Finance Manager - Entertainment
ROLE:
- The successful applicant will work within my clients finance team, working across all aspects of the finance department.
- This is a client-facing opportunity for a hardworking, ambitious, diligent finance manager with the ambition to grow their career. So confident strong people skills essential.
- Skillset must combine knowledge and experience of day-to-day bookkeeping across both client and office accounting.
- A strong team ethos is essential, with a willingness by all to support and cover each other, alongside their own responsibilities.
- Strong people skills required with easy going confidence to speaking with clients.
EXPERIENCE:
- Demonstrable accounting experience of minimum seven years.
- Minimum of AAT qualified or equivalent.
- Preferred entertainment industry experience.
- Fully conversant with Xero, or able to learn quickly.
- Preferred Tagmin experience but not necessary as training will be provided.
- Able to work in a pressured environment and meet strict deadlines.
DUTIES:
- To work alongside the current Senior Finance Manager, reporting to External Accountants / Managing Directors.
- Daily allocation of client payments / reconciliation of client accounts including royalty statements.
- Prepare and execute weekly client pay runs, through Tagmin Software to the company deadlines.
- Client/Commission invoicing and weekly VAT invoicing.
- Quarterly Royalty reconciliation / accounting.
- Invoice chasing from company debtors.
- Liaise with Agents and staff members regarding client/finance queries.
- Liaise with clients, client accountants regarding client earnings, VAT, and payment queries.
- Liaise with production companies / broadcasters / record labels.
- Liaise with external accountants, advisors. bank managers, HMRC.
- Completing supplier/payroll set ups including regular client VAT self-billing.
- Process day to day bookkeeping via Xero.
- Liaise with suppliers regarding office purchase invoices and process through Dext.
- Preparation of Quarterly VAT returns.
- Preparation of Quarterly Management Accounts.
- Preparation of Staff monthly payroll including bonus and pension calculations.
- Produce monthly analysis of staff credit cards including reconciliation with Dext.
- Produce analysis towards Intercompany Recharging.
- Other ad hoc financial and admin duties as required to ensure smooth running of Finance Department.
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