Financial Controller - Live Entertainment

An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Financial Controller to join a creative production company, specialising within live events, publishing and so much more.

Based in the heart of London, this hybrid role offers a broad range of technical and commercial responsibilities, along with management of one direct report. If you're looking for a varied role with a lot of autonomy and a fun creative environment, then this could be a great opportunity for you!

The role will include, but not be limited to:

• Ticket revenue posting & analysis of touring or online sales
• Revenue calculated and VAT charged to calculate the value of book sales
• Monthly revenue analysis is prepared detailing all sales invoices raised/stripe revenue collected in the month.
• Costs of sales balance included in the monthly management accounts is estimated from the revenue sheet. Costs are then analysed and deferred/accrued accordingly.
• Monthly reconciliations and journal posting:
• Preparation of monthly management accounts for the Group
• Quarterly reporting to Group, deferred revenue, and costs by artists, plus headcount report
• Review of all settlements for all shows
• Payroll payments are set up in the bank and amounts are posted into Sage.:
• Quarterly VAT returns are submitted through Sage/Xero. Once a quarter, VAT reports are downloaded and reviewed before submitting and paying VAT.
• Regular liaison with auditors
• Supervision of Accounts Assistant who is responsible for: Bi-Weekly payroll, credit card postings, sales invoices, bank reconciliation: bank transactions, debtors reporting

The ideal candidate will have:

• A professional qualification - ACA/ACCA/CIMA
• Previous experience working within a creative business, ideally live events.
• Previous experience using Sage and advanced knowledge of Excel
• Previous management experience

This is an amazing, unique and rare opportunity for the right individual. Please apply now.

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