Assistant Management Accountant - Live Entertainment - Woking
Premium international live entertainment business passionate about entertainment, audiences, and the live experience are looking for Part Qualified Management Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) studying towards these.
Responsibilities and duties include:
Prepare the monthly management accounts (full Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and cashflow), variance & commentary
Prepare the monthly journals for the monthly imagine management accounts, including accruals and prepayments.
Maintaining the fixed asset register (including sets, costumes and special effects).
Prepare the monthly balance sheet reconciliations, including bank and all control accounts and reviewing the accruals and prepayments to make sure that these are released correctly in the correct months.
Assist the Production Management accountant with show reporting - to provide weekly cost reports to the senior management team.
Assist the Production Management Accountant with the preparation of the annual budgets and forecasts.
Assist with the year end Audit process for Imagine, responding to audit queries that come in via the EY client portal on a timely basis to deadlines.
Prepare the annual Theatre Tax Relief (TTR) calculation with back up, ready for submission to the accountants
Assist with any queries in preparing the annual statutory accounts.
Managing and developing a purchase ledger/payroll clerk
Assist the Production Management accountant with updating the financial processes to ensure a tight internal control environment and best practise to reduce financial risk.
Prepare the weekly 12 week cash report and liaise with the team to ensure that adequate funds are transferred to the bank account to cover all payments.
Regular liaison with all departments to ensure receipts, expenses and petty cash are being submitted regularly so that the accounts are up to date.
Assist the assistant accountant with monthly reconciliations of Monzo cards, credit cards and petty cash claims as needed (with more frequent reconciliation required during panto season).
Skills, Experience and Qualifications:
Part Qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) and studying towards these
Production accounting experience highly desirable
Strong Excel skills
Experience with an accounting system ideally Sage X3 & HMRC payroll.
Strong attention to detail
Experience working in a fast-paced environment.
Dynamic, enthusiastic, self-starter and willing to go the extra distance to make a difference.
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.
