Handle are working with the UK's biggest events platform that provide food, drink, venues, photographers for clients such as Amazon, Nike, and London Pride, to Tom Cruise, Star Wars, and Taylor Swift.
A great company that has been named in the top 15 in Tempo's 50 Best Places To Work.
3 days in the office and 2 days working from, based near Islington.
The Role:
Reporting into Chief of Staff, This role is perfect for someone excited about our mission and ready to play a role in the next stage of our growth, and wants to develop themselves in a challenging but rewarding entrepreneurial environment.
- We have recently raised growth funds to continue our journey to scale, and with that comes the need for greater financial maturity. We are looking to elevate all aspects of our financial controls and reporting.
- We have heavily invested in our infrastructure and our product, and this role will be key in ensuring that as we grow different product and revenue streams we are pursuing financial excellence across the business.
- Our team is in a key growth phase and this role will have the autonomy and creativity in guiding how we optimise our revenue and team efficiency, and work with stakeholders from all parts of the business.
We have two revenue streams you'd work with:
Marketplace (B2B / B2C) - a two-sided marketplace letting customers (who range from Deloitte, Amazon, and Nike, through to a couple planning their wedding) find the country's best suppliers and book them for their event.
Enterprise (B2B / B2B2C) - a tech-led experience with agency support letting large-scale event organisers (think Festivals such as GALA, London Pride, conferences, exhibitions, office experiences) create a roster of suppliers to sell directly to the consumer or book them directly.
What you'll be doing
- Ensuring financial excellence and playing a lead role in building out the best finance function you can - each day will bring different responsibilities across both our revenue streams.
- Leading on financial management and accounting - this will involve management of our month-end management accounts and reporting, VAT returns, and book-keeping (with the support of our external accountants, and a finance assistant)
- Embed a culture of controls within the team, ensuring an appropriate level of checks and balances for each workstream.
- Responsibility for business and out-of-pocket expenses, bank reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, billing/revenue, balance sheet review, payroll, and managing our pension provider.
- Managing monitoring and analysis on our financial model and KPIs, identifying variances and suggesting improvements and solutions. You will lead on the building the budget process collaboratively and visibly.
- Managing and improving the internal controls and being responsible for financial risk management.
Requirements
- You are a fully qualified accountant who has experience (ACA or ACCA or CIMA)
- You are a whizz with spreadsheets (Excel/gsheet) and are familiar with Xero accounting software (not a must)
- You are an excellent communicator with an ability to communicate and collaborate with cross-departmental teams
- You get it done - you are exceptionally organised with strong prioritisation skills.
- You area self-starter and proactive in getting things done with a high level of attention to detail
- You are happy getting stuck into the transactional work (until the team grows) as well as getting involved with controls and financial planning
- You are constantly looking to improve and iterate and are excited by implementing strong financial and accounting principles and practices
Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.