Finance Manager, European Football

Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music, entertainment and culture, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman's presence spans 28 countries and more than 68 cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.teamwass.com.

Job Description

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

Summary - European Football

1. Responsibility for the monthly reporting process across various EMEA football companies and cost centres, including full P&L and balance sheet reporting and variance analysis
2. Responsible for managing the monthly forecast process
3. Responsible for consolidation of all European Football cost centres, including preparation of consolidated reporting pack with commentary and analysis for business stakeholders
4. Maintaining clean and accurate data across the divisions
5. Supporting with system integrations
6. Management and development of 1x Direct Report
7. Business partnering to VP International Operations, European Football.

Month End Close & Analysis

1. Own and prepare the month end close process; ensuring timetables are adhered to and deliverables are met.
   1. Preparation and review of departmental P&Ls and associated supporting schedules
   2. Prepare, review and maintain accurately reconciled revenue schedules
   3. Prepare, review and distribute agent commission statements
   4. Preparation and review of balance sheet reconciliations
   5. Own and present the monthly performance and variance analysis to senior management
2. Prepare monthly key management information packs for heads of department with commentary and supporting schedules
3. Manage the monthly reforecast process, ensuring inputs are aligned with accurate and up to date information
4. Maintain monthly football database
5. Model and run ad hoc analysis to support commercial decisions
6. Bonus calculation/tracking

Control & Compliance

1. Review future billings schedules for completeness and accuracy
2. Review and approve customer, supplier and invoices processed through the system
3. Review and manage the account payables and receivables for those cost centres responsible for in conjunction with Shared Service Centre team. Support on the collections process and ensure payables are paid in a timely manner
4. Maintain strong financial controls and escalate issues appropriately and in a timely manner.

Other

1. Assist and support on the year-end financial and other audits, preparing, maintaining and explaining supporting schedules and processes
2. Continuous process improvement, ensuring the system is fully optimised to make processes as efficient as possible
3. Team/project support for business initiatives
4. Assist with accounting integration of acquisitions and/or new business ventures and quickly establish robust financial controls and align to group accounting policies.
5. Support the wider finance team in key business initiatives
6. Ad hoc tasks and projects as required, strong FP&A skills required.

THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE YOU NEED

1. 3+ years qualified CIMA/ACCA or equivalent
2. Proficient with Microsoft Office applications specifically with Excel. Ideally Pivot tables & VLOOKUPs
3. Proactive and results oriented, able to work under own initiative and complete tasks to deadline
4. Minimum of 5+ years in management accounting & business partnering roles
5. Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and office applications (Pivots and logic formula)
6. Ability to analyse financial data and prepare financial reports, statements and projections in a clear and insightful manner to non-finance as well as finance users
7. Experience working in a multi-national company

Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.