Financial Controller

Brave Bison; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media, marketing, and technology company in London, Brave Bison, is on the lookout for a Financial Controller to manage and oversee financial operations amid their growing acquisitions. The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with experience in a digital marketing agency, ready to drive performance and support strategic decisions in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Dynamic working options

Life assurance and income protection

25 days annual leave, increasing with tenure

Online coaching and mental health support

Performance reviews twice a year

Christmas closure period

Birthday off

Summer hours finish at 15.00 on Fridays

Remote working abroad for up to one month a year

Qualifications

• More than 2 years experience within a digital marketing agency.
• Proven track record of supporting business growth.
• Management experience of small finance teams is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage overall financial operations and compliance.
• Track and measure business performance against KPIs.
• Collaborate closely with leadership on financial strategy.

Skills

Financial management

Data analysis

Budget management

Compliance management

Team leadership

Excellent communication

Project-based revenue recognition

High proficiency in Excel

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

Certinia

PowerBI

Job description

Who are we?

A world where complexity is the only constant demands a new breed of company. Brave Bison is a different beast: a media, marketing and technology company purpose built for the digital era.

Our universe is made up of award-winning business arms Brave Bison Performance, Brave Bison Commerce and SocialChain. And we’re underpinned by our very own social-first media network who deliver monthly views in the billions for some of the biggest channels in sport and entertainment across YouTube, Snap, Meta and TikTok.

We’re a global collective who live and breathe digital, working with some of the boldest brands in the world to capitalise on the complexity that defines the modern marketing landscape.

Our mission

New platforms, new behaviours, new audiences, new trends, new technologies, new regulations—our clients’ worlds get more complex daily. Their agency partnerships shouldn’t. It’s our job to cut through the chaos, make the complex simple and navigate a clear path to growth for them.

That’s why we make it our mission to capitalise on complexity for our clients—by crafting dynamic digital solutions that outpace tomorrow’s challenges.

Our values

We’re a proudly diverse business comprised of deep specialists across social media, digital marketing and technology. Although our skills, backgrounds and beliefs may differ, we are united by four core shared values:

• Bold Curiosity.
  

We run at change and challenge convention because we love to push the boundaries of what the world thinks is possible. We champion discovery, go deep into our clients’ worlds and are always hungry to learn more about them, our specialisms and each other.

• Connected Clarity.
  

We are focused in our collaboration — joining the right dots between our clients, our partners and our herd of experts to deliver agile solutions at speed and scale. We set a shared ambition from the outset, are transparent at every stage and always strive to make the complex simple.

• Positive Encouragement.
  

We want to make working with us the best part of someone’s day. We lift one other up, find the fun in the day to day and are committed to ensuring everyone belongs.

• Constant Impact.
  

We believe in outcomes over outputs.We’re goal orientated, results driven and data-led.We show up with passion every day. And we’re always honing our craft.

Role & responsibilities:

We’re growing! As a result we are looking for a full-time Financial Controller to join our team and take ownership of the company’s newest acquisitions and their financial operations. This role is ideal for a hands-on, commercially minded finance professional who will work closely with the management team to oversee all aspects of financial planning, reporting, and governance, helping to drive performance and support strategic decision-making as the business continues to grow.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage overall end to end financial management of the Company’s financial affairs.
• Ownership of the management accounts and forecasting process;
• Manage and track the budgets and performance to business KPIs;
• Track and measure margin, taking relevant action to ensure targets are achieved;
• Work closely with the leadership team on roadmap and targets for the business;
• Working closely with management to identify opportunities to grow and improve the business through data analysis
• Deliver compliant and appropriate financial governance by managing the Company’s working capital position;
• Manage compliance of annual returns, accounts, R&D claims, corporation tax and VAT.

Qualification & skills requirements

• Qualified Accountant with significant experience operating at Financial Controller level;
• 2+ years experience within a digital marketing agency;
• Experience with project-based revenue recognition
• Demonstrable track record of supporting growth;
• Demonstrable track record working with client teams to improve profitability;
• Experience working with and analysing business intelligence;
• Past experience in the management of small finance teams in a medium-sized agency;
• Works well under pressure, calm and focussed, not easily flustered, able to cope with competing demands;
• Someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities;
• Excellent communicatorwith the ability to build relationships at all levels.
• High proficiency in Excel

Advantageous:

• Experience in an eCommerce business
• Experience using Certinia and PowerBI

What you’ll get

Our people make us who we are, so to make sure we attract and retain the best and brightest in the industry, we offer an attractive benefits package.

But not only that, we are the UK’s first carbon neutral agency (a status we have held since 2018), with a serious commitment to monitoring and reducing the impact our work has on the planet across three core sustainability pillars of Greenhouse Gases, Waste & Recycling and Sustainable Consumption.

Then there’s a whole host of benefits – from discounted gym memberships and free eye tests to an employee pension scheme and enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption package. Here’s a snapshot of just some of the benefits we think you might also like:

• Dynamic working:To keep that work-life harmony in check, we're flexible on where and when you work
• Private medical insurance:To keep you fighting fit and give you and your family peace of mind.
• Life assurance and income protection:We know it feels good to be covered, just in case.
• Calm Subscription:Now more than ever, it’s important to mind your mind!
• 25 days annual leave:This increases to 27 days after three years with us, and then increases every subsequent year up to a max. of 30 days
• Christmas closure:No need to save holiday days for the Christmas closure period. It's on us!
• Birthdays off:One extra day to celebrate your big day
• Summer hours:Between June and Aug we finish at 15.00 every Friday.
• Online coaching and mental health support:Unlimited coaching via OpenUp.
• Remote Working:Work abroad for up to one month a year.
• Performance & Salary:Reviewed twice a year for everyone.

Finally, we’re proud and committed to being an equal opportunity workplace, providing equal opportunities for all and treating all existing employees and all job applicants in the same way, regardless of their age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity status and marital & civil partnership status.