Job Summary:

Company: Festival Republic

Department: Finance

Location: Farringdon, London

Reports to: Festival Payments Coordinator

Contract type: Fixed term contract, expected duration, 6 months. Full-time, 40 hours with flexibility for additional hours in the evening and weekends when required

Role Description

We are the UK’s largest festival and event promoter. The team organises festivals including Reading and Leeds, Latitude, Wilderness, Wireless, Electric Picnic, and concerts at Finsbury Park and Crystal Palace Park.

As a Finance and Administration Assistant for Festival Republic, you will gain invaluable opportunities to build on your existing finance/administration experience as you work closely with the Promoters, Accounts Payable, Banking and Operations teams to ensure Artist contracts, payments, and Credit Cards are processed accurately and on time.

Who you are

Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Experience of working in a finance department

• Strong organisational, numeracy and Excel skills

• Confident in your communication skills with good commercial awareness

Behaviours

The following attributes determine how the role will be carried out and are required to be a success

• Enthusiasm and ability to work independently in a fast-paced, growing organisation

• Hard working

• Pro-active approach to problem solving

• Great attention to detail and passionate about getting it right first time

• Committed to getting the job done and delivering to agreed deadlines

What the role includes

• Purchase invoice authorisation

• Ensure timely payment of purchase invoices

• Assisting with Artist payments, including contract reviews

• Credit Card spend analysis and submission for FR Corporate Cards

• Raise sales invoices

• Credit Control

• Cash book requests

• Dealing with supplier queries

• Processing accurate expenses for production and licensing colleagues

• Assist with the accurate management of festival P&Ls

Equal Opportunities

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender identity, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

The Company

Festival Republic is part of Live Nation Entertainment which is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, LN Media and Artist Nation Management.

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APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday 19th May. We reserve the right to close applications at any time so encourage early application.

About Us

Recognized three years in a row by Great Place to Work® and named one of People Magazine’s top 50 Companies that Care, Live Nation Entertainment is the global leader in live entertainment and ticketing. Our world-class portfolio reaches all aspects of the live event and ticketing industry, from ground-breaking software in Ticketmaster, mix of legendary venues and restaurants in House of Blues, production leaders in Concerts, exceptional brand partnerships in Media & Sponsorship, and unparalleled team of artist managers in Artist Nation supported by diverse professionals in all facets of Corporate operations.

We recognize that our most important assets are our employees, the rock stars who keep the live experience going. Generous vacation, healthcare, and retirement benefits are just some of the great perks we offer to support our global workforce of more than 38,000. For any stage in your career, our many unique benefit programs are designed to help you live life to the fullest. We offer student loan repayment to support recent grads, six months of paid caregiver leave to support new parents, perks like Roadie Babies (bring your little ones & a caretaker along with you on work trips) and Music @ Home (stipend to cultivate your little ones’ music interest), and tuition reimbursement to fuel your ongoing professional development. Plus, working for the world's largest live event and ticketing company means you'll have access to free concerts, festivals, sports games, and more through our exclusive employee ticket concierge.

There is no bigger stage for your career. See what your future looks like at Live Nation Entertainment.