Management Accountant

About us

We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels. 

Great journeys start with Trainline 🚄 

Now Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 125 million monthly visits and £5.9 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, eco-friendly and affordable as it should be. 

Today, we're a FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh and Madrid. With our focus on growth in the UK and Europe, now is the perfect time to join us on this high-speed journey. 

As a Management Accountant at Trainline, you will have... 🚝

• Ownership of non-tech department staff costs and headcount tracking vs budget.

• Liaising with business leaders and working closely with the People team to identify variances. Guiding Senior Finance managers on risks/opportunities.

• Preparation and analysis of month end payroll journals and working papers.

• Producing and presenting analysis on variances to forecasts for areas of ownership at month end.

• First Finance point of contact for People 'HODs' and Payroll Manager regarding non-headcount analysis and payroll process. Responding to ad hoc queries.

• Completion of balance sheet reconciliations each month for relevant staff cost nominals.

• Assisting Staff Costs Lead with timesheet and capex analysis.

• Responsible for the preparation of the directors' remuneration report at Year End.

• Supporting with additional audit queries, including payroll sampling and testing of fixed asset register.

• Champion internal process improvements and support Finance and HR system efficiencies to drive optimisation in ways of working.

• Supervision of Graduate Accountant, guiding completion of month end processes, such as journal postings, balance sheet reconciliation completion (including Contractor WIP) and preparation of non-headcount forecasting, analysis, and commentary.

• Mentoring Graduate Accountant in improvement of accounting knowledge and development of analytical skills, encouraging them to grow in confidence and ability, and progress through the graduate scheme.

We'd love to hear from you if you have... 🔍

• Qualified CA/ACCA/CIMA, desirable 2+ PQ years’ experience and strong financial accounting experience.

• Experience operating with an enterprise wide, integrated finance system across multiple business units.

• Decisive and confident in operating autonomously on a regular basis, positive, self-reliant, open-minded and enthusiastic attitude. Confident in a fast paced, change environment.

• Very strong interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate and enthuse peers, facilitating their work both as part of the team and under their own initiative with minimum supervision.

• Advanced Excel skills

• Excellent written and oral skills

• Passionate and committed

• Keen to work in a growing, dynamic, and fast paced company

• Able to build relationships and utilise them both within the wider Finance team and across the business

• Well organised and able to manage/prioritise own workload and meet deadlines

• Analytically minded, able to investigate the detail but also consider the bigger picture

More information:

Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2-for-1 share purchase plans, an EV Scheme to further reduce carbon emissions, extra festive time off, and excellent family-friendly benefits. 

We prioritise career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days. Jump on board and supercharge your career from day one! 

We're operate a hybrid model to work and ask that Trainliners work from the office a minimum of 60% of their time over a 12-week period. We also have a 28-day Work from Abroad policy.

Our values represent the things that matter most to us and what we live and breathe everyday, in everything we do: 

• 💭 Think Big - We're building the future of rail 

• ✔️ Own It - We focus on every customer, partner and journey 

• 🤝  Travel Together - We're one team 

• ♻️ Do Good - We make a positive impact 

We know that having a diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. And we mean all forms of diversity - gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality and diversity of thought. That's why we're committed to creating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.

Interested in finding out more about what it's like to work at Trainline? Why not check us out on LinkedIn, Instagram and Glassdoor!