Senior Management Accountant

Job Description

Job title: Senior Management Accountant - Universal Music Operations
Responsible to: Financial Controller - UMO
Department: UMO Central Finance
Location of work: 4 Pancras Square, Kings Cross

Music is Universal

It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music UK who help make us Britain’s leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy or caring responsibilities. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition, please email [email protected]

The A Side: A Day in The Life

To be the main point of responsibility for owning aspects of day to day Management Accounting for the central UK Recorded Music company.

Building and maintaining strong working relationships with key stakeholders across the business including, Record Labels, Finance, IT, Commercial, Royalties, Legal and Tax departments.

The B Side: Skills & Experience

• Preparation and oversight of month end financials within corporate deadlines, including all accruals, interface closings, journals, balance sheet reconciliations and variance analysis
• Responsible for the monthly HFM submission to corporate finance, monthly management pack preparation and variance analysis on cash flow and the P&L
• Financial accounting ownership, including assisting statutory accounts team and being the liaison with our external & internal auditors
• Assist the FC in maintaining an effective control framework, including designing and implementing approval mechanisms for both our teams Onshore & Offshore
• Understand current VAT legislation, being responsible for review of Quarterly group VAT return, working closely with the Tax team
• Assisting the FC in compiling the annual budget and quarterly forecasts as well as taking responsibility for submissions to corporate finance, management packs and analysis.

• Become the main point of finance support for business departments (International Marketing, Brands, Sync, HR, Royalties, Commercial affairs, Legal)
• Work to maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of our offshore shared service centre. Continual process improvement to maximise centralisation

• Provide financial analysis to the FC and other stakeholders within the group

Person Specification

• Professionally Qualified Accountant with post qualification experience (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Technically strong accountant
• Enthusiastic, with interest in working in music; as mentioned ideally with previous experience within a media organization
• The ability to operate at both a senior financial level as well as the more detailed, hands on approach
• Self-motivated with good organisational and communication skills with a strong attention to detail
• Previous experience with SAP, SAP Business Object Analysis for Office, BPC & HFM reporting suites
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Advanced knowledge of Excel
• Genuine interest in systems and system improvements
• Previous experience in working with outsourced functions
• Must be willing to travel

Bonus Tracks: Your Benefits

• Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
• Private Medical Insurance
• 25 paid days of annual leave
• Interest Free Season Ticket Loan available
• Holiday Purchase scheme
• Dental and Travel Insurance options
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Cars
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)

Just So You Know...

The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive and exhaustive statement.