Project Finance Lead for Global Events

Unbridled; Bromley; Hybride; GBP 40 000 - 44 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

OrangeDoor, an Unbridled company, is seeking an experienced Project Finance professional to manage project finances, budgets and commercial controls within a collaborative client delivery team in Bromley.

You will partner with Client Services, Venue Finding, Production and Event Delivery to ensure financial health across the project lifecycle, drive process improvements and champion Procim best practices. This role may require occasional travel and audits as part of standard financial governance.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in project finance, project controls, commercial finance, project accounting, or operational finance within a project-based environment.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting.
• Experience managing multiple project budgets simultaneously.
• Knowledge of financial controls, approval processes and VAT requirements.
• Experience working with multi-currency budgets and supplier payments.

Responsabilités

• Maintain the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of project financial data within Procim, conducting regular financial health checks and audits throughout the project lifecycle
• Manage project financial administration, ensuring project records, financial milestones, documentation, and audit trails are maintained in accordance with company procedures and controls
• Partner closely with the internal project teams throughout project lifecycle to proactively maintain budgets, identify financial risks, and financial opportunities, as well as support forecasting, project financial controls, and Procim best practices
• Demonstrated experience improving project finance processes, implementing best practices and driving adoption of new ways of working
• Monitor project budgets, committed costs and actual expenditure, identifying, investigating and escalating variances, risks and discrepancies as appropriate
• Provide financial oversight across all stages of project delivery to ensure budgets, supplier costs, purchase orders, billing schedules and financial records remain accurate and aligned
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance project finance processes, reporting, and commercial controls
• Review and manage budget revisions, cost reallocations and financial changes, ensuring impacts on profitability, forecasting and project performance are accurately reflected
• Partner with project teams to support commercial decision-making, financial visibility and project profitability
• Support the management of purchase orders, supplier invoices and payment requests, ensuring appropriate approvals, supporting documentation and timely processing
• Ensure supplier costs and project expenditure are accurately allocated and recorded against the correct projects
• Maintain and monitor project billing schedules, ensuring billing milestones are aligned to project delivery timelines and highlighting any revenue or cash flow risks
• Track, record and support the timely billing of commission income, maintaining visibility of outstanding revenue and resolving discrepancies
• Lead project financial close-out activities, ensuring project costs, revenue, commissions, time charges, supplier commitments and billing are fully reconciled prior to closure
• Produce project profitability reports, utilisation and financial performance data, providing insights and recommendations where appropriate
• Monitor timesheet and expense submissions, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timely completion to support project costing and reporting
• Act as a key finance contact for Client Services, Venue Finding, Production and Event Delivery teams, providing guidance on project finance processes and best practice
• Build effective relationships across departments to support financial accuracy, compliance and continuous improvement of systems, reporting and ways of working
• Ensure compliance with internal financial controls, approval processes, audit requirements, VAT regulations, statutory obligations and relevant data management requirements
• Support internal and external audits and ensure all financial documentation is appropriately stored, maintained and accessible

Connaissances

Project finance

Budgeting

Forecasting

Multi-currency budgets

Supplier payments

Description du poste

OrangeDoor, an Unbridled company, is seeking an experienced Project Finance professional to manage project finances, budgets and commercial controls within a collaborative client delivery team in Bromley.

You will partner with Client Services, Venue Finding, Production and Event Delivery to ensure financial health across the project lifecycle, drive process improvements and champion Procim best practices. This role may require occasional travel and audits as part of standard financial governance.