Financial Controller
Full Time
Job Description
- Managing the group month-end close and reporting process with the support of the finance team
- Ownership of the FP&A process: preparing detailed annual budgets and quarterly reforecasts
- Providing commercial finance support to the CEO/Board as their key business partner eg contract renegotiations with rights holders and customers and modelling new commercial opportunities
- Consolidation and reporting of weekly cash flow providing commentary on variances etc
- Oversee the annual statutory accounts production and audit, and assisting with group audit queries
- Continuing to develop the integration of the finance function with finance processes, systems and accounting policies
- Establishing and promoting an improved controls environment
- Ad-hoc project and analysis work as directed by the CEO
- Managing, supporting and developing a small but growing finance team
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with substantial post-qualified experience in an role.
- Previous experience of running a month-end process is mandatory.
- Prior exposure to budgeting & planning and/or business partnering is preferred.
- Strong communicator who can liaise effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent IT skills, especially in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Highly organized and able to multi-task.
- Problem solver.
- Sports or wider media experience preferred
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