Job Description
Company: Live Nation
Department: Finance
Location: Farringdon, London
Reports to: UK Financial Reporting Manager
Working Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Role Description
An opportunity to embark on a career in finance, while we would welcome applications from candidates with some existing finance experience, it is not a pre-requisite.
The Finance Assistant plays a key role in delivering Live Nation's internal and external reporting requirements for the UK group. Not limited to but including monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliations, journal entry postings, statutory account filings and Office of National Statistics surveys.
What it's like to work in the Team
The Financial Reporting team is a small team, working together closely to support the wider LN finance function. We work flexibly, focussing on key reporting timelines and deliverables while maintaining valuable relationships with colleagues across finance and the wider business on a range of projects and ad hoc tasks.
Who you are
Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience
Essential
• Strong Excel skills
• Strong administration and time management skills
• Able to handle pressure and conflicting deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Willing to study towards ACCA qualification
• Good communicator
• Good organisation skills
Desirable
• Experience with Oracle
• Experience with CaseWare
Behaviours
The following attributes determine how the role will be carried out and are required to be a success
• Self-starter and problem solver
• Deadline-focused
• Works well in a team environment and always willing to help others
What the role includes
• Assisting with the posting of monthly journals into Oracle and preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations for those accounts
• Assisting with the preparation of individual company statutory accounts under FRS 102 (Excel based and CaseWare)
• Assisting with group and statutory audit requests
• Assisting with the preparation of tax packs for the Tax department
• Preparation of other monthly reports including other income and expense, restricted cash, non-base currency and income statement currency reconciliations
• Assisting with the preparation of certain deliverables associated with the statutory accounts, including iXBRL tagging, imputed interest calculations and reconciliations to Oracle
• Intragroup loan and interest reconciliations
• Monthly FAS 109 information for the Tax department
• Completion of Office of National Statistics surveys
• Other ad hoc requests and projects
The Company
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 6th May 2024. We reserve the right to close applications at any time.
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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1kkze-3-17-23-130-42 in your application.