- Paying £36,000 - £41,000
- Incredible Offices - Based in West End
- Must have Arts/Charity Sector Experience
Finance Manager, West End Theatre, Permanent, Paying £36,000-£41,000, Hybrid
We are recruiting for a Finance Manager in an exciting, award winning Theatre in the West End.
This is an exciting and varied role requiring an eye for detail and engagement across all departments within the organisation. The Finance Manager is a key role, responsible for the day-to-day finances and responding to queries as they arise for the organisation. Reporting to and working closely with the Finance Director.
The ideal candidate
must have Charity/Arts
sector experience, confident, friendly, and be able to manage the Finance Assistant ensuring the transactional detail is accurately and efficiently processed in a timely manner.
Main Responsibilities:
- Ensure invoice data is correctly imported from the invoice interpretation module to
Xero and that the correct mapping is in place for approval steps.
- Scrutinise and share updated expenditure and income reports with budget holders
monthly and as requested.
- Prepare and work to improve the Box Office Income Journal using reports from Spektrix
for uploading into Xero. Ensure credit and voucher balances match with ledger.
- Help with Theatre Tax Relief calculations as required by the Finance Director.
- With the Senior Payroll and Finance Officer post payroll journals and check all payroll
related balance sheet entries to ensure everything is up to date.
- Assist the Senior Payroll and Finance Officer with payroll and queries as required
- Manage cash flow and intercompany trading
- Statutory Reporting, EPS and FPS. Dealing with HMRC, paying PAYE and checking
liabilities match and ensuring anything we can claim is processed – SMP, SSP
- Check weekly ESCC, ESC, SM and catering journal postings prepared by the Senior
Payroll and Finance Officer in Xero and Brightpay.
- Attend company and departmental meetings as required.
Requirements:
- A relevant finance qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or at least 2 years' experience and looking to work
towards one (study support package available)
- Must have Charity/Arts Sector experience
- Knowledge of working with integrated IT systems such as Xero
- Demonstrable desire and ability to work in an integrated, digital finance environment
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage a diverse workload
- Ability to act with discretion and confidentiality at all times
- A good communicator and advocate for the department
- Enthusiastic team player and internal communicator
- Ability to think outside the box and see the bigger picture
- A proactive thinker who can see and solve problems and knows when to seek advice
- Desire to manage up and deputise as appropriate
- Brilliant analytical skills with a passion and vision for change improvement
- Great excel skills and a drive to grow these skills for themselves and the team
At Trace, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and believe that, in any business, it is imperative that all members of staff feel appreciated and respected in their roles. Our job is simply to find the best candidate on the market, regardless of their age, race, religion, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other factor irrelevant to their qualifications and competencies.
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