Finance Manager | Marketing & Entertainment

Sauce Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Additional Christmas leave

Health cash plan

Training and development

Tickets to live events

3pm Friday finish

Job summary

Sauce Recruitment is seeking a Finance Manager in Central London with hybrid working (3 days in the office). You will own the finance function, lead month-end close, and partner with creative teams across live entertainment and media sectors.

Recent ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified accountants with 3–4 years of finance experience are encouraged to apply; strong Excel and systems skills are essential for driving budgets, forecasts and performance analyses.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification or close to qualifying.
• Strong Excel and financial systems skills.
• Experience leading month-end close and reporting.
• Experience mentoring junior finance staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end close and management reporting.
• Own project accounting, revenue recognition and media accruals.
• Prepare budgets, forecasts and variance analysis.
• Manage and develop two Finance Assistants.
• Partner with business teams across the agency.
• Monitor project and overall financial performance.
• Improve finance processes, systems and controls.
• Support the Finance Director on commercial projects.

Skills

Excel

Financial systems

Mentoring

Commercial mindset

Education

ACA / ACCA / CIMA

Job description

£55,000–£60,000 | Central London | Hybrid (3 days in office)

We’re partnering with a specialist digital marketing agency operating across the live entertainment, media and creative sectors to recruit a Finance Manager.

Working with some of the biggest names and brands across live entertainment, this is a great opportunity for a recently qualified accountant who wants a broad, commercially focused role in a fast-paced and creative environment.

Reporting directly to the Finance Director and managing two Finance Assistants, you’ll have real ownership of the finance function and plenty of exposure across the wider business.

The role will include:

• Leading the month-end close and management reporting
• Ownership of project accounting, revenue recognition and media accruals
• Producing budgets, forecasts and variance analysis
• Managing and developing two Finance Assistants
• Business partnering with teams across the agency
• Monitoring project and overall financial performance
• Improving finance processes, systems and controls
• Supporting the Finance Director with wider commercial and strategic projects
• Recently qualified (or close ro qualifying) ACA / ACCA / CIMA
• Around 3–4 years’ finance/accounting experience
• Ideally experience within media, advertising, marketing, entertainment or another service-led business
• Strong Excel and financial systems skills
• Previous experience managing or mentoring junior team members
• A proactive, commercially minded approach with an appetite to improve processes

Alongside the exposure and progression opportunity, the business offers hybrid working (3 days in the Central London office), 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, additional Christmas leave, a health cash plan, training and development, occasional tickets to live events and a 3pm Friday finish, subject to business requirements.