Assistant, Client Accounting

teamwass; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

THE·TEAM’s music department represents artists worldwide and now seeks a detail-oriented finance assistant in London to support client accounting teams with accounts receivable and payable.

Based in our London office, you will handle credit control for artist performance fees, prepare reports, assist with payment runs, and help ensure accurate invoicing and banking details, working under deadlines with a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• A passion for numbers and interest in gaining experience leading to a career in finance/accounting.
• Some prior exposure to accounting or finance through study or work experience is desirable.
• Experience with Excel and Outlook is required.

Responsibilities

• Assisting the client accounting teams, agent teams, and Festival team with the credit control for artist performance fees.
• Weekly credit control and promoter reports for agents' rosters
• Weekly commission currency exchange rates added to bespoke CRM
• Preparing refunds to promoters, merging and filing payments runs documents
• Allocating and reconciling all incoming deposit and outgoing payments for our clients' shows
• Leveraging company-wide resources to investigate ambiguous payments and receipts
• Preparing and circulating client trust reports including Remitter Mismatch and Unallocated transactions lists
• Review incoming receipts inbox and assign payment confirmations to CRM
• Create booking fee invoices for tax mitigation purposes
• Verifying new artist bank details
• Various ad hoc duties as necessary

Skills

Passion for numbers

Prior exposure to accounting/finance

Multitasking

Calm under pressure

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Job description

THE·TEAM’s music department is proud to provide representation to prominent music artists across all genres for live performance, touring, brand partnerships, and beyond. We are long-term career development strategists who work with artists to expand their reach and deepen their impact with audiences around the world.

THE·TEAM provides representation and marketing services to talent, brands and properties across 28 countries and more than 70 cities worldwide. Shaped by our belief in the unifying power of sports, music and entertainment, THE·TEAM leads with intelligence, ideas and influence. For more information, please visit the.team.

This is an exciting role for someone with an eye for accounting and attention to detail, who can work under pressure to strict deadlines. The role involves assisting the Client Accounting Teams in variety of tasks across accounts receivable and accounts payable functions.

This role will be based in our London, Music UK office.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Assisting the client accounting teams, agent teams, and Festival team with the credit control for artist performance fees.
• Weekly credit control and promoter reports for agents' rosters
• Weekly commission currency exchange rates added to bespoke CRM
• Preparing refunds to promoters, merging and filing payments runs documents
• Allocating and reconciling all incoming deposit and outgoing payments for our clients' shows
• Leveraging company-wide resources to investigate ambiguous payments and receipts
• Preparing and circulating client trust reports including Remitter Mismatch and Unallocated transactions lists
• Review incoming receipts inbox and assign payment confirmations to CRM
• Create booking fee invoices for tax mitigation purposes
• Verifying new artist bank details
• Various ad hoc duties as necessary

THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE YOU NEED

• A passion for numbers and interest in gaining experience leading to a career in finance/accounting
• Some prior exposure to accounting or finance - through study or work experience - is desirable
• Experience with Excel and Outlook required
• Ability to juggle several tasks at once and consistently deliver high-quality work to tight timescales
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with clients, suppliers, and colleagues
• Prioritisation and time management skills
• Calm under pressure

THE·TEAM does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.