Finance Manager | PE-Backed Marketing Agency | London / Hybrid - #2127497

Finance Manager | PE-Backed Marketing Agency | London / Hybrid

Harmonic are delighted to be partnering with a fast-growth creative agency spanning brand and campaign strategy, creative and content, communications and talent, and brand experience and influencer marketing. This role sits within the fastest-moving part of the group and is a genuine opportunity for a developing finance professional to build broad commercial exposure in a business that is investing in its finance function.

The Client

Our client is a globally recognised specialist marketing and communications group, working across a portfolio of high-growth challenger brands. Operating across EMEA and the US, the business his highly specialised, and growing fast.

The group has secured strategic growth investment from a UK private equity house, backing the existing leadership team through its next phase of growth. This follows several years of consistent double-digit growth, driven in large part by the group's rapidly expanding brand experience and events offering.

The Role

Reporting into the Financial Controller, this is a hands-on role covering project accounting, billing and credit control, financial operations, and month-end support, with real ownership of the numbers behind a high-volume, project-led part of the business.

You will work directly with operational and production teams throughout the lifecycle of event projects, from budget review through to job reconciliation and profitability reporting. It suits someone organised and proactive who enjoys being close to the commercial detail, wants exposure across the full finance cycle, and is looking to progress within a growing team.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary finance contact for your division, partnering with operational teams throughout the lifecycle of event projects
• Review event budgets, monitor project profitability, and own Work in Progress (WIP) reporting and job reconciliations
• Ensure event revenues and costs are accurately tracked and reported, flagging financial risks and opportunities early
• Prepare and issue accurate client invoices, and own the credit control process end to end, resolving billing queries and monitoring debtor balances
• Perform daily bank reconciliations, maintain records of cash receipts and remittances, and support payment runs
• Review and approve monthly staff expenses and corporate credit card postings, ensuring policy compliance
• Support the month-end close, including balance sheet reconciliations, management accounts preparation, and year-end audit requests
• Contribute to finance projects, process improvement, and the ongoing development of financial controls

What our client needs to see (essential)

• Experience working in a fast-paced, project or client-driven environment
• Confident communicator, comfortable building relationships with non-finance stakeholders at all levels
• Experience processing and reconciling high volumes of transactions, with excellent attention to detail
• Organised and proactive, able to manage competing priorities to tight deadlines
• Strong Excel skills

What we'd like to see (non-essential)

• Background in a creative agency, events, brand experience, PR, marketing, or media business
• Experience of WIP reporting and project profitability in an agency or projects environment
• Studying towards, or qualified ACCA or CIMA

Package

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 depending on experience

Location: London / Hybrid

Start Date: Flexible (ideally ASAP)

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