Finance Manager Accounting and Control

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Finance Manager – Accounting and Control to join TUI UK & Ireland, based in Swansea or Luton. This exciting role offers a blend of responsibilities across both Payroll and Treasury functions. As the Payroll lead, you’ll manage payroll accounting and pension administration ensuring effective communication across multiple departments and overseeing a team of 3 staff. In Treasury, you’ll support cash flow forecasting and foreign currency exposure analysis, working closely with internal teams to provide key insights and drive financial efficiency.

This role is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant with strong leadership skills and a passion for improving processes, managing complex data, and delivering impactful financial insights.

Application closing date is 30th September.

ABOUT OUR OFFER 

• Personal benefits: Attractive remuneration, discretionary bonus schemes, generous travel benefits, extensive health & well-being support, and more.
• Flexible working: Work is something you do, not somewhere you go. We encourage a healthy work-life balance with a dynamic working environment.
• A career to shape: Access the TUI Learning Hub to level-up and reach your ambitions.
• Broaden your network: We champion intercultural collaboration and provide opportunities to work on global projects and teams
• Community: Get involved with incredible local charity and sustainability initiatives like the TUI Care Foundation.

ABOUT THE JOB

Payroll Responsibilities:

• Ensure timely and accurate payroll accounting, including posting journals, reconciling balance sheets, managing intercompany recharges, and overseeing third-party payments such as HMRC, pension contributions, and deficit payments.  
• Oversee payroll-related benefits administration, including monthly/annual processing, P11D reporting, and pensions for various schemes, ensuring compliance and accuracy.
• Act as a payroll business partner by providing financial insights to internal stakeholders, handling complex employment tax queries, and supporting audits with improved internal controls.  
• Lead and develop the payroll team while maintaining a trusted control framework, promoting continuous improvement, and automating payroll processe
  

Treasury Responsibilities:

• Validate and convert cash spend data into meaningful outputs for finance teams, improving cash flow reporting and reducing "Other" category spend.
• Reconcile direct and indirect cash flows, ensuring accurate monthly submissions and continuously improving cash reporting systems.
• Calculate foreign currency balance sheet exposures and address any cash flow errors or anomalies.
• Analyse bank account spend by season and type, reconciling material movements and liaising with relevant teams to resolve exposures.

ABOUT YOU

• Qualified accountant.  

• Payroll Knowledge. 

• Experience of implementing and running financial and operational controls. 

• Actively enjoys converting high volume and complex data into succinct and usable information 

• High degree of analytical capability and able to combine with sound understanding and application of mainstream and more technical accounting concepts 

• Excellent interpersonal skills including persuasiveness and/or assertiveness skills. 

• Proven experience of managing and developing multi-disciplined teams across different locations, including day-to-day operations and improvement projects. 

• Demonstrable track record of identifying and delivering process improvements within a team environment, and of coaching and supporting team members in an improvement focussed culture. 

From a workplace to a place to belong. At TUI we embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, encouraging everyone to come as you are, because together, our potential is limitless.

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