London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
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 opti…
Skills: IFRS, Financial reporting, Group reporting, Audit management, Cashflow forecasting
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$100k–$120k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: IFRS, Financial reporting, Technical accounting, Cashflow forecasting, Audit management
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$90k–$90k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: Technical programme management, Cyber security, Agile methodologies, Stakeholder management, Cross-functional leadership
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$60k–$65k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: Employee relations, Casework management, UK employment law, ACAS code of practice, Disciplinary procedures
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
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 opti…
Skills: Python, Machine learning, Predictive modelling, Classification, Regression
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$60k–$75k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: SQL, Python, Data engineering, AWS, Glue catalog
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$32k–$35k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: Enterprise SEO, Generative Engine Optimization, Keyword research, Content strategy, Copywriting
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$110k–$130k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: iOS Development, Technical Strategy, Software Architecture, Modular Design, Technical Leadership
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$75k–$85k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: Sales strategy, Sales operations, Revenue operations, Commercial planning, Salesforce
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
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 opti…
Skills: Python, Causal inference, Geo-experimentation, Marketing measurement, Marketing effectiveness
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$55k–$65k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: Product Management, Agile Methodology, Backlog Management, Stakeholder Communication, Data Analysis
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$70k–$85k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: Product Management, B2B Strategy, API Product Management, Roadmap Ownership, OKR and KPI Definition
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$100k–$125k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: Treasury Management, Cash Flow Forecasting, FX Trading, Banking Automation, Risk Management
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$50k–$60k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: Cash Management, Cash Flow Forecasting, FX Trading, Liquidity Reporting, Banking Controls
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
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 opti…
Skills: .NET, C#, React, Typescript, Kotlin
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$42k–$48k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: Internal Communications, Intranet Design, Information Architecture, Governance, Project Management
Easter Howgate, Scotland, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$28k–$32k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: Incident Management, Customer Satisfaction, ITSM, CRM, Microsoft Office
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$100k–$115k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: Line Management, Mobile App Development, iOS Development, Android Development, Developer Experience
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$55k–$70k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: C#, .NET, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, AWS
London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$100k–$110k/yr
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 opti…
Skills: People Management, Software Engineering Leadership, Roadmap Planning, A/B Testing, Experimentation
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The Head of Group Reporting will own the production of IFRS financial statements and lead the year-end and half-year external audit processes. They will also serve as the primary technical accounting authority and oversee cashflow forecasting and capital structure analysis.
The role requires a qualified accountant with significant post-qualification experience in a listed business environment and extensive IFRS expertise. Candidates must possess strong analytical skills, proven people management experience, and the ability to communicate complex accounting positions to senior stakeholders.
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.
Now Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 135 million monthly visits and £6.3 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 fast moving FTSE 250 business, we're looking for an experienced and technically excellent Head of Group Reporting to join us for a 6 month contract. This is a senior role at the heart of our external reporting and financial control framework, calling for deep IFRS expertise and the confidence to navigate complex and judgemental accounting areas. It's a role that goes beyond a typical Group Reporting position, suited to someone who thrives in a varied, fast paced environment, is always ready to get involved, and loves learning new things. Our business changes daily, so we need someone who stays close to the operational side of things and can help us respond quickly and effectively.
Technical rigour is non-negotiable here. You'll be the go-to person for complex and judgemental accounting questions, expected to research positions thoroughly, form a clear view, and defend it with auditors and advisors, while translating that thinking into clear, accessible communication for senior non-financial stakeholders. You'll also bring commercial awareness, particularly around cashflow, liquidity and capital, along with the analytical instinct to spot when the numbers don't add up.
Take ownership of producing the Group's IFRS annual and half yearly listed financial statements and annual report.
Lead the year end and half year external audit and review processes end to end, keeping key stakeholders informed and preparing and presenting Audit Committee papers.
Oversee the production and filing of subsidiary statutory accounts across our UK and international entities.
Own the Group's cashflow forecasting process, providing insight and analysis on liquidity, capital allocation and capital structure to support CFO and Board decision making, working closely with treasury on execution.
