The Phoenix programme is a business transformation project focused around the replacement of the core reservation system and wider systems landscape. It will impact every area of the TUI UK & Ireland business over the next three years and has an estimated total investment cost of £80m.
The key purpose of the role is to support the monthly financial reporting & control of Project Phoenix. This encompasses the accurate recording of internal & external development costs, ensuring project costs are appropriately & accurately allocated to projects, reconciliation of the capitalised expenditure and preparation of Phoenix finance packs.
What You'll Be Doing
Project accounting
Manage the timecard process, ensuring all internal staff and external complete timecards on a weekly basis
Perform analysis on weekly timecard reports to identify classification issues
Prepare journals to reclassify P&L and capex costs in line with timecard data
Review invoices booked in the month to ensure these are appropriately classified and prepare journals to reclassify as necessary
Perform analysis to identify non-compliance with PO controls
Review project accruals and prepayments and prepare journals as necessary
Project reporting
Prepare reports for project cost centre managers showing transactions incurred in the month v budget and forecast
Prepare the monthly phoenix finance pack, updating for actuals and forecast
Reconcile the phoenix management pack (opex and capex) to the oracle CIP account and oracle P&L account
Perform variance analysis to understand reason for variations to the business case budget and previous forecast
Support the Phoenix Financial Controller in the identification of programme risks and ops
Key Relationships (Internal & External contacts):
Phoenix Financial Controller Team Member/ Support
Phoenix programme manager & team Partner/consult/inform
Phoenix Project Managers Partner/consult/inform
IT Management team Partner/consult/inform
Reporting team Partner/consult/inform
Commercial accounting teams Partner/consult/inform
What We're Looking For
Essential
A recently qualified accountant or a part qualified accountant with relevant experience
Strong analytical skills
Strong excel skills
Excellent communication skills
Preferred (not essential)
Experience of supporting commercial teams
Experience of working within an IT function
Key Behaviours required:
Customer Obsessed
Understands and anticipates customers current and future needsContinually works to build the customer relationshipEnsures customer perspective is included in business decisionsRecommends and implements changes to add value to the customer journey
Value Driven
Proactively identifies commercial opportunities that make a good business case
Gains buy-in from stakeholders and drives forward to solution
Champions change and prepares others to respond positively
Is personally accountable
Is a major contributor of ideas for change to create exciting opportunities
Playing to Win
Has high self belief
Able to deliver to tight deadlines
Manages own emotions and supports the emotions of others self aware
Approaches all tasks with passion hungry for success
Promotes understanding of the vision and values to the wider business area
Responsible Leadership
Persuades and influences peers and senior managers in their thinking and actions
Adapts communication to match audience
Engages peers and others with objectives by setting high expectations, and encourages others to excel
Proactively seeks out feedback, receives it well and acts upon it
This job expired on 01/03/2012
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