Financial Assistant - Travel - EMEA at Ten Group

Core Responsibilities: Member Transactions

Transactional (not limited to):

• Posting Sales and Cost of Sales for member transactions booked via Ten Travel System (TTS)
• Reconciling and paying supplier statements pertaining to member travel, including uploading payments in the bank for authorisation
• Dealing with supplier queries
• Preparing Member payment runs on a daily basis, including refunds.
• Posting and Reconciling bank transaction in the accounting system
• Posting and Reconciling all control accounts on a weekly basis
• Reconciling all BS nominals related to member travel
• Setting up new suppliers on the accounting system accurately
• Assisting Head of Member Travel Transactions on Cashflow forecasts and updates
• Working with Portals (ie: IATA) to obtain information for reconciliation of direct debits

Reporting:

• Producing Monthly Balance Sheet schedules with clear commentary
• Preparing Aged Debtor and Creditor reports

Other Responsibilities:

• Liaising with Travel Teams in terms of member transaction, suppliers, reporting and/or queries
• Full ownership of Mailboxes (Email Inbox)
• Dealing with daily Help Desk queries for Travel Payments inbox such as processing refunds, customer care or any other types of queries
• Any other adhoc queries such as helping with month end on other business units pertaining to Travel
• Assisting during audits
• Supporting EMEA Accountants and wider finance team when needed
• Any other tasks and projects required by the wider finance team, on an ad-hoc basis

Requirements

• Candidate will need to be based in Cape Town
• Actively Studying towards an Accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA or Equivalent)
• Experience in dealing with high volume related data
• Proficient in Excel –Intermediate to Advanced level
• Good mathematical skills
• Good communication and networking skills.
• Self-motivator as well as working well within a Team
• A Dynamic and Proactive approach is a must
• Good understating of ATOL, ABTA, TOMS etc is a definite plus
• Knowledge of additional language (German, Spanish) is beneficial but not crucial