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Management Accountant

Endeavor

London, United Kingdom 05-23-2025
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  • Paid
  • Full Time
  • Mid (2-5 years) Experience
Job Description
What You'll Do:
• Managing and reporting to talent or their representatives on income and expenditure
• Working with managers to ensure a smooth process throughout entire onboarding and booking process
• Preparing multicurrency talent statements
• Review and approval payment proposals for talent fees
• Answering client and talent queries (including tax enquires)
• 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
• Invoicing income and expenses for clients, including recharges
• Facilitate set up of talent banking
Management Accounting
• Analyse financial information to assist profitability and growth
• Continual monitoring of costs to ensure that we are staying within pre-determined budgets
• Variance analysis of actual results against budgets & plan
• Regular meetings with the business supported by monthly finance reporting pack identifying KPI's
Financial Accounting
• Ownership and 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
• Monthly balance sheet reconciliations with full supporting for balances in line with group policy
• 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
Financial Planning, Reporting & Analysis
• Assist with the planning process including 3-year long term planning, budgeting, and quarterly forecasting
• Assist with preparation of gross profit & SG&A forecast schedules at divisional and client level for Fashion team. This involves liaising with commercial colleagues to ensure all relevant information is reflected in forecasting system (BPC)
• Weekly cash-flow disbursements and 90-day cash forecasting
• 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
Taxation
• Working closely with the UK Controller and Tax team on any tax related matters including VAT
• 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
• Ensure cash collections are maximized and work with WNS to improve debtor aging profile
• Assisting with audit requests in a timely manner
• Working closely with the UK Controller and Legal Counsel on all legal matters
• Constantly reviewing all internal working schedules and championing improvement and change
• Provide backfill support for the wider team on an ad-hoc basis
• 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 often be under pressure to complete tasks with strict deadlines
• Must be prepared to work additional hours as required to meet deadlines
You Have These:
• Degree (or equivalent) in Finance/ Accounting
• Studying/Aiming towards professional qualifications (ACCA/CIMA)
• 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
• Strong communication and team working
• Proactive attitude
• High attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to prioritize workload
• High level of numeracy
We'd Also Love If You Have These:
• SAP, BPC Planning software, CRM, Analysis for Microsoft Excel, knowledge
• Passion for Fashion / The Modelling world
Working Conditions:
Fixed Term Contract, 6 months
London, The Strand
Mon-Fri, Hybrid working - 9:30am-6pm

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-j65kvw-18-97-14-87-42 in your application.

Company Profile
Endeavor

Endeavor is 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 William Morris Endeavor (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.