Full job descriptionAccountant
West London | Hybrid
£55,000 – £65,000 + benefits
Reporting to the Financial Controller and CFO


This is not quite your typical Accountant role...


We’re recruiting on behalf of a highly successful and internationally recognised organisation operating at the heart of the entertainment world. And whilst we need to keep the identity of the business confidential at this stage, it’s fair to say that this is a rather different environment from your average corporate finance department.
Behind the scenes of a globally established entertainment operation sits a fascinating and surprisingly diverse business.
Its finance team supports a broad mix of activities spanning live entertainment, brand related merchandise and product revenues, commercial agreements, investments and wider private interests.
As a result, this role offers exposure to areas that many accountants simply wouldn’t encounter in a more conventional finance position.
You’ll still need to be excellent at the fundamentals: management accounts, reconciliations, cash flow, controls and reporting. But there is considerably more variety here than the job title might initially suggest.
The Opportunity
Working closely with an experienced Financial Controller and a small, collaborative head-office team, you’ll take responsibility for accounting processes while becoming involved across a much broader range of financial and commercial activity.
This is very much a hands-on role.
You’ll be expected to get into the detail, understand what sits behind the numbers and ensure the basics are done exceptionally well. At the same time, you’ll have the opportunity to improve processes, strengthen reporting and provide meaningful insight to senior stakeholders.
There are also some less conventional elements to the position, including treasury, investment-related reporting and financial matters relating to the wider interests supported by the head office.
For someone who enjoys variety and wants their next finance role to expose them to something genuinely different, there is a lot here to get interested in.
What You’ll Be Doing
Systems & Continuous Improvement
There is plenty of scope to make your mark.
You’ll be encouraged to look at how things are currently done and ask whether there is a better way.
This could include:
*improving management information and reporting
*strengthening processes and financial controls
*making better use of the accounting software
*identifying sensible opportunities for automation
*improving Excel-based reporting
*documenting finance procedures
*helping the wider finance function become increasingly efficient
Cash, Treasury & Investments
*Monitor cash positions and support cash flow forecasting.
*Assist with treasury activities across the wider organisation.
*Support banking arrangements and financial transactions.
*Prepare information relating to investment and other financial interests.
*Produce clear reporting for senior stakeholders and external advisers.


Commercial & Wider Business Activity
Depending upon requirements, you’ll also gain exposure to some of the more unusual financial aspects of the organisation, which may include:
*live entertainment related revenues;
*merchandise and product activity;
*commercial and licensing agreements;
*investment structures and private financial interests; and
*project-based commercial opportunities.
You don’t need to arrive having worked across all of these areas - part of the attraction of the role is the opportunity to learn.
About You
We’re looking for someone who combines strong accounting fundamentals with curiosity and commercial awareness.
You’ll ideally be:
*ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified;
*experienced in producing monthly management accounts
*comfortable getting into the detail of balance sheets and reconciliations
*confident with cash flow and treasury reporting
*highly capable in Excel
*organised, accurate and dependable;
*able to communicate comfortably with a variety of stakeholders
*naturally inclined to improve processes rather than simply inherit them
Experience within music, media, entertainment, sport, creative industries or family-office environments would certainly be useful, but it isn’t essential. What is essential is a can-do, hands-on and engaging approach.
There aren’t many finance roles quite like this. For the right accountant, it could be a very interesting place to spend the next chapter of their career.
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