Financial Controller
Full Time
Job Description
- Own and control the month end reporting processes
- Co-ordinate monthly reporting packs including responsibility for review and reconciliation of revenue and financial ledger systems
- Provide the Finance Director with detailed cost and revenue reporting and variance analysis for each month
- Oversight of the Accounts Payable function (controls and processes) alongside the company.
- Monthly reporting to Solar MD which demonstrates knowledge of the business
- Preparation of the quarterly forecasts and the annual budget
- Review and sign off for UK based VAT returns, submission to HMRC.
- Managing internal and external year end audits, this may include coordinating any external audit assistance with third party suppliers.
- Provision of financial analysis for major decisions, strategic analysis, and assurance of business cases
- Ad hoc financial enquiries and analysis (including both internal and external requests for information)
- Management of Solar bank accounts within agreed mandated authorities and to professional standards
- Co-ordinate monthly reporting packs including responsibility for review and reconciliation of revenue and financial ledger systems
- Co-ordinate and/or provide financial reports to aid SPV in filing their corporate accounts, in line with agreed timescales (financial year) and service levels
- Receive, log and resolve any financial enquiries from the SPV and (where agreed) from end Rights holder in an effective and professional manner. Where beneficial, and more efficient, facilitate the flow of enquiries directly between the SPV and outsourced finance providers
- Management of SPV bank accounts within agreed mandated authorities and to professional standards
- Management of external year end audit
- Support the Finance Director to develop opportunities for optimizing existing business process
- Work with the Finance Director to improve financial reporting and planning approach and methodology
- Supporting change initiatives, where necessary
- Take active part in risk identification and management
- Provide decision support on process improvements substantiated with relevant analysis and evidence
We offer You:
- Diverse, international work environment
- Home Office working opportunities
- Training, industry insider events and team socials
- Intensive instruction, long term trainings and workshops within our teams
- Flexible working times, Monday to Friday
- Multiple mental health and physical health initiatives
- Corporate pension scheme
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- The ability to absorb and analyze significant amounts of information and then tailor the means of delivery, the language and format for a wide mix of audiences, including non-financial people.
- Accountancy qualification (Qualified) (CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent)
- Excellent knowledge of UK statutory GAAP plus ideally IFRS / US GAAP knowledge (experience with Stat book reporting desirable) / strong technical skills
- Excellent data gathering, reporting and analysis skills
- Comfortable working with complex calculations and spreadsheets
- Excellent attention to detail (checks and controls approach to working)
Person Profile
- A person looking for a career, not just a role in music industry.
- Act corporately and work effectively across organizational boundaries and build effective liaisons that deliver high standards, collaborative working and integrated solutions.
- Comfortable working in an environment going through change (currently a lot of manual processes and spreadsheets)
- Build positive relationships with partners and stakeholders, with strong networking skills and the ability to convince through personal credibility.
- Able to work easily on own initiative but also in close conjunction with key individuals across different teams
- Intellectual flexibility, able to grasp complex issues and data patterns quickly.
- Imagination, flair, tenacity, flexibility & innovation
- Keen sense of curiosity – not afraid to reach out to the business and ask questions
- Promote and support innovative thinking and a flexible way to solving problems
- Consider opportunities which will add value to the business and meet organizational goals
- Directly influence the organization by striving to continuously improve through challenging the status quo
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