Management Accountant

LW Entertainment (LWE) is an entertainment company with musical theatre at its heart.

Founded in 1977, we exist to represent, manage, and licence the work of the most commercially successful composer of all time, Andrew Lloyd Webber. We oversee the portfolio of brands under Andrew Lloyd Webber (ALW) Musicals and collaborate with best-in-class partners to extend into traditional and non-traditional entertainment mediums, reaching existing and new audiences all around the world.

The Finance Department is responsible for ensuring robust financial control, accurate reporting, and strategic insight to support The Really Useful Group’s commercial and operational success. The Department collaborates across the business to manage and deliver the full spectrum of financial operations, including: sales and purchase ledgers; bank and treasury functions; payroll; financial reporting; management reporting; budgeting; and forecasting, to enable informed decision-making for all teams and the organisation.

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Main Duties:

Financial performance and analysis:

· Preparation of monthly management accounts specifically focused on overheads and costs including analysis against budget and prior year

· Management of monthly accruals & prepayments

· Ensuring that all balance sheet reconciliations are completed on a regular basis

· Liaising with department heads to review performance against budget on a quarterly basis

· Assisting with commentary on financial performance in quarterly board pack

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Cash Flow & Treasury management:

· Maintaining weekly cash flow and assisting Head of Financial Reporting with treasury planning

· Monthly currency transfers

· Commentary for board pack submission summarising significant month on month movements

· Highlighting any potential cash flow issues to Head of Financial Reporting

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Purchase Ledger management:

· Weekly reviews of purchase ledger with Finance Assistant

· Approval rights over weekly purchase ledger payment runs prepared by Finance Assistant

· Maintaining and amending approval flows in Continia (expense management system)

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Budgeting:

· Assisting in preparing the annual budget including taking responsibility for preparation of cost centre budgets

· Loading of the budget into accounting system

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VAT Reconciliation

· Prepare monthly VAT reconciliation for all group companies

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Audit & Statutory Accounts:

· Preparation of year end audit files including consolidation of group accounts and notes to accounts

· Liaising with team to ensure all information is provided to auditors in a timely manner

· Assisting with managing audit queries

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System responsibilities:

· Business Central super user and ensuring best practice is flowed through to all within team

· Continia expense management system

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Person Specification:

· CIMA or ACCA qualified accountant

· 3+ years’ experience in a finance function

· Experience with bank reconciliations and cashflow reporting.

· Proficiency in Microsoft Dynamics/Business Central is advantageous.

· Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.

· Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

· Highly organised, with a keen eye for financial accuracy.

· Proactive problem solver, able to identify and resolve issues efficiently.

· Strong numerical & analytical skills to support reconciliations and treasury functions.

· Collaborative mindset with the flexibility to assist across finance functions.

· Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.