Job Description

We’re looking for a Finance Manager to join our central Finance team. In this role, you’ll work with company to help them deliver all of their finance needs, supporting them on a day to day basis as well as with ad hoc projects and being a valued business partner to the agency's senior leadership team.
In this role, you’ll oversee the financial management of company, which includes but is not limited to revenue reporting, revenue forecasting, month end reporting audits, review and analysis of direct costs Reporting to the Financial Controller, and liaising with the senior management team, our Finance Manager will assume a hands-on role with the responsibility for the day-to-day financial operations.

You will prepare accurate and timely reporting of monthly P&L and Balance Sheet reports, as well as preparing monthly commentary on key revenue variances. You will be required to review the balance sheet reconciliations and prepare the FMC (financial monitoring control) packs. In addition, you’ll own the revenue recognition and forecasting process and will manage the NOP (Net Open Position) to minimize FX exposure. You will manage and limit risk on accrued revenue, debtors, and IC balances working together with our shared service Centre and Client Accounting team, and assist the practice leads with tracking of revenue and projects billed in timely manner.

This is a great opportunity to grow. What do you get in return? As well as our hybrid way of working (2 days in the office), an extra day off each year to celebrate your birthday, the chance to work anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks each year (after completing 1 years service) and a tasty subsidized café, we also will provide you with amazing training and development to really support your career with us.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

For this reason, we’re not requiring the successful candidate to be a fully qualified accountant. Whilst this would be a bonus, we’re also happy for you to be either part qualified (and on the way to full qualification), or you’ll have substantial experience in a finance manager type role and want to become a qualified accountant, and we’ll support you to reach that goal.

Ideally, you will have some experience in a financial role with revenue reporting, forecasting and month-end playing a key part in this experience. Hopefully you’ll have gained your experience in a media agency environment or the wider media arena. You’ll also be extremely accurate in your work, and have a real eye for detail, with a keenness to drive continuous improvement across the Finance team. Experience of DDS would be a distinct advantage and advanced Excel is require. You will pride yourself on your ability to partner and influence creative colleagues and senior stakeholders.