Location
London (Hybrid working - 2 days per week in office)

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary

About the Role
Triptease is an ambitious, growing travel SaaS business, working with Hoteliers to increase direct bookings and build revenue margins. As Triptease's Finance Manager, you will own a broad remit spanning operational finance, management accounts and analysis across our international group covering three entities: UK, US and APAC. You will work closely with the Financial Controller and lead the Finance Assistant. Day-to-day responsibilities include payroll, accounts payable, VAT, balance sheet reconciliations, management accounts preparation, and improving and automating the processes behind them. This is a hands-on role for a high-energy accountant (part-qualified or qualified by experience) with a proven track record across multiple finance disciplines. You take pride in accuracy, thrive at pace, and identify where automation can save effort.

Main Responsibilities
Operational Finance: End-to-end payroll across all entities (UK, Spain, Portugal, USA, Singapore and contractors). Oversight of accounts payable — ensuring invoices are processed, approved and paid on time. Sales tax and VAT submissions.
Balance Sheet Ownership: Month-end balance sheet reconciliations for all three entities, including accrued income, deferred revenue, cancellations provision, fixed assets, prepayments, wages/PAYE/pension control accounts.
Analysis: Cost analysis on P&L, wages analysis for headcount reporting and cost control, revenue analysis including month-end reconciliation, and ad hoc analysis as required.
Systems & AI Adoption: Assist the Financial Controller and Finance Director with the migration to new payroll and finance systems replacing Xero. Identify automation and AI opportunities across the analysis function.
Team & Ad Hoc: Daily oversight of the Finance Assistant and responding to operational finance queries from across the business.

Experience
- Proven experience across multiple finance disciplines including operational finance, management accounts and analysis.
- Experience managing a multi-jurisdictional payroll function.
- Hands-on experience with accounts payable, VAT/sales tax.
- Experience preparing management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and financial analysis (e.g. cohorts, MRR, KPIs).
- Experience working within a multi-entity or group structure.

About You
- High-energy and proactive finance professional comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Keen interest in AI and automation with the ability and willingness to apply these to finance processes.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Clear, confident communicator with a proactive, can-do attitude.
- Able to commute to the London office for hybrid working (2 days per week).

Qualifications
- Qualified by experience or part-qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent). Working towards full qualification is a plus but not essential.