Management Accountant

This is a Full Time Job

What You'll Do:
• Managing and reporting to talent or their representatives on income and expenditure
• Working with managers to ensure a smooth process throughout entire onboarding and booking process
• Preparing multicurrency talent statements
• Review and approval payment proposals for talent fees
• Answering client and talent queries (including tax enquires)
• Monitoring receivables and liaising with IMG's outsourced credit control team and internal talent agents to achieve timely collection
• Including weekly reporting of collections with commentary against forecast
• Invoicing income and expenses for clients, including recharges
• Facilitate set up of talent banking

Management Accounting
• Analyse financial information to assist profitability and growth
• Continual monitoring of costs to ensure that we are staying within pre-determined budgets
• Variance analysis of actual results against budgets & plan
• Regular meetings with the business supported by monthly finance reporting pack identifying KPI's

Financial Accounting
• Ownership and responsibility for the financial month end and year end close process to agreed timetable including financial review with variance commentary
• Including Revenue Recognition analysis and journal entries
• Monthly balance sheet reconciliations with full supporting for balances in line with group policy
• Oversight of vendor payments and liaison with group accounts payable function to ensure all AP payments are made on a timely basis
• Ensure sufficient controls are in place for vendor creation/AP and AR process & work to improve these processes

Financial Planning, Reporting & Analysis
• Assist with the planning process including 3-year long term planning, budgeting, and quarterly forecasting
• Assist with preparation of gross profit & SG&A forecast schedules at divisional and client level for Fashion team. This involves liaising with commercial colleagues to ensure all relevant information is reflected in forecasting system (BPC)
• Weekly cash-flow disbursements and 90-day cash forecasting
• Arrange and attend meetings with business leaders to ensure Global CRM system is up to date to track all confirmed deals plus anything in the pipeline

Taxation
• Working closely with the UK Controller and Tax team on any tax related matters including VAT
• Responsible for Foreign Entertainers Tax (FET) Returns quarterly, if applicable

Other
• Working closely with the UK Controller and providing regular updates and raising issues promptly
• Ensure cash collections are maximized and work with WNS to improve debtor aging profile
• Assisting with audit requests in a timely manner
• Working closely with the UK Controller and Legal Counsel on all legal matters
• Constantly reviewing all internal working schedules and championing improvement and change
• Provide backfill support for the wider team on an ad-hoc basis
• You may also be required to carry out any other duties which are within the scope and purpose of the job

Please Note e.g., shift(s)/ unsocial hours/ travel etc
• The role holder will often be under pressure to complete tasks with strict deadlines
• Must be prepared to work additional hours as required to meet deadlines

You Have These:
• Degree (or equivalent) in Finance/ Accounting
• Studying/Aiming towards professional qualifications (ACCA/CIMA)
• Part Qualified/Newly Qualified (CIMA/ACA/ACCA or equivalent)
• Confident and willingness to challenge commercial stakeholders
• Flexible team player with the ability to work with commercial staff across the organisation, across different territories
• Must be able to work on own initiative to identify and resolve problems
• Strong communication and team working
• Proactive attitude
• High attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to prioritize workload
• High level of numeracy

We'd Also Love If You Have These:
• SAP, BPC Planning software, CRM, Analysis for Microsoft Excel, knowledge
• Passion for Fashion / The Modelling world

Working Conditions:

Fixed Term Contract, 6 months

London, The Strand

Mon-Fri, Hybrid working - 9:30am-6pm