Finance Manager

Great role for a recently qualified individual who would like to work within the creative sector for small but thriving media agency. This independently owned agency has an enviable list of clients offering branding, design and strategy services and have offices in London and internationally.

To be a successful candidate you be a highly sociable individual who is looking for a blended role that is a hybrid of day to day accounting and business partnering. You will have recently gained a professional accounting qualification and ideally have gained your experience within a media organisation. You will be comfortable interacting with and managing multiple stakeholders including senior management.

There is a real opportunity for the right individual to grow with the company and take on more responsibilities as you settle into the position. You will report into the CFO and have the day to day responsibility for a small finance team.

The Role:

• Manage the company finances, ensuring efficient and accurate production and analysis of  month end and year end accounts
• Review of performance against budget and competitor analysis
• Review rate cards and analysis of revenue, client/job profitability, staff utilisation
• Supervise an Accounts Assistant, reviewing their workload and signing off
• Establish and monitor appropriate systems, databases and processes, to include reporting systems, job costings/profitability, financial performance
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports for management
• Manage external relationships to include the auditors, bank, HMRC, insurers, lawyers etc
• Responsible for balance sheet reconciliations and the fixed assets register.

The Person:

• Newly qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)
• Relevant experience ideally gained within a Media/Creative environment of transferable
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong working relationships
• Advanced Excel skills
• Proven stakeholder management skills
• Commercially minded with international exposure;
• Super organised, able to manage multiple projects and able to work well under pressure
• Great team player, collaborative working style who can be firm but fair.