Job Description
Company: Festival Republic
Department: Finance
Location: London
Reports to: Senior Management Accountant
Working Hours: 40 hours with flexibility for additional hours in the evening and weekends, as and when required
Contract Type: Fixed term contract, initial expected duration, 12 months
Role Description
Festival Republic is the UK's largest festival and event promoter. The team organises festivals including Reading and Leeds, Isle of Wight, Latitude, Download, Wireless, Electric Picnic, Lollapalooza Berlin and Wilderness.
As a Finance and Administration Assistant for Festival Republic, you will work closely with the Accounts Payable, Banking and Operations teams to ensure transactions are processed accurately.
Who you are
Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience
• Experience of working in a finance department
• Strong organisational skills
• Strong numeracy skills
• Strong Excel (e.g. VLOOKUP and pivot tables)
• Great attention to detail, presentation and passionate about getting it right first time
• Confident in your communication skills with good commercial awareness
Behaviours
The following attributes determine how the role will be carried out and are required to be a success
• Committed to getting the job done and delivering to agreed deadlines
• Pro-active approach to problem solving
• Enthusiasm and ability to work independently in a growing organisation
• Hard working
What the role includes
• Purchase invoice authorisation
• Ensure timely payment of purchase invoices
• Artist payments, including contract reviews
• Raise sales invoices
• Credit Control
• Cash book requests
• Dealing with supplier queries
• Processing accurate expenses for production and licensing colleagues
• Assist with the accurate management of festival P&Ls
The Company
Festival Republic is part of Live Nation Entertainment which is the world's leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, LN Media and Artist Nation Management. #FestivalRepublic
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rbe17e-3-147-54-6-42 in your application.