Accountant - Financial Reconciliations (hybrid) in London

tr th, tr td { }tr th { }We are easyJet - a FTSE listed, multi-billion low-cost airline that serves tens of millions of customers every single year. travel brand in Europe.We’re on a mission to make low-cost travel easy - and whatever your role here, you’ll connect millions of people to what they love using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.READ ON IF YOUAre a qualified accountant with experience working in a large, complex and fast-paced business environment.Enjoy combining technical accounting expertise with continuous improvement.Have strong analytical skills and can translate complex financial information into clear insights for stakeholders.Can be in our fantastic Luton head office 3 x per week.THE TEAMOur Finance team plays a vital role in supporting easyJet's continued growth and success. Working at the heart of the business, you'll join a team of detail-focused problem-solvers responsible for managing billions of pounds of assets while balancing service, value and operational excellence. THE ROLEAs Financial Accountant - Flight Operations (Disruption, Fuel & Carbon), you'll take ownership of the end-to-end financial accounting and reporting process for some of the airline's most significant cost areas.You'll lead monthly financial close activities, ensuring accuracy, control and timely reporting across disruption, fuel and carbon accounting. Acting as a trusted finance partner, you'll work closely with stakeholders across Finance, Operations, Treasury, Legal and Group Reporting while providing insight and expertise to support business decision-making.Leading the monthly close process, including accruals, prepayments, provisions, journals and financial review activities.Owning balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring all accounts are fully substantiated and compliant with control requirements.Investigating and explaining key financial movements, risks and accounting judgements.Monitoring emerging accounting standards and legislation relating to fuel, disruption and carbon accounting.Preparing technical accounting papers and recommendations for complex or evolving accounting matters.Managing audit activity for your areas of responsibility and acting as the key contact for internal and external auditors.Supervising and reviewing accounting outputs from the wider team, providing coaching and support where required.Delivering insightful variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior year performance.Presenting findings, risks and recommendations to senior stakeholders, including Directors.tr th, tr td { }tr th { }WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORQualified accountant.Strong technical accounting knowledge with the ability to interpret complexity across the balance sheet, profit and loss account, and cash flow.Ability to explain financial concepts clearly to non-finance audiences.Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality outputs to tight deadlines.Advanced Excel skills, including experience working with large datasets. Knowledge of Planning Analytics would be advantageous.WHAT YOU'LL GET IN RETURNUp to 20% maximum bonus.7% pension contributions.Medical Cash Plan.Excellent staff travel benefits.25 days of annual leave + bank holidays.Annual credit towards an easyJet holiday.Various flexible benefits and extras.PRACTICALITIESThis full-time role will be based in Luton and will be 40 hours per week. We support hybrid working and we spend 60% of our time per month in the office.We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to ensure accessibility and accommodation.#li-rg1#li-hybridJob Field: FinanceOrganization: FinanceSchedule: Full-time