Senior Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner

Senior Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner | 6 - 12 Month FTC

Location: Beckenham area, Kent (4 days on-site, 1 day from home, plus a visit to the Uxbridge site every 1 to 2 weeks)

Contract: Fixed term, initial 6 - 12 months, with potential to go permanent

Salary: £60,000 to £80,000 Pro-rate, DOE, plus good benefits

Start: By Latest 1st December

The opportunity

Our client is a well-known name in the global entertainment industry and is about to integrate two businesses. This brand new role has been created to put finance at the heart of that process; you will combine hands-on management accounting with true business partnering, working with senior stakeholders across both sides of the business, supporting decisions and helping bring two finance functions together.

What you will be doing

• Producing accurate, timely month end management accounts, with clear variance analysis against budget and forecast
• Acting as the trusted finance partner to budget holders and senior leaders, turning the numbers into commercial insight
• Owning budgeting and forecasting cycles, including monthly forecast updates
• Supporting the finance workstreams of the integration, including aligning processes, reporting and systems across the two businesses
• Building and maintaining financial models to track integration costs, synergies and performance
• Preparing management information and KPI reporting for the leadership team
• Identifying and driving process improvements and efficiencies as the combined business takes shape
• Working closely with operational colleagues, including at the Uxbridge site, so the finance view is consistent across locations

What we are looking for

Essential

• UK qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with around 2 to 5 years post qualification experience
• Strong management accounting, business partnering and forecasting experience, with the confidence to challenge and influence non-finance colleagues
• Experience working in a business going through change, transformation or integration
• A hands on, roll your sleeves up approach, comfortable with the detail as well as the bigger picture
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Desirable

• Event or live entertainment experience
• US reporting skills
• Audit background

Why this role

• A high profile role with real exposure to senior leadership during a genuine period of change
• Chance to shape how a newly combined finance function works
• Real prospect of a permanent position for the right person
• Immediate start, so a quick and straightforward process