BMG is looking for a highly organised and methodical Finance Assistant to join its Publishing Finance team.
You are a highly committed team player with excellent accuracy and attention to detail, keen to be part of the world’s fastest growing music company, BMG.
Your mission:
Reporting to the Finance Assistant Supervisor, the Finance Assistant will be self-motivated and enjoy working in a pressured environment. The successful candidate will have at least 2 years’ experience working in a similar role, ideally within the music/media industries. The role will include:
- Processing cash match entries for all companies within the UK group
- Working on Withholding Tax applications and updating WHT portal
- Bank Reconciliations
- Liaising and working closely with the Royalties (Publishing) team
- Helping on the royalty reconciliation process
- Continually simplifying and improving processes
- Processing receipts through FEBA on SAP
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- VAT returns and other HMRC returns
- Monthly revenue and cost of sales bookings
- Preparing monthly P&L for our production music catalogue.
- Producing appropriate reports on a periodic basis
- Journal entry and reconciliations
- Assisting the Finance Assistant Supervisor, Senior Finance Manager and other stakeholders, where required.
- Ad hoc responsibilities as and when required.
Your profile
- Ability to interpret solutions, anticipate problems and to pro-actively resolve issues on a day to day basis
- Degree educated, accountancy qualification would be desirable
- Strong analytical and organisational skills and the ability to consistently meet deadlines
- Methodical/Organised
- Excellent accuracy and attention to detail
- Team Player
- Ability to challenge
- SAP/Excel skills essential, with advanced Excel desirable
