Senior Finance Assistant / Finance Manager

About us

Hartshorn - Hook Enterprises is a creative group of companies, working across live entertainment, hospitality and lifestyle. We are renowned for producing world-class immersive and traditional theatre and providing services to the live entertainment industry, as well as our hospitality brands, such as The Lucky Club and The Farrier, Camden. We also value community work and giving back, which is why in 2023 we will launch Kingswood Arts, a not-for-profit arts centre and creative hub that will support the next generation of young artists.

The HHE group creates amazing experiences, from productions to marketing campaigns and from ticketing to merchandising. Our companies share values of quality, innovation, welfare and equality.

We are keen to attract a diverse applicant pool, and we are aware that some under-represented groups are typically less likely to apply for jobs unless they are sure they comfortably meet all the criteria. With this in mind, we encourage all potential candidates to reflect on their strengths and experience in the broadest sense, including transferable skills where appropriate, when considering their suitability for the position. In all cases, we will select the best candidate for the role.

We value doing good things with good people and believe that the work process is as important as the outcome of the work itself. We're focussed on finding team members with personality, enthusiasm, spirit and loyalty, who want to make work fun and make fun work. Skills can be taught and progressed: what matters at Hartshorn - Hook is the spirit and attitude of the team.

About the role

Senior Finance Assistant/Finance Manager is a newly created role which will report into the Group Finance Director and support topco finance function. The new team member will be joining HHE at an exciting time when we are launching Kingswood Arts and looking to expand our hospitality offering.The role has two distinct areas of responsibility:

• Data entry, finance administration and support for our topco
• Day-to-day management of Kingswood finances

Role will cover

• Invoicing customers and credit control
• Supplier invoice processing
• Processing employee expenses and managing Pleo account
• Cash reconciliation
• Management reporting
• Assist in budgeting and forecasting
• Weekly and monthly payroll processing for around 100 employees (TBC)
• Intercompany settlements (TBC)
• Support funding applications
• Business partnering for other departments in the organisation
• Ad hoc analysis

Qualifications and experience

• 2-5 years of experience in a similar role (E)
• Eligible to work in the UK (E)
• Strong academic background (E)
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (E)
• Experience running payroll (D)
• QuickBooks user (D)
• Background in arts/theatre/media or similar (D)

Accounting qualification is a good to have but not essential

Capabilities and characteristics

• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Enthusiastic, willing and able to take on responsibility and ownership
• Analytical mindset with ability to connect the dots
• Good time management skills
• A well-structured and planned approach to work processes
• Keen to learn, develop and be part the team
• Navigates well multiple work streams and copes well under pressure
• Ability to prioritise tasks appropriately, and react proactively if those priorities need to be changed
• Strong communicator able to explain financial and accounting concepts to other departments
• Self-starter able to use their initiative

Application

Please include CV and responses to the following three questions as part of your application.

(max 250 words for all three responses):

• If we asked one of your employers/colleagues about your key strengths, what would they say?
• What is the most useful criticism you have ever received?
• What are you looking for in a role and company culture?