Senior Finance Assistant

Who We Are:

IMG Production and Studios is one of the largest producers of sports programming in the world, responsible for thousands of hours of content on behalf of more than 200 federations, associations and events.

Producing and distributing three 24/7 sports offerings in Sport 24, the first-ever live, global, premium sports channel for the airline and cruise industries; EDGEsport, the premium action sports channel; and the Premier League Content Service for international broadcasters, which includes all live matches, comprehensive analysis and regular magazine programming. Our cross-platform product offerings include: Golfing World, Amazon Tennis, UFC, The Wimbledon Championships, the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia, European Tour Productions, Royal & Ancient Golf, Euroleague Basketball, Trans World Sport, EFL, FIVB, Audio and more.

What You’ll Do:

To provide financial and accounting support to the production team and UK Finance Manager. Providing detailed weekly cost report information to the client and participating in month-end close process.

This is a “sleeves up” role for someone who enjoys getting fully involved in a role and working as part of a busy team.

Key Responsibilities Include But Not Limited To:

• Ensuring that all production costs are correctly recharged to relevant projects.
• Ensuring that Vendor Invoices, Purchase Orders and T&E expenses are correctly coded and authorised for payment through the relevant finance systems.
• Liaising with Accounts Payable on all vendor related queries – escalating issues where appropriate.
• Responsible for the timely and accurate reconciliation of production cost reports, providing regular updates on actual expenditure incurred.
• Business partner with the Production Management team to identify and explain variances to budget.
• Work closely with the production team to understand the production workflows and decisions which impact the cost report;
• Support the UK Finance Manager with compiling monthly client reporting, pulling together the full financial story of the department.
• Support the UK Finance Manager with timely month-end accounting, rolling forecast updates and weekly cashflow reporting and management.
• Support the UK Finance Manager with monitoring the funding and reconciliation of multiple bank accounts;
• You may also be required to carry out ad-hoc tasks as directed by the Production Team or UK Finance Manager

You Will Have The Following Strengths:

• Experience of working with an accounting system
• Demonstrable experience of in a similar role
• Proven experience of delivering to tight deadlines
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel – able to create and use pivot tables/budget templates/formulas and help others use the programme
• High degree of numeracy with exceptional attention to detail
• Cost reporting including variance analysis

We’d Love If You Also Have These:

• Experience of working in a similar media related environment within finance.
• Knowledge and understanding of production processes
• Experience reconciling multiple bank accounts
• Experience working with multiple currencies
• An interest in sport, particularly tennis

Our Values:

• We are fuelled by Persistence, adapting and seeking solutions in the face of challenges.
• We support and elevate diverse voices, promoting equity and Inclusion within our company, industries and community.
• We operate with a spirit of Entrepreneurialism, a willingness to take risks and mindset that is built to disrupt.
• We rely on Collaboration across our network to power culture and unite people around the world.
• We hold ourselves to the highest standards of Excellence in every aspect of our work, including how we interact with one another, our clients and our partners.

Our Work Ethic:

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We’ve adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You’ll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process, but we are currently excited to have our employees experience our office culture as much as possible.

Endeavor unites and brings people together in our love of sport, culture, and entertainment. We understand this can only be accomplished when we harness the entirety of our company and lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. It means that we engage in anti-racism and ally-ship the way we do anything. Fiercely and fearlessly. As a global company that drives culture we endeavor to reflect the world’s diverse voices both internally and externally to ensure success in our mission.

If you require reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please let us know. We will work together to best meet your needs.

IMG is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.

Benefits:

• Income protection
• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Pension contribution
• 23 days holiday + bank holidays + Winter break
• Dental insurance
• Green car scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidized office canteen
• Free breakfast
• Free on-site parking
• Eye Care
• Endeavor Wellness – lunch and learn events
• EAP – range of practical and emotional support services
• Dependent care – 5 days subsidized emergency child, pet, elder care
• Subsidized gym membership / Class-pass
• Health Screening
• Will Writing
• Dynamic office environment with great people!
• Regular team and company networking events/celebrations
• Access to free tickets to sporting and entertainment events

The Process:

We appreciate the time take to apply for the role and your recent interest in IMG. We aim to review all applications within five working days and be in touch with those who have been shortlisted to the next stage. Unfortunately, due to volume we are not able to get back to everyone individually so if you have not heard back from us unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion and wish you all the best in your search.

• Tele/Virtual Interview – up to 30 mins with member of talent acquisition team
• 1st stage interview – Virtual/in person – with hiring manager and peer
• 2nd stage interview – if required

A Bit About Us:

IMG Production and Studios is part of Endeavor, a global entertainment, sports and content company, home to the world’s most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events and experiences. The company is comprised of industry leaders including entertainment agency WME; sports, fashion, events and media company IMG; and premier mixed martial arts organization UFC. The Endeavor network specializes in talent representation; marketing and licensing; content development, distribution and sales; event management; and a number of direct-to-consumer offerings.

IMG Media Website – https://www.imgmedia.com/

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