Financial Controller

50 Sport is a multi-award winning creative and social media agency in sponsorship and sport.

We help brands earn the right to entertain fans – telling stories and driving growth while empowering rights holders and sports teams to engage fans, create commercial opportunities and lead.

Our partner roster includes; FIFA (incl. FIFA World Cup & Club World Cup), Ferrari Formula One Team, DHL Express, The Football Association, England Football Learning, European Games, NBA, Qatar Airways, EPCR (Heineken and Challenge Cup), Celsius, The Ryder Cup, Arsenal, VGW, UBS and Wembley Stadium.

About the role:

You’ll be reporting into the Co-Founders and CFO and have the support of a Junior Management Accountant. You will be responsible for the end-to-end financial operations, management accounting, financial reporting & compliance of the company.

Key responsibilities:

Financial Operations:

• Oversee the accounts payable & receivable function
• Maintaining our cash flow forecast highlighting risk
• Day-to-day business approvals – expenses, OPEX, CAPEX
• Ensure an appropriate control environment
• Responsible for the review of the monthly payroll process
• Internally resolving any issues that may arise from contractual arrangements, budgets, billings, expenses, payments as the first port of call

Management Accounting:

• Responsible for producing timely and accurate month end accounts
• Maintaining projects revenue reconciliations and project balance sheets
• Managing the budget and reforecast process
• Providing proactive and meaningful financial analysis
• Responsible for preparing and submitting Statutory Accounts
• Responsible for preparing and submitting VAT returns
• Responsible for preparing and submitting Corporate Tax Returns

Commercial management:

• Commercial support, strategic analysis and decision support to the Co-founders, CFO and the rest of the Senior Management Team
• Ensure all client and vendor contracts are financially and commercially robust
• Work with client leads to ensure revenue and profit growth remain critical objectives

Team management:

• Management of a Junior Management Accountant providing support, guidance, input and feedback

About you:

• Qualified Accountant – ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• Agency experience, not essential but preferred
• Naturally analytical with good attention to detail
• Have experience with statutory accounts, corporation and VAT returns
• Have experience producing management accounts
• Excellent communications skills
• A self-starter with a willingness to ‘roll your sleeves up’
• Adaptable to a fast paced, dynamic environment
• An interest in sports and social media (and in emerging technologies)

Benefits:

• Hybrid working with flexible working hours (3 Days in our offices required per week)
• 23 days holiday (+ additional 1 day for each year of service capped at 5)
• Quarterly Bonus (payable against meeting or exceeding objectives)
• 1 x paid Wellness Day off (after probation)
• Your birthday off
• Agency Christmas close down
• 1 x paid volunteering day per year (after probation)
• Paid 4-week sabbatical after 5 years’ service
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private health insurance (after probation)
• Training and development budget
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Referral awards (after probation)
• Onsite gym
• Regular company socials

We recognise the importance and power of diversity within our business and, as such, we ensure that our people processes are fair, transparent and promote equality of opportunity for all candidates. We do not discriminate based upon the grounds of gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, marital status, age, race, colour, ethnic background, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion, religious or similar belief. Every individual will be treated with respect. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Accounting/Auditing and Finance

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