We deliver on commitments we make.
• In the Detail - Love learning. We energetically seek out and share new ideas and insights. Embrace feedback. We continuously seek to improve by sharing and accepting honest feedback. Work with the best. We attract, retrain and partner with the best.
• Inspiring - Look to the future. We constantly seek opportunities to make travel memorable and sustainable. Be more we. We work together collaboratively and value different viewpoints. Win together. We celebrate each other’s successes and have fun.

We aim to find someone who would be office based in our London, Hammersmith office.

• We support your career growth – We provide you with career progression aligned with your chosen career path, access to internal job opportunities across Scott Dunns global offices, as well as across 30+ brands spread across 93 cities worldwide as part of Flight Centre Travel Group
• We give you the tools to succeed – We provide personal and professional development enabled by our award‑winning Learning and Development team, comprehensive familiarisation and educational trips, unlimited access to Linked In learning amongst other professional and personal development platforms, as well as 1 hour for your own development each week.
• We recognise and reward your success and loyalty – We run commission and bonus incentive schemes to compliment competitive salaries, as well as a company loyalty scheme, which includes a personal travel fund for each staff member and 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays that rises by 1 day per each year of service (up to a maximum…