Finance Business Partner/Revenue Accountant

Finance Business Partner 

Creative company

Hybrid working and benefits

35k - 40K 

We are working with a leading creative design and innovation company to find them the perfect candidate to strengthen their team, to help deliver the very best financial management. The ideal candidate will enjoy the benefits of joining a highly motivated and dedicated central finance team within a Group holding company, with the core role being the design agency.

Purpose of Role

The Finance Business Partner is aligned to an individual operating business to track financial performance and provide financial information, forecasting and analysis to help guide decision making and set strategy.

While embedded within the office in south west London for 3 days a week, you will gain an understanding of their business, their clients and projects and will be able to effectively manage their trading account, project profitability and collections. You will liaise with the  management team and provide insight and information. 

Key Responsibilities  

The Finance Business Partner serves the need of the business through:

• Working Capital management, billing, and credit control.
• Revenue recognition, accrued and deferred income, job and client profitability.
• Timesheet management
• Forecasting - leading bi-monthly project reviews with client services to establish billing, revenue, and forecasting figures and 3^rd party cost recovery. Provide a full and accurate revenue forecast of all live and speculative income generated by the client base.
• Project Budgeting and profitability - have an understanding of the internal management of your client’s projects, monitoring budget spend and expenses incurred
• Resource planning, freelance and cost of sales tracking, and payroll.
• Providing insight into ‘standard management reports’ and producing targeted analysis and reporting as required by the aligned operating business.
• Support the operating business in commercial and pricing decisions.
• Act as liaison between operating business and the central finance team. 
• Client liaison - to have an understanding of the client’s company processes and ensure compliancy with their internal requirements. Providing clients (and/or client services) with accurate financial information relating to live projects according to their specific requirements. Ensure that all projects Purchase Orders have been received and GRN’s requested
• Client Service and internal liaison - assist Client services with any finance based queries they may have related to your clients, assist with all cost queries related to your clients, provide Management information in relation to revenue, project profitability, staff utilization and related ad-hoc subjects
• To assist the external auditors with all revenue related enquires

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Previous experience within a creative agency an advantage
• Ability to work independently and make executive financial decisions
• Analytical aptitude Keen eye to detail and exemplary organizational skills
• Exceptional multi-tasking ability Strong interpersonal skills within team across agency and clients
• Self-motivated Proactive approach Knowledge of financial software packages, currently Paprika, inquisitive and can implement changes to improve our current procedures
• Strong numeracy and financial acumen Advanced Excel