Client Accounting Assistant - Music & Entertainment

THE; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

THE·TEAM in London is seeking a motivated Client Accounting Assistant to support the client accounting teams and Festival teams with credit control for artist performance fees, and to process payments. You will generate weekly reports, reconcile deposits and payments, prepare refunds to promoters, and help compile client trust reports.

Excel and Outlook skills are essential, and you must stay calm under pressure.

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 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.

Responsibilities

• Assist 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

Excel

Outlook

Attention to detail

Time management

Numerical ability

Communication

Tools

CRM

Job description

THE·TEAM in London is seeking a motivated Client Accounting Assistant to support the client accounting teams and Festival teams with credit control for artist performance fees, and to process payments. You will generate weekly reports, reconcile deposits and payments, prepare refunds to promoters, and help compile client trust reports.

Excel and Outlook skills are essential, and you must stay calm under pressure.