Act as the Group's primary technical accounting authority, researching and forming well reasoned positions on complex and judgemental areas, implementing new standards, and presenting conclusions to senior management, the Audit Committee, auditors and advisors.
Take the lead on one off projects, partnering with teams across the business, while contributing to monthly reporting, annual budgeting, and ownership of specific balance sheet, cashflow and working capital areas.
Build and support strong external relationships, including with auditors, loan providers and banking partners, and work closely with legal and CoSec to ensure reporting requirements are met on time.
Lead Finance's contribution to the Group's material controls framework under Provision 29, maintain and develop the Group's accounting policies including for acquisitions and legal structure changes, and guide reporting systems and process change to protect the integrity of our control environment.
You're a qualified accountant with significant post qualification experience, including meaningful time spent in industry within a listed business, and are comfortable with the reporting obligations and scrutiny that come with that environment; you have a consistent record of delivering to deadline.
You bring extensive IFRS expertise and a strong technical accounting grounding, confident researching and forming defensible positions on complex areas such as multi-currency consolidations, share based payments, EPS, impairment, revenue recognition, leases and business combinations.
If you're currently in practice, you'd be operating at Director level or above, with substantial experience advising listed groups on complex technical matters and be ready to step into a senior in-house leadership role.
You have experience researching and implementing new accounting or reporting standards.
You're analytical and thorough when reviewing financial information, quick to spot errors in accounting treatment or anomalies that don't add up.
You have proven people management experience, with a track record of leading, motivating and developing high performing teams across multiple disciplines.
You're an excellent project manager, organised in your own workload while confident delegating and developing others, equally comfortable working independently or as part of a team.
You're ambitious and driven, energised by a fast paced environment, always ready to get involved in team projects and try new things; it would be helpful if you're open to occasional travel to our Paris and Edinburgh offices.
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 operating a hybrid model 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!
The world’s leading independent rail and coach travel platform
Trainline is proud to be Europe's leading rail and coach platform - a tech company with a mission to make train travel as smooth as possible to allow travellers to make greener travel choices. We bring together millions of routes, fares and journey times from more than 270 rail and coach carriers across 45 countries in Europe and beyond. That's £6.3 billion in ticket sales annually, and +125 million visits to our apps and websites each month from users seamlessly booking and managing their journeys through our website or mobile app and via our B2B partner channels. We offer our customers the best price for their journey and smart, real-time travel information on the go. Our smart technology and data-driven features help our customers to stay one step ahead. We aim to make rail and coach travel easier and more accessible. The environment is fundamental to our purpose - through our technology, and data, we make rail travel easier, inspiring people to make travel choices that are better for the environment.
Offices: 1 Stonecutter Street, London, England EC4A 4AH, GB · 20, Rue Saint-Georges, Paris, Ile-de-France 75009, FR · 1 Tanfield, Edinburgh, Scotland, GB · Piazza Quattro Novembre, Copernico Blend Tower, Rovato, Lombardy 25038, IT · Gran Via De Les Ports, Barcelona, Catalanes, 583 08011, ES
The world’s leading independent rail and coach travel platform
Trainline is proud to be Europe's leading rail and coach platform - a tech company with a mission to make train travel as smooth as possible to allow travellers to make greener travel choices. We bring together millions of routes, fares and journey times from more than 270 rail and coach carriers across 45 countries in Europe and beyond. That's £6.3 billion in ticket sales annually, and +125 million visits to our apps and websites each month from users seamlessly booking and managing their journeys through our website or mobile app and via our B2B partner channels. We offer our customers the best price for their journey and smart, real-time travel information on the go. Our smart technology and data-driven features help our customers to stay one step ahead. We aim to make rail and coach travel easier and more accessible. The environment is fundamental to our purpose - through our technology, and data, we make rail travel easier, inspiring people to make travel choices that are better for the environment.
Offices: 1 Stonecutter Street, London, England EC4A 4AH, GB · 20, Rue Saint-Georges, Paris, Ile-de-France 75009, FR · 1 Tanfield, Edinburgh, Scotland, GB · Piazza Quattro Novembre, Copernico Blend Tower, Rovato, Lombardy 25038, IT · Gran Via De Les Ports, Barcelona, Catalanes, 583 08011, ES
