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Finance Manager | Global Live Entertainment Business Jobs in Woking, England, United Kingdom at Harmonic Finance™ | Certified B Corp
Title: Finance Manager | Global Live Entertainment Business
Company: Harmonic Finance™ | Certified B Corp
Location: Woking, England, United Kingdom
Finance Manager | Global Live Entertainment Business
Harmonic are delighted to be working with once again with one of the UK’s leading theatre and live entertainment businesses, in the search for their next Finance Manager, in an exciting new phase of growth for the business.
The Business:
Having been founded in 2017 by a team of leaders with careers immersed in the industry, our client have scaled significantly year on year, with a strong presence across London’s West End in addition to having a footprint across the globe. As a scaling SME, our client are looking to maintain their impressive growth that has led to the group operating across four core divisions.
With turnover at circa £120 million and boasting impressive EBITDA figures, this organisation are proud to have retained their core values since inception. Centred around a passion towards their audiences and delivering the highest quality live experiences possible, there is a high level of emphasis placed on creativity, collaboration and respect. Senior leaders encourage curiosity, and champion colleagues to challenge and innovate in pursuit of excellence.
The Role:
This Finance Manager role is a newly created position in line with the acquisitive nature of the business in an exciting new period of growth. Working closely as a number 2 to the head of finance, there will be high levels of autonomy and influence on offer, with a focus also on managing and mentoring a junior finance team.
The role will be outward facing and will involve business partnering across different departments, fostering a high performance culture, leading on producing management accounts, and supporting on budgeting and forecasting. There will be progression paths on offer for the successful candidate that has a high growth, driven and ambitious mindset.
Main Duties:
Manage and mentor team consisting of Assistant Accountants and Management Accountant
Prepare monthly management accounts, providing variance analysis and commentary
Take full ownership of financial reporting for 3 venues
Perform balance sheet reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies
Support on annual budgeting and forecasting
Business partner regularly to ensure strong relationships with operational department heads
Assist on system implementation and migration projects
Prepare VAT returns
What we need to see (essential):
ACCA / ACA / CIMA Qualified Accountant (Open to Finalist / PQ)
Stakeholder management skills
What we need to see (bonus):
Experience in either the retail / entertainment / hospitality industry
Personal love of the creative space!
Salary: £53k – £58k + bonus + industry perks
Hybrid: 3 days in the office / 2 days work remotely
If this role is of interest, please apply online or email me at [email protected].
At Harmonic, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. We actively welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and assure you that every candidate will be thoughtfully considered for the roles we represent, without regard to race, religion, gender expression, disability, or sexual orientation.
