You will have experience in a finance team and will be studying towards an accountancy qualification. It is preferred that candidates have a short notice or are immediately available, but we will consider candidates on 4 week’s notice or less.
Key Responsibilities:
To work with the Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to monitor, analyze, and report on actuals, budgets and forecasts.
To support daily, weekly and monthly reporting activities and ensure that information is presented in a meaningful, transparent, and timely manner.
To assist operations teams in monitoring income and expenditure to ensure budgets are met or targets achieved. A key process of this is ensuring variances to forecast or budget are thoroughly investigated in a timely manner.
To be involved, as appropriate, in operations team and Finance Department special projects, annual budget setting, monthly forecasting, finance systems and process improvements, modelling work, and any other general requirements.
To be responsible for the month and year end processes for departmental budgets, including the posting of accurate accruals, prepayments and deferred income; and to reconcile and provide commentary on any variances to budget and forecast.
To assist the Financial Planning & Analysis Manager in year-end statutory accounts reporting.
To assist the financial accountants with relevant balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring postings are clear and understood by all, and balances substantiated.
To become a super user of the organizations financial reporting tools and purchasing systems, providing support to other users as required.
To carry out any other duties as requested by the Financial Planning & Analysis Manager.
To undertake training deemed necessary by your manager.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Part-Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA looking to complete their qualification. Minimum of 2-year’s experience as a Finance Assistant/Accounts Assistant. Keen interest in being part of a creative arts industry. Strong communication and teamwork skills. Experience in the sector preferred but not essential.