We are Travel Curious

Travel Curious, based in London & Madrid, researches, creates and owns immersive, cultural tours and experiences in cities throughout the world. We provide our tours and experiences as a service to the premium and luxury segments of the travel industry and are privileged to name some of the biggest global brands as our partners.

Role Objective/Purpose

The main responsibility of an accounts assistant is to support the finance team with business accounting activities. This includes raising, sending and paying invoices, reconciling company accounts and chasing late payments.

They also assist with basic administration tasks and should be on hand to answer any queries raised by staff, external clients or providers.

They will be expected to help document and maintain the business’ finance procedures, updating and implementing them wherever necessary.

Key Responsibilities

• Credit control including

  • Dispute management

  • Fraud management

• Processing expense requests

• Invoice processing

  • Coding and inputting of supplier invoices

• Maintaining the company purchase and sales ledgers

• Liaising with third-party providers, clients and suppliers + timely, professional response to clients

• Basic administration

• Updating and maintaining procedural documentation

• Client / supplier queries

Personal Skills and Key Competencies

• Excellent communication and negotiating skills, written, spoken and listening

• Customer service orientation

• Ability to stay calm and professional under pressure

• Strong problem-solving skills

• Proactive mindset with the ability to think 'outside the box'

• Provide accurate individual and team reports with attention to detail

• Ability to use initiative

• Ability to deal with multiple tasks simultaneously

• At Travel Curious we have a great story to tell and this is just the start of what is set to be a very exciting journey for this start-up business - so we're looking for an individual that wants to be a part of this journey.

• Our culture is very dynamic and entrepreneurial and offers genuine scope for progression and development

Education & Experience

For this role, we are looking for an AAT finalist / qualified but QBE considered, preferably with experience gained within the travel industry.

We also require the following:

• Excellent English

• High level of data entry speed and accuracy

• Analytical skills

• Excellent communication skills

• At least two years of relevant experience

• Self-starting and motivated

• Willing to get involved in all aspects of the business

• Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel etc) is a must

• Proficiency in Xero preferred

• Payroll experience is an advantage

REPORTING INTO: Finance Manager

DEPARTMENT: Finance

LOCATION: London or Madrid office

WORK HOURS: 40 working hours per week. 5 out of 7 days

SALARY: €27K-€30K gross per annum depending on experience and location

• This is a description of the role as it is presently constituted. It is company practice to review all job descriptions regularly and to update them where necessary to ensure they are a true reflection of the work being undertaken or to incorporate changes where they are found to be inaccurate. This will be undertaken by the manager and job holder.

You will therefore be expected to participate fully in such discussions to reach an agreement on any changes felt to be necessary. If agreement is not possible, management reserves the right to insist on changes to your job description in line with company objectives or business requirements, after consultation with you.