A key member of a small and professional Group finance team partnered with the Group IT function.Key responsibilities:Support our IT function with all aspects of finance including budgeting, forecasting and reporting. Responsible for delivering a high standard of finance services and insight to the IT function.Support the IT function with financial insight on commercial activities.Provide IT project appraisals.Review commercial arrangements with suppliers in conjunction with our procurement team.

A senior position within Finance, responsible for all revenue reporting, by product, by stream and by territory working closely with the CFO and all Sales & Marketing and Operations team members.Key responsibilities:Responsibility for the day to day running of the revenue department within Codemasters. Overseeing Digital, Boxed, Subscription, Mobile and Business Development revenue streams.Review of all active commercial contracts and understanding trading contracts and challenge IFRS15 treatment.Responsible for Companywide revenue reporting from both a P&L recognition, cashflow forecasting, rolling sales forecasting and model building.All month end revenue reporting, with responsibility for all accruals, deferrals and any specialist treatments. Audit contact point for all revenue.Engage with and sustain excellent working relationships with internal customers – key business partner for Sales & Marketing, and Operations. Aid Sales & Marketing strategic positioning, through detailed sales analysis of games - by territory and by platform.Review assumptions made by Financial Accountant in setting up new contracts in the Royalty system. Review quarterly Royalty statements.

Quality and StandardsDevelop and improve commercial reports and Business cases which are delivered on-time with useful summary analysis to enable the reader to effectively focus on key items.Work closely and maintain positive and constructive working relationships with stakeholders to ensure relevant controls are in place across all business functions. Ensure efficiency of the reporting provided to stakeholders providing the right level of detail to validate trends, performance and KPI’s. Deputise for the Head of Commercial as and when required during external and internal meetings, providing quality data and valid insights and proposals. Support other team members and departments with the delivery of the departmental objectives.Financial Control and PlanningCreated and maintain a budget model which can be updated and bridged for actual performance and changes to key cost and revenue drivers. Work closely with Finance and Operations Teams to provide timely information on under/overspend, financial risk and challenging the impact on forecasts and budgets.Ownership for month-end close process for gross profit with high degree of accuracy and in accordance with pre-agreed month end deadlines. Effectively communicate the month-end deadlines and updates to the commercial and finance teams. Business Performance ImprovementDriving the performance of the business by turning large data sets into meaningful and insightful analysis. Providing and offering the valuable proposals backed by reliable data and continually challenge KPI measurements.Identify process improvements and streamlining that would lead to increased commercial performance, generation of new revenue streams, and/or reduce cost leakage.

Business SupportProvide effective Finance Business Partnership support and challenge to relevant function and cost centre ownersProvide high quality financial input to business decision makingInterpret financial performance of the Business, identifying risks and opportunitiesClearly communicate business performance to multiple audiencesDrive the successful delivery of new report designs through collaboration with business leaders and business partnersProduce commentary on the movement of costs on all Head Office review packs that demonstrates a thorough understanding of what drives the business (e.g. Monthly Business Review, Forecast and Budget review Packs) and local weekly and monthly reporting.Subject matter expert to support outsourcing colleaguesFinancial DeliverablesCarry out the annual budget and quarterly forecasts for all areas of responsibilityProduction of the weekly estimated results and other KPIs to enable the management team to monitor actual performance and make tactical adjustments as necessary.Responsible for the analysis of variances utilising relevant management accounting methodology.Create all balance sheet reconciliations within area of responsibilityForecast & BudgetsSignificantly contribute to the consolidated quarterly forecast and annual budget process, ensuring the financial and non financial data is accurate and submitted to required deadlines.Provide support to wider team where required.Provide analysis and reporting to Senior Finance management.Produce review templates and ensure all data is accurate.Change ManagementContinually looking to challenge the business norm and look to deliver continuous process improvementsSupport the development and implementation of a new finance system that will deliver enhanced Reporting and Planning capabilities for the business. Continuous improvement of Finances processes and management initiatives.

Key responsibilities:Produced Special Services and Business Solutions weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual management accounts to required standards within the required timescales.Supported Divisional management through P&L training, support and production of accurate financial and KPI information.Proactively supported the Divisional Finance Manager providing Business Partnership and provide insight to enable effective decision making which links in with company strategy.Supported the quarterly forecast and annual budget cyclesProvided regular and ad-hoc management accounts reports for various levels throughout the organisationReview and sign off of all balance sheet accounts which team are responsible for.Effectively managed the Divisional Management Accounts ensuring the accurate and timely production of the weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual management accounts, to support and enhance management decision making and feed into the financial accounts for TNT UK & Ireland. Ensure UK accounting standards and TNT policies are complied with fully within area of responsibility.Take responsibility and accountability for the accurate forecasting and budgeting process for all cost centres and functions in scope, focusing on a particular Division from Special Services or Business Solutions as advised by the Divisional Finance Manager. Work closely with the Business, providing Financial support, challenge and insight and provide the Finance Business Partnership support for your Division.Take responsibly for balance sheet account review and sign off process for accounts as agreed with Divisional Finance Manager

Key responsibilities: Responsible for the expenses monthly submission, yearly budget forecast submission and quarterly forecast updates submission to Group.Assist with the income process; ensuring regular payments are made on time, allocated and reconciled.Prepare a range of Management Reports that are overviewed by Executives in their monthly meetings.Overseeing the cash flow forecast, liaising with Cash Ops and Investments teams for regular updates.Raise invoices, run reports, prepare journals and prepare reconciliations.Create and delete purchase orders, goods receipting weekly to ensure accrual process is accurate and liaising with Accounts Payable to ensure 30 day policies are met.Assist in the development and maintenance of all reporting systems and outputs and improving files already in place to make monthly processes fasters and with less errors.Ensure all controls and objectives are completed in accordance with the companies TCF and Governance culture.Assist in the co-ordination and control of reporting plans, timetables and communicating to all parties internally and externally.Assist with the expense recharge process with other entities including expense data capture, overhead allocation, payments and relative reconciliations.Coordinating the fortnightly team meetings, including booking rooms, communications and setting the agenda.

Key responsibilities: Prepared and filled VAT returns, registered for the Construction Industry Scheme and made payments to HMRC.Prepared weekly cash flow forecasts, authorising payments and receipts whilst ensuring cash flow remained steady.Processed sales invoices, allocated customer payments, purchase invoices and payments to suppliers.Control of petty cash.Credit control/bad debts recovery.Bank reconciliation and daily posting of cash receipts and payments.Preparing budget reports for current projects and forecasting budget reports for future projects.Recorded and processed monthly wages for all staff using an in-house database and issued payslips.Prepared electronic payment runs to be paid via bank transfer.Office manager duties including managing diaries and inputting movements onto calendar.