[Remote] Finance Manager (Mat Leave Cover)

🌍 Remote, USA 🎯 Full-time 🕐 Posted Recently

Job Description

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Think Jam is a leading entertainment creative agency serving top fandoms and franchises. They are seeking a Finance Manager to manage day-to-day finance operations, including financial accounting, management reporting, and compliance for their UK and US entities.

Financial & Management Reporting - support the COO in delivering complete, accurate and timely financial and management information, including:
Month-end: Own the accruals-based month-end and year-end close processes including full reconciliations of balance sheet, P&L, bank statements and posting journals across UK and US accounting systems. Prepare management accounts, cash flow forecasts, and consolidated reporting for group review
Year-end: Ensure compliance with UK GAAP/IFRS and statutory filing requirements including management of annual statutory audit processes
Compliance: Coordinate external audits, tax filings, and other regulatory submissions including VAT returns, payroll reporting and annual year end filing
External advisors: Manage relationships with local accountants, auditors, and advisors as required
Operational Finance - oversee and manage our Finance Administrator and deliver all aspects of day-to-day operational finance, including:
Bookkeeping: Ensuring all transactions are accounted for accurately and in line with our accounting policies
Accounts Receivable: Ensuring invoices are raised and submitted to clients in accordance with contracts, and are paid in a timely manner
Accounts Payable: Ensuring supplier invoices are processed, approved, and paid in line with company policy
Payroll: Administering payroll for UK and US employees alongside the HR Manager, including coordination with external payroll providers and reconciliation of related accounts
Expenses: Overseeing employee expense claims and reimbursements, as well as the use of company credit cards, ensuring policy compliance and correct coding of transactions
Cashflow: Continuous monitoring of scheduled payments, cash balances and currencies
Controls: Maintain and operate strong internal controls and support the development of scalable finance processes
Systems: Manage the administration of our ERP systems and scheduled reports
Commercial Finance & Business Partnering - support the wider business in delivering exceptional commercial results, including:
Commercial Management: Support Account Management and Production teams to manage pipeline, booked revenue, estimated budgets, and work-in-progress
Financial Planning: Collaborate with leadership on pricing, budgets, forecasts, and performance tracking, and ad-hoc reporting as required
Insights: Provide commercial insights and recommendations to drive profitability and efficiency

ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified with 3+ years' experience in accounting or finance
Strong understanding of UK accounting standards, tax, and compliance requirements
Experience with Small to Medium sized business accounting software, project management systems, and strong spreadsheet skills
Analytical thinker with attention to detail and a continuous improvement mindset
Comfortable working across time zones and collaborating with USA stakeholders

28 days holiday per year
Plus bank holidays, time off for birthdays, cultural/religious holidays, and charity work
Bupa Health Plan
Competitive parental leave package

Think Jam is a creative marketing agency that focuses on content creation, global campaigns, communications strategy and consultancy. It was founded in 2004, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.thinkjam.com.

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