Finance Business Partner - London

Marks Sattin Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Business Partner within a dynamic events company in Central London. This role involves taking financial accountability for various events, collaborating with project teams to manage spending, and ensuring accurate financial reporting. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, advanced Excel proficiency, and a background in project accounting. If you're organised, detail-oriented, and ready to make an impact in a fast-paced environment, this role is perfect for you. Join a vibrant team and contribute to the success of innovative events!

Qualifications

• Experience managing project budgets and financial accountability.
• Strong analytical skills with expertise in budgeting and variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Manage month-end closedown and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Assist in preparing annual budgets and reforecasts.

Skills

Project accounting experience

Advanced Excel skills

Strong analytical skills

Organised and methodical

Excellent presentation skills

Ability to multi-task

Experience in events industry

Tools

Paprika accounting system

Job description

Finance Business Partner - London

Seeking a Finance Business Partner position that has become available on a 2-month contract within an Events company based in Central London. We are seeking a dynamic, highly organised, and driven individual to take financial accountability of a number of events, working collaboratively with the project teams to manage project spend and working closely with the Finance team to provide accurate and timely data.

Responsibilities:

• Month end closedown
• Regular analysis of income, GP%, staffing costs
• Assist in preparing the annual budgets and reforecasts / rolling forecast
• Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Assist with year-end audit
• Assist with weekly payment runs
• Assist the Finance team in any other ad hoc projects and events.
• Producing ad-hoc budgets and projections for the Directors
• Oversee consolidated event P&L tracker for all events
• Reconcile card and cash takings to accurately report and recognise revenue
• Owning the event budget from a Finance perspective and challenging any overspends
• Ensuring PO's have been raised and approved for all committed costs
• Liaising with Operations and Management to ensure correct and timely client reporting
• Working with Project Manager to reconcile project against budget and report on variances
• Producing analysis reports to identify trends to help onsite operations
• Ownership of the bespoke budgeting system ensuring all standard costs are up to date
• Liaise with the developer of the bespoke budgeting system to ensure issues are tracked and fixed

Knowledge & Experience:

• Project accounting experience
• Advanced Excel skills (vlookup, sumifs, pivot tables etc)
• Strong analytical skills, with expertise in budgeting and variance analysis
• Able to work with large volumes of data and complex spreadsheets
• Confident and able to challenge senior managers on event budgets and expenditure
• Organised, methodical with excellent attention to detail
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Able to multi-task and cope with pressures of conflicting work priorities
• Experience and managing projects to tight deadlines
• Experience in events/festival/hospitality industry
• Paprika accounting system

To be considered for the role, candidates must be available to start the role immediately.

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• East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England
• Accounting for International Development