Cruise Accountant

**This role is based in Luton and offers flexible virtual working arrangements.**

As the Cruise Accountant, you will act as a key interface between the commercial accounting team and its internal and external customers including Cruise Commercial Finance, Group Finance, Treasury, Internal & External Audit and the commercial cruise team to ensure all accounting, control and reporting requirements relating to cruise are met.  You will be part of the accounting team which delivers a first-class accounting service to the wider TUI UK & I tourism business. 

ABOUT THE JOB 

• Responsible for all aspects of the accounting and control of the cruise cost base and ancillary revenues. This includes maintaining the financial ledgers, ensuring all the key controls are in place and are maintained.
• Working with the cruise commercial finance team to ensure month-end is delivered on time, all costs and revenues are captured correctly and the P&L ledger comes back to what is expected.
• Management and development of the Finance Assistant for Cruise. This role also has support from the TGBS team in Tunisia.
• Maintaining the relationship with the onboard chief pursers and financial auditors regarding financial processes and procedures, in particular the End of Cruise process. Responsible for leading the monthly balance sheet review.
• Act as the point of contact for all audit deliverables relating to Cruise, providing high quality audit schedules on a timely basis as required.
• Supporting the wider activities of the Commercial Accounting team when required.

ABOUT YOU 

• This role would suit a finalist or recently qualified accountant
• Strong analytical and technical accounting skills
• Good Commercial awareness 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to embrace change in a fast-moving area of the business

ABOUT OUR OFFER

• Working in the leading global tourism group: We stand for intercultural cooperation and offer the opportunity to work in international projects and teams.   
• Mobile working and flexible working hours: We believe that work is something you do, not where you go. Our offer: our TUI Way of Working (hybrid working) & TUI Workwide (Working from abroad).  
• Development and career opportunities: We promote the potential of our employees with a wide range of (digital) training opportunities and international career opportunities.   
• Personal benefits: We offer attractive remuneration, generous travel benefits, extensive health & wellbeing offers and much more.   

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