Assistant Management Accountant (12M FTC)

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Business Unit Specific

• Working with managers to ensure a smooth process throughout entire onboarding of talent and booking process

• Invoicing income and expenses for clients, including recharges

• Monitoring receivables and liaising with IMG’s outsourced credit control team and internal talent agents to achieve timely collection Including weekly reporting of collections with commentary against forecast

• Preparing multicurrency talent statements

• Review and approval payment proposals for talent fees

• Answering client and talent queries (including tax enquiries)

• Oversight of vendor payments and liaison with group accounts payable function to ensure all AP payments are made on a timely basis

• Ensure sufficient controls are in place for vendor creation/AP and AR process & work to improve these processes

• Arrange and attend meetings with business leaders to ensure Global CRM system is up to date to track all confirmed deals plus anything in the pipeline

Financial and Management Accounting

• Responsibility for the financial month end and year end close process to agreed timetable including financial review with variance commentary, including

• Revenue Recognition analysis and journal entries

• Balance sheet reconciliations with full supporting commentary for balances in line with group policy

• Variance analysis of actual results against budgets & plan

• Review of Travel and Entertainment expenditureReconciliation of petty cash

• Regular meetings with the business supported by monthly finance reporting pack identifying KPI’sAssisting with ongoing initiatives to improve financial data and provide accurate reporting

• Weekly cash-flow disbursements and 90-day cash forecasting

Taxation

• Responsible for Foreign Entertainers Tax (FET) Returns quarterly, if applicable

Other

• Working closely with the UK Controller and providing regular updates and raising issues promptly

• Working closely with the UK Controller and Legal Counsel on all legal matters

• Constantly reviewing all internal working schedules and championing improvement and change

• You may also be required to carry out any other duties which are within the scope and purpose of the job

Please Note   e.g., shift(s)/ unsocial hours/ travel etc

• The role holder will be required to complete tasks with strict deadlines

• Must be prepared to work additional hours as required to meet deadlines

Knowledge and Experience

Mandatory 

• Part Qualified/Newly Qualified (CIMA/ACA/ACCA or equivalent)

• Confident and willingness to challenge commercial stakeholders

• Flexible team player with the ability to work with commercial staff across the organisation, across different territories

• Must be able to work on own initiative to identify and resolve problems

Desirable

• SAP, BPC Planning software, CRM, Analysis for Microsoft Excel, knowledge

• Passion for Fashion / The modelling world

Required Skills and Abilities

• Strong communication and team working

• Proactive attitude

• High attention to detail

• Ability to work under pressure

• Ability to prioritize workload

• High level of numeracy

Required Qualifications and Training

• Degree (or equivalent) in Finance/ Accounting

• Studying/Aiming towards professional qualifications (ACCA/CIMA)