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About the Role
This role is a fixed-term maternity cover contract for a Management & Financial Accountant. You will be a key member of the Finance team, responsible for most elements of management accounts and revenue accounting, the purchase ledger, payment creation, fixed assets, treasury, cash management, company card programs, and staff expenses.
Responsibilities
- Oversee deferred revenue to ensure income is recognised in the P&L in the month the event occurs.
- Maintain accruals to ensure that any income or costs that haven't yet happened but are due are recorded correctly in the P&L.
- Process general and event-related prepayments to account for costs in the P&L when the service occurs.
- Oversee accounts payable, including weekly GBP payment runs and ad hoc international payments.
- Prepare VAT returns and ensure VAT compliance across the business.
- Ensure new assets are added to the fixed asset register and current assets are correctly depreciated.
- Run revenue variance analysis between Xero and Salesforce per event to ensure accurate billing.
- Complete bank reconciliations for all bank accounts.
- Oversee company credit cards and employee expenses.
- Handle client queries.
- Respond to ad hoc requests from non-finance colleagues.
- Assist with the year-end audit.
- Implement new processes and software to improve efficiency.
- Occasionally work outside standard hours to support events or meet key deadlines.
Requirements
- Ability to deputise for the Finance Director on occasion.
- Innovative, collaborative approach to tackling increasing team workloads.
- Willingness to try using new technologies.
- Ability to take ownership of a broad, fast-paced workload from day one, learning quickly and working independently with minimal handover.
- Solid grasp of accruals-based accounting (deferred revenue, accruals and prepayments) and UK VAT.
- Confidence running month-end close and reconciling across multiple bank accounts and systems.
- Clear communicator who can support non-finance colleagues and handle client queries professionally.
Skills
- Xero experience
- Salesforce experience
Location
- Borough, South London (SE1 1EP)
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Fixed-term maternity cover
Experience Level
- Significant equivalent experience in a similar role
Education Level
- Qualified or part-qualified accountant (AAT, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
Salary/Compensations
- £46,000 per annum
Benefits
- 28 days' holiday plus UK bank holidays
- Additional holiday days awarded for length of service
- Centrally located London office with a summer terrace
- Regular employee social events
- Monthly contribution towards Bupa private health insurance (post-probation)
- Employee Assistance Program offering confidential wellbeing support
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- 4 pm Friday finish
About the Company
- Worldwide Events Group, founded in 2004, is a recognised leader in global MICE and luxury travel.
- Our philosophy is H2H, human‑to‑human connection.
- We are embracing AI to elevate personalisation, streamline event design and create smarter, more intuitive experiences.
- Our work is delivered through two industry‑leading brands: Private Luxury Events and M&I.
- Private Luxury Events delivers world‑class experiences to the luxury travel community through its event brands Amour, Private Luxury, TFest and Ultra.
- M&I brings together high-calibre meeting planners and exhibitors from the hospitality industry through a series of standout events across Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.
- Our events take place across Europe, the Americas and the Middle East in some of the world's most extraordinary destinations.
Equal Opportunity
- We foster an environment where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to thrive.
- We welcome individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences, including differences in gender identity, orientation, expression, age, race, ethnicity, physical or mental ability, neurodiversity, religion or belief, and socio‑economic background.
- Our diversity strengthens our perspective, fuels innovation, and deepens our connection to the clients and communities we serve around the world.