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Finance Manager - 6/9 month contract - Entertainment

  • Location: London
  • Salary: Negotiable
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted about 2 years ago

  • Sector: finance
  • Type: hybrid
  • Contact: Ryan Burrow
  • Contact Email: ryan.burrow@handle.co.uk
  • Duration: 6-9 months
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Expiry Date: 10 November 2022
  • Job Ref: BBBH102074

A leading entertainment business are currently looking for a Finance Manager to join their team for 6-9 months to cover for a permanent staff member who is being pulled onto a project.

The role is a broad one encompassing financial reporting, FP&A and business partnering and our client would very much like to find someone with a strong training background (ACA from practice would be ideal) who has then gone on to work in a more commercially focussed role.

Key duties will include:

  • Reviewing month-end journals associated with brand and marketing looking at variance analysis against budget/forecast

  • Reviewing ongoing brand and marketing cost tracking in partnership with commercial teams

  • Support Director in oversight of Senior Analyst in managing day-to-day business partnering, accounting and budget/forecast modelling

  • Provide ad hoc support to Director with respect to the group's global brand profitability analysis

  • Pick up statutory accounts preparation ensuring that GAAP adjustments for stats are appropriately captured and supported

  • Own audit relationship