Finance Manager

Wasserman is a connections agency. We craft strategic ideas, partnerships and experiences that connect brands with the right people. We believe the right connections create relationships, build trust and inspire action. Our work drives culture across sports, entertainment and music.

Our team connects brands and right holders with audiences around the world as well as representing athletes of every major sport and artists from all genres of music.

As a full service creative marketing agency our services cover strategy, creative and multi-channel production. In the past year we have created and delivered over 1800 projects and marketing campaigns covering 53 countries around the world. Our work has created over 5 million physical engagements and produced branded content reaching over 20 Billion views.

We are currently looking for a Finance Manager to join the team in London. This person will be responsible for managing monthly financial and management accounting across all Wasserman UK Corporate cost centres, ensuring efficient, accurate and timely reporting submissions. Including the annual budgeting and forecasting cycles.

The main responsibilities are;

• Prepare and manage the annual local statutory account submission for the UK and specific European entities
• Co-ordinate the UK audit being a day to day contact for the Auditors

• Ownership and preparation of the month end close process across the Corporate cost centre
• Manage the annual budgeting process for the Corporate cost centres
• Review and manage payrolls, with an understanding of any variance to forecast / budget by employee. Ensure timely payments to employees, cash movements between UK companies included on the UK payroll and to the payroll bureau

• Weekly cashflow management and forecast input for all assigned bank accounts

Requirements

• 3+ years post accounting qualification or qualified by experience
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications specifically with Excel. Including Pivot tables & VLOOKUPs.
• Well-developed communication skills and ability to interact with all levels of management.
• Ability to analyse financial data and prepare financial reports, statements and projections in a clear and insightful manner to non-finance as well as finance users
• Experience working in a multi-national company

Benefits

• Annual Discretionary Bonus
• 25 days per annum plus UK bank holidays, and additional DE&I days
• Hybrid Working (3 days in Office/2 days WFH)
• Pension: 4.5% employee // employer contribution with Aviva
• Income Protection: Pays you 75% of your base salary in the event that you are absent from work due to illness or injury for 13 consecutive weeks or more, capped at 5 years
• Life Assurance: Pays your nominated beneficiary four times your base salary in the event of your death whilst employed by the Company
• Employee Assistance Programme (Wellbeing support for you and family living with you // free legal and financial advice, including telephone and potentially in person counselling)
• Season Ticket Loan

Optional benefits (post probation)

• Health Cash back plan which provides you with reimbursements for everyday medical costs including dental, optical, prescriptions & physical therapies
• Season Ticket Loan: An interest free loan for the purpose of purchasing an annual season ticket for travel between home and work
• Cycle to work scheme: A one year hire agreement for a cycle and accessories worth up to £2,000, done via salary sacrifice with an option to purchase cycle at the end of the agreement
• Gym Flex: An interest free loan for the purpose of purchasing an annual Gym membership, providing a low corporate discounts at over 3,700 gyms, studios and outdoor fitness events across the UK