Event Budget Manager

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Event Budget Manager to join their dynamic Boxing Team in London. This role is pivotal in ensuring efficient operations by managing event budgets, processing expense claims, and collaborating closely with the Finance team. You will have the opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, enjoy generous annual leave, and benefit from a comprehensive pension scheme. If you are detail-oriented, skilled in financial analysis, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact in the world of sports and entertainment.

Benefits

Annual discretionary bonus

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension scheme with contributions

Income protection for long-term illness

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Season Ticket Loan

Health cashback plan

Cycle to work scheme

Gym Flex loan for memberships

Qualifications

• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare insightful budgets.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain trackers for Boxing promotional agreements.
• Build out event budgets and track costs versus budgets.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Budget Preparation

Microsoft Excel

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Wasserman is a global leader in sports, music, entertainment, and culture. Founded in 2002, Wasserman represents many of the world’s most iconic sports and entertainment figures, musical artists, creators, brands, and properties, empowering them to shape culture and captivate audiences worldwide.

Wasserman works with iconic sports and media figures across the world in every major sport, utilizing our extensive influence to maximize negotiations and create meaningful opportunities for our clients across teams, leagues, brands, content, and live events.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman operates globally across 27 countries and more than 62 cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris, and Sydney. For more information, please visit our website.

We are currently looking for an Event Budget Manager to join the Wasserman Boxing Team in London. This role is responsible for supporting the EVP, Managing Executives & Head of Commercial of Global Boxing in ensuring smooth and efficient division operations through daily processes, practices, and requirements. The role involves working closely with the Boxing UK Finance team.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Create and maintain trackers for all Boxing promotional agreements.
2. Ensure Boxing team expense claims are processed correctly and in line with company policy.
3. Submit customer invoice requests to the Finance team for processing, providing all contractual support and purchase order information.
4. Attend debtors review meetings with the Finance team and ensure action items are undertaken as appropriate by the Boxing team.
5. Build out event budgets before events and forecast various scenarios with robust assumptions.
6. Work with the Finance team to finalize event budgets, ensuring all internal approvals are obtained in line with processes and procedures.
7. Track event costs versus budgets, ensuring operational teams maintain spend within approved parameters and escalate variances.
8. Manage JV partners in relation to event spend, ensuring spend does not exceed approved budgets.
9. Maintain ticket sales reports leading up to events and provide regular sales status reports to leadership.
10. Maintain event cash lists as required, including per diems.
11. Ensure all fighter and supplier contracts are in place for each event.
12. Work with the Finance team to ensure accurate receipt of invoices and bank information for fighter purses and ensure payments are made in line with contractual terms.
13. Manage event cash procedures in line with company policy, including cash counting, handling, and receipts.
14. Provide the Finance team with inputs and industry knowledge for boxer signings and valuation modeling.

Requirements:

• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare budgets clearly and insightfully for both finance and non-finance users.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs.
• Experience working independently and as part of a close-knit, agile team, organizing and prioritizing tasks while multitasking.
• Annual discretionary bonus.
• 25 days of annual leave plus UK bank holidays and additional D&I days.
• Hybrid working environment.
• Pension scheme with employee and employer contributions via Aviva.
• Income protection providing 75% of your salary if absent due to illness or injury for 13+ weeks, capped at 5 years.
• Life assurance covering four times your base salary for nominated beneficiaries.
• Employee Assistance Programme offering wellbeing support, legal and financial advice, and counseling.
• Season Ticket Loan.

Optional benefits (post probation):

• Health cashback plan for medical costs, dental, optical, prescriptions, and therapies.
• Interest-free Season Ticket Loan for travel between home and work.
• Cycle to work scheme: a hire agreement for a cycle and accessories up to £2,000 via salary sacrifice.
• Gym Flex: interest-free loan for gym memberships, with discounts at over 3,700 gyms and fitness events.