# Management Accountant (12 month fixed term contract) > Holiday Extras · Hythe, United Kingdom · Contract · Posted 2026-10-02 **Salary:** GBP 46,533–58,166 **Workplace:** on_site **Department:** Finance ## Description Salary £46,533 - £58,166 DOE + Benefits  On site - Hythe, Kent _We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you'd prefer to work full- time, part-time or as a job-share, we'll facilitate this wherever we can - whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance._  About At Holiday Extras, we’re creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, build their careers and reach their limitless potential. As a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025, we’re proud to offer a world of benefits designed to enhance your lifestyle and well-being. By joining our team, you’ll feel supported and rewarded every day. We’re looking for a **Management Accountant for a fixed 12 month period** who can take ownership of a key area within our management accounts, delivering accurate and timely financial information that supports business reporting, decision-making and an efficient month-end close. We’re a group function, supporting a number of businesses and entities across the UK and Europe. You’ll join our Management Accounts team as a trusted source of financial information, working with finance, commercial and operational colleagues to understand performance, explain variances and help the business make informed decisions. ### The Role ### By joining our team you’ll: - Lead the preparation of monthly management accounts including journals, accruals and prepayments. - Own the reconciliation of key balance sheet accounts, investigating and resolving discrepancies proactively. - Analyse P&L variances and provide clear, insightful commentary for both finance and non-finance audiences. - Manage your workload effectively throughout the month-end cycle and contribute to a smooth and timely close. - Maintain accurate working papers and supporting documentation for audit and reporting purposes. - Contribute to statutory reporting and audit preparation. - Continue developing your broader commercial awareness, financial expertise and confidence when communicating with stakeholders. - Share your knowledge and experience with colleagues across Group Finance - Use financial systems, Google Sheets, Excel and AI tools where appropriate to improve the quality and efficiency of your work, applying sound judgement throughout. - Support across UK & Europe, enhancing your understanding of foreign currency transactions ## Requirements ### What you can bring to our team:  - Proven experience in management accounting, including ownership of journals, accruals, prepayments and reconciliations. - Strong knowledge of P&L and balance sheet accounting. - Proven experience managing a full month-end close cycle for defined areas, delivering accurate outputs to agreed deadlines. - The ability to analyse P&L variances, identify the underlying drivers and provide clear, insightful commentary. - Experience taking ownership of accounting discrepancies through to resolution. - Confidence using financial systems and Google Sheets or Excel. Previous NetSuite experience would be useful but isn’t essential. - Partial or full professional accounting qualification such as CIMA or ACCA. - The ability to communicate financial information clearly and confidently with finance, commercial and operational stakeholders. - Strong commercial awareness and the ability to connect accounting information with business activity and performance. - A proactive approach to improving the quality, control and efficiency of month-end processes. - The ability to manage competing priorities, maintain high standards and take accountability for delivering your area of the accounts. - A commitment to continuous professional development and keeping your technical knowledge current. - Ideally, you have relevant industry experience to hit the ground running in fixed term the role, travel industry would be beneficial but not essential  _Everyone’s career path is individual and different, so this is just a guide. If your experience doesn't precisely match this, you’re encouraged to apply so that we can discover your unique talents!_ ### How we hire for this role We know your time is precious, so we keep our recruitment process as quick and easy as possible. If we believe you might be a match for a job you’ve applied for, you’ll enter our hiring process as follows: - Video call with hiring manager and recruitment team - Practical accounts task  - Face to face interview with the team  Cultivating a diverse and inclusive culture is paramount for us. Recognising we are all different, if for whatever reason you need us to adapt the process, please get in touch via [recruitment@holidayextras.com](mailto:recruitment@holidayextras.com). Closing Date: Sunday 18th October ## Benefits Why choose Holiday Extras? We believe that [holidays are the most precious time of all](https://www.holidayextras.com/purpose.html), so we create products, tech and services that make travel and holidays memorable and fun. We’re on a mission to [be the only place to go for your holiday extras, offering unparalleled choice, value and service](https://www.holidayextras.com/about-us/our-strategy.html), turning our customers’ ordinary trips into extraordinarily good times. Our roles are fully office based at our campus in Newingreen, in the heart of the Kent countryside - just minutes from Folkestone and the M20, where in person connection and collaboration is at the heart of how we work. You'll find free parking, an on-site café, and a state of the art campus that makes the commute worth it. At Holiday Extras, we’re creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, build their careers and reach their limitless potential. As a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025, we’re proud to offer a world of benefits designed to enhance your lifestyle and well-being. By joining our team, you’ll feel supported and rewarded every day. [Learn more about our culture and benefits](https://www.holidayextras.com/careers.html). - Time is precious: 25 days annual leave (+BH’s), extra holidays through Holiday Buy, Birthday Day Off, and Sabbaticals at each milestone.  - Parental Leave: Enhanced parental leave - Up to 1 year off, including 13 weeks at 100% pay, 13 weeks at 50% pay - Road to well-being: Access to Gym Discounts, Private Dental Insurance and Private Medical Insurance (after 4 years) - Celebrate success together: Enjoy a Profit Share Bonus and a pension scheme with Aviva. - Good for the soul: Join our Social Club for 25% off any ticket or event in the UK, Discounts on the latest tech, or give back to your community with our Volunteering Scheme.  - Plan ahead: Income protection, Critical illness cover and Life assurance ## Apply [Apply at Holiday Extras](https://apply.workable.com/holiday-extras/j/349AA52FD5/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)