Internal Auditor

We pride ourselves on being travel experts. Leading the way when it comes to providing unique travel experiences, our brands offer the world’s best polar expeditions, wildlife safaris, cultural tours, yachting adventures and more.

Our ambition is to build the world’s leading experiential travel company. With over 2000 colleagues across 30 countries worldwide, we are working together to achieve this by sharing our knowledge, expertise and best practices to stay at the forefront of the travel industry.

**The Position**

We are currently hiring for an exciting opportunity for an Internal Auditor to join our team You will gain a breadth of experience, broad commercial understanding and in-depth knowledge of the travel industry and business finance processes. Success in this role could lead to further opportunity for development within the Group. Based in the UK and reporting to, and supporting, the Head of Financial Compliance the role will focus on delivering the Groups' Internal Audit Schedule. The work will include a mix of desk-based reviews and site visits focusing both on balance sheet captions across the whole Group and audits of all financial captions within a single business.

**What you will be doing**:

- Interpret the findings and be able to report in a clear and timely manner accurate reports that reflect audit’s results and document process to stakeholders both at Group level and to the individual businesses.
- Identify areas of weakness and, to assist the Divisions, recommend areas of improvement in the internal financial controls operating within a business as well as risk mitigating measures and cost savings.
- Alongside the Head of Financial Compliance, you will also be helping to scope audit reviews and delivering risk-based desk and field-based testing in conjunction with local finance teams.
- Writing, communicating, implementing and maintaining Group accounting policies and understanding challenges in compliance and dealing with questions from around the Group.
- Providing assistance and support in reviewing and improving subsidiary financial statements
- Develop relationships with the external auditors seeking to provide assistance to them where possible and support Group businesses in preparing for the external audit.
- As part of this position, you will be required to partake in regular travel, both within the UK and overseas to the businesses within the Group.
- Relationship development and building across various businesses dealing with C-Suite leaders and stakeholders.

**What we are looking for**:

- ACA/ACCA qualified, with audit experience in practice, with a proven knowledge of IFRS, multinational groups and procedures, laws, rules and regulations. You should also be familiar with the preparation or audit of UK financial statements.
- Excellent report writing and verbal communication skills.
- An ability to interact with a wide range of individuals across different countries and at different levels across the business.
- The ability to plan and coordinate your time independently. Prioritise tasks effectively to ensure allocated work is completed in a timely fashion and to the level required.
- An attention to detail and a tenacity to follow up on issues and resolve them.
- Excellent data management skills, at ease with the manipulation of large amounts of data using these skills to compile easy to interpret reports.
- Familiarity with SAP Hana S4, Hyperion Financial Management and Blackline would be helpful but not essential.

**Join us and in return you will be rewarded with**:

- Competitive salary
- Various employee discounts and offers
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Career progression opportunities

e believe people are happier and perform best when they are able to be their true self, and that diverse teams deliver better results.

Together we will cultivate a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment, where everyone can flourish. We are committed to driving change through increasing awareness of, and counteracting, unconscious bias, building an inclusive culture, and embracing diversity in all its dimensions.

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