Senior Management Accountant

Universal Music Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global music company is seeking an experienced finance professional to join their UK Central Finance team. This role involves preparation of financial statements, managing audits, and delivering management accounts. Candidates should be qualified ACCA/ACA with over 5 years' experience in accounting. Excellent organizational skills and knowledge of SAP and related systems are desirable. Competitive compensation and a dynamic work environment are provided.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in an accounting environment.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge.
• Experience in leading teams and managing junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Prepare financial statements for multiple legal entities.
• Lead contact on external audits and discussions with auditors.
• Deliver monthly management accounts to the Group Finance Director.

Skills

Preparation of financial statements

Communication with auditors

Managing junior staff

Organisational skills

VAT knowledge

Education

Qualified ACCA/ACA

Tools

SAP

HFM

Blackline

Metric-stream

Job description

Music is Universal

It's the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world's leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy, or caring responsibilities. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD, and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition, please email [e-mail].

The A Side: A Day in The Life

Seeking a passionate, highly motivated, and experienced finance professional to join the UK Central Finance function.

The role will be wide and varied, a key part of the role will involve preparation of financial statements as well as dealing directly with both external and internal auditors. Alongside this you will be responsible for delivering month end reporting packages to the Group Finance Director and Corporate Finance team.

The B Side: Skills & Experience

Key component of the UK Central Finance team. This role will include:

• Preparation of the financial statements for multiple legal entities.
• Lead contact on external audits, including leading discussions with auditors & providing relevant requested documents.
• Responsible for delivering monthly management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations to the Group Finance Director.
• Working closely with the wider finance team, including an offshore based team.
• Perform internal controls and compliance review to ensure best practice and complying with Global procedures.
• Ad hoc work as required - providing support to the Group Finance Director.

Person Specification

• Qualified ACCA/ACA.
• 5+ years of experience in an accounting environment, including experience in a professional services firm.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, experience in preparing financial statements is desirable.
• VAT knowledge is desirable.
• Experience in leading teams and managing junior staff.
• Systems experience of SAP, HFM, Blackline and Metric-stream desirable.
• Ability to communicate and work at all levels with a large number of stakeholders i.e. junior staff to senior management.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, alongside strong time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.

Just So You Know...

The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive, and exhaustive statement.

Job Category: Finance & Accounting