Financial Controller - Greek Speaking

Job Description

Job Description

Company: Ticketmaster SA

Department: Finance

Location: Athens

Reports to: Finance Director, Ticketmaster Sport

Working hours: 40

THE JOB

A Financial Controller is required to fulfil all group financial reporting requirements, ensure appropriate financial controls are in place and provide the first point of contact for all financial matters. The role will report to the Finance Director – Ticketmaster Sport but work closely with the Chairman and the Ticketmaster senior management team.

Ticketmaster Hellas SA 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.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
• Maintaining processes and procedures across Ticketmaster SA to ensure that business is transacted in accordance with the Live Nation Statement of authority and acting as approver and authorised signatory where appropriate. Including, inter alia:
• Overseeing processes to ensure that invoices are raised according to contracts in an accurate and timely manner.
• Approving all significant purchase orders and invoices.
• Monitoring and approving travel and entertainment expenses.
• Liaising with local accountants and group finance team
• Manage a team of accountants based in Greece
• Budget preparation and assisting operational management to work within set budgets.
• Monthly group reporting within set deadlines.
• Investigation and explanation of variances and preparation monthly forecast revisions.
• Ad hoc reports as required.
• Monthly balance sheet account reconciliations
• Maintenance of relevant asset registers

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (or TECHNICAL SKILLS)
• Essential:
• Fluent in Greek and English both spoken and written
• Experience of working in a senior finance role
• Good understanding of local accounting and tax regulations
• Good understanding of Greek GAAP and working experience of IFRS/USGAAP
• Practical experience of accounts, budget and forecast preparation
• Accomplished user of Excel
• Desirable:
• Experience of group reporting within a UK or US group
• Relevant formal accounting qualification

YOU (BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS)
• Good communicator at all levels
• Analytical approach
• Team player
• Hands on

LIFE AT TICKETMASTER

We are proud to be a part of Live Nation Entertainment, the world's largest live entertainment company.
Our vision at Ticketmaster is to connect people around the world to the live events they love. As the world's largest ticket marketplace and the leading global provider of enterprise tools and services for the live entertainment business, we are uniquely positioned to successfully deliver on that vision.

We do it all with an intense passion for Live and an inspiring and diverse culture driven by accessible leaders, attentive managers, and enthusiastic teams. If you're passionate about live entertainment like we are, and you want to work at a company dedicated to helping millions of fans experience it, we want to hear from you.
Our work is guided by our values:

Reliability - We understand that fans and clients rely on us to power their live event experiences, and we rely on each other to make it happen.

Teamwork - We believe individual achievement pales in comparison to the level of success that can be achieved by a team

Integrity - We are committed to the highest moral and ethical standards on behalf of the countless partners and stakeholders we represent

Belonging - We are committed to building a culture in which all people can be their authentic selves, have an equal voice and opportunities to thrive

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