Finance Manager - Live Music
Highly successful, expanding live music agency are looking for Finance Manager to join a busy live booking agency. The successful candidate will manage accounts and be responsible for all accounts processes associated with artist's bookings.
Main Job tasks and responsibilities:
- Leading the month-end process, including preparation of monthly reporting pack, actual vs forecast analysis and resolving potential variances
- Assisting the Financial Director and CFO in yearly budgeting and forecasting
- Preparation of quarterly tax returns, including VAT and FEU
- Managing the monthly payroll process, arranging payments and submitting commission reports for payroll
- Processing statements, payments, and queries for clients
- Providing analysis and insight to help shape the direction of the business
- Identify opportunities to generate efficiencies in our financial processes and actioning
- Overseeing day to day tasks of accounts assistants such as expenses and accounts payable
- Supporting the yearly audit process and assisting auditors with related queries
- Handling and resolving escalated credit control issues
- Reconcile bank and balance sheet
The ideal candidate will have:
- At least 3-4 years experience, preferably working in the music industry/live booking agency
- Qualified / Part-Qualified accountant (eq ACCA / CIMA / ACA)
- Prior experience working within a finance team with exposure to management accounting/analysis
- Strong data handling skills
- Excellent attention to detail and comfortable working to strict deadlines
- Autonomous and self-driven with excellent organisational skills
- Advanced Excel user
- Experience with QuickBooks/Sage/Xero
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.