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Accountant – Group Maintenance

🏢 Virgin Atlantic 📍 Crawley, West Sussex, South East England, England 💼 Company - Private

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£42,000 - £65,000

£3,500 - £5,417 / mo

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Location Base

Crawley, West Sussex, South East England, England

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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Transatlantic Parity

1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

Crawley

Secondment

Competitive

09-06-2023

Job Details

Salary: Competitive

Location: Crawley VHQ

Contract: 16 month FTC

Hours: 37.5 hours a week

Closing: Friday 9 June 2023

In a nutshell

At Virgin Atlantic Airways, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and it's our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, we're harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo.

We love to disrupt the market and lead the way with fresh ideas. Bringing new approaches to the industry and remaining a loud and proud voice for positive change - be it on issues of sustainability, people, or our communities. So, if you're ready to take your career to new heights, read on.

The purpose of this role is to establish, operate and control the aircraft heavy maintenance accounting processes of the Group balance sheet. This role must deliver accurate, reliable and timely books of account for the VAL Group and its subsidiaries as well as oversee the operation of IFRS compliant maintenance provision accounting.

Day to day

Some of your key responsibilities as our Accountant specialising in Maintenance Accounting will be:

This role will be part of an established team who are responsible for delivering high quality, accurate, reliable and technically complete maintenance accounting expertise for all entities within the VAL Group (including VAA and VAH).
The role will require working closely with the Senior Manager - Group Financial Reporting as well as VP Financial Operations & Procurement to ensure all aspects of the Group's heavy maintenance transactions are gathered and reported accurately.
Supervising all aspects of maintenance accounting arising from aircraft lease obligations and heavy maintenance events, including the preparation of letters of credit where applicable.
IFRS16 lease accounting for UK property, engineering lease spares and fleet.
You will be accountable for ensuring that the overall balance sheet is controlled with respect to aircraft maintenance and operating leases through reconciliations, appropriate workings and accounting papers to support judgements taken (particularly relevant for liabilities and provisions created).
Working with Controller - Financial Planning to ensure all direct maintenance costs (DMCs) are correctly accounted for each month and resolving queries.
Over the longer term you will be supporting the delivery of implementing our new ERP, Oracle Fusion.

About you

Are you a passionate accounting specialist who loves partnering with a diverse breadth of people?

This role is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong management and interpersonal skills, along with an analytical capability.

In addition to the above, we'd love for our successful candidate to demonstrate the following:

ACA/ACCA qualification with a proven background in IFRS (IFRS16 and IAS37 in particular)
Appreciation of management accounting and financial systems - preferably Oracle financials with the skill to implement new systems and accounting modules.
Business Objects user experience
Ability to dissect, redesign and implement process change.
Risk assessment and design of appropriate, proportionate controls.

If this sounds like you, and you wish to be on this exciting journey with us, we would love to hear from you!

Be yourself

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That's why we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.

To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you'd like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, (recruitment@fly.virgin.com) feeling confident that we've got your individual considerations covered.

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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Location: Crawley, West Sussex, South East England, England

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