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Universal Music Group Hiring for Finance Assistant – Kings Cross, London Job at London, England Full Time

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Music is Universal

It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world’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
Responsible to the Label Finance Manager you will provide finance & analytical support within the central finance team. Working closely with record label finance teams to ensure smooth day to day running of finances. Applying knowledge and initiative to drive efficiencies and improvements in day-to-day transactions and reporting. Developing strong relationships with multiple other teams which interact with central finance.
The B Side: Skills & Experience
Be Analytical
  • To drive efficiencies and standardisation of central finance tasks
  • To provide insight and analytics of spend for use by management
  • To manage and be point of contact for all central recharges across record labels
  • To assist with month end duties for record labels
  • Upload of ledger balances into the central finance system
  • Forecasting – working with the label finance teams to accurately forecast artist spending
  • Responding to ad hoc requests for analysis and reporting from labels
Be Administrative
  • Become a key initial point of contact dealing with internal and external label finance queries
  • Responsible for processing employee expense claims across record labels
  • Accurate and prompt invoicing of recharges to inter-company and third parties
Be Operational
  • Ensure smooth day to day running on central finance tasks
  • Continually improve current processes across central finance and labels
Person Specification
  • Good knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications (particularly Excel)
  • Strong communication skills
  • Good organisation of self and others
  • Proactive approach
  • Attention to detail
  • Flexible with the ability to work in a fast-paced team
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.
Job Category:

Finance & Accounting

Job Overview

  • ID: 287974
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  • Job Title: Universal Music Group Hiring for Finance Assistant – Kings Cross, London Job at London, England