Finance Manager (1 Year Fixed Term Contract)

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Benefits

• 25 holiday days + bank holidays + extended Christmas break
• Get Out Early Scheme - finish at 3pm once a quarter
• Flexible Hours
• Extensive private medical insurance including private dental and gym discounts
• 5x base salary death-in-service benefit
• Enhanced parental leave
• Access to internal and external training opportunities
• Fun, supportive, passionate team and culture

Check out our careers page for all the details - https://www.location-collective.co.uk/about-location-collective/careers/

The Opportunity

We're looking for a Finance Manager to join our exciting company in the Film and TV industry.

The Company

Location Collective are London's leading provider of space for the Film and TV industry.

Within our Agency business, we represent all types of property for film production use including lived-in homes, operational and institutional buildings, vacant offices, and industrial development sites.

We also own and operate our own studio facilities. The OMA Studio Group encompasses 480,000 sq. ft of sound stages and production support space including flagships sites OMA One and OMA X (in Enfield) and OMA V (in Hertfordshire).

Our company mission is to make London's buildings the most film friendly on the planet. We are lucky enough to work with almost every production shooting in the capital - a small selection of recent credits includes Luther, Downton Abbey, Killing Eve, Black Mirror, The Crown, Ghosts, Slow Horses, Baby Reindeer and Silo.

The Team

We are an energetic and creative team; we work closely together and aim for a company culture which is collaborative, fast-paced and fun.

Our central London office is at 55 Broadway in Westminster. Our team generally work regular Monday to Friday hours. We operate a hybrid working environment with 2 days in the office (Tuesday & Thursday), and an optional 3 days working from home.

Location Collective recognises the value in a diverse workforce, and we want to build the best team we can, where people can be themselves. We are committed to growing an inclusive environment, and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds. Please let us know if there are any adjustments we can make, to ensure our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible.

Our company values are below. They really describe what Location Collective, and our team, are all about. They guide our decisions, and we truly live by them:

• We Care About the Detail
• We Go the Extra Mile
• We Do Our Best Work Together
• We Are Problem Solvers
• We Love Making It Happen

The Role

We are looking for a Finance Manager on a 12 month fixed term contract (maternity cover) to manage the company's finance team consisting of 2 direct reports.

Our chosen candidate will be involved in overseeing all aspects of daily accounting for the business, managing the finance team and reporting to the Finance Director and leadership team. The individual will engage directly with clients (e.g. building owners), customers (e.g. film productions) and suppliers, as well as working closely with our Account Management team and Studio Management team to ensure all accounting systems and processes run smoothly.

Our ideal candidate is a team player with great people management skills, organised with the ability to work to tight deadlines with speed and accuracy, handle changes in our internal systems/processes and happy working in a very fast-paced environment.

The Role in Detail

As Finance Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring and overseeing the validity and accuracy of core company data
• Overseeing day to day accounting activities and supporting where necessary
• Working closely with direct finance reports and other members of the wider team to help to solve queries
• Being a key contact for our larger customer accounts
• Having full oversight of payment runs and communicating these with key internal stakeholders
• Overseeing credit control
• Managing and submitting VAT returns and being the main contact for HMRC
• Being the main contact for our annual financial audit
• Supporting our Management Accountant in preparation of monthly accounts including analysis against budget, and presenting this to the leadership team in a timely manner
• Managing the finance department as a team and individually, carrying out annual reviews objective setting and fortnightly 121s
• Working with the Finance Director to create annual budgets
• Supporting the HR department with payroll related activities
• Assisting the company's leadership team on various ad-hoc projects, particularly the company's Founder, Managing Director, and Finance Director

Skills and Experience

• Skill in imparting and presenting financial information and requirements across the company
• The analytical ability to take raw financial data and understand and present the impact it will have on the company
• Proficiency in software such as Spreadsheets / Xero / Reporting / Banking
• The ability to make good decisions quickly to enable us to develop fast as a business
• A solution focused mindset
• Skill in communicating across multiple internal departments and with multiple stakeholders, both internally and externally
• Team Management
• The ability to work independently as well as in a team
• A collaborative, supportive, team-oriented working approach
• Preferably with experience from an audit background as well as experience in a small-medium sized, growing company

Applying

To apply for this role, please send us your CV and cover letter which includes your answers to the following questions:

1. What is it about this role at Location Collective that appeals to you?
2. Tell us about the experience you can bring to this role (including any financial qualifications or experience you feel are particularly relevant).

We process this data for recruitment purposes only. You have registered your interest to work at Location Collective. We are storing this data in our Applicant Tracking System, [which stores data in the U.S and is fully compliant with EU data protection laws], and we will not share it with anyone else. We would like to keep this data in our database for future roles. Please advise us if you would like this data to be deleted.