Account Sr Analyst
About the Role:
As a Senior Account Analyst, you’ll play a crucial role in managing and analyzing our financial data to support key business decisions. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams, digging into account performance, optimizing financial processes, and ensuring accurate financial reporting. This role is ideal for someone with a strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, and a knack for identifying insights that drive business growth.
Responsibilities:
- Master budget control - input to final reporting.
- New launch budget preparation and forecasting.
- Salary budget preparation and forecasting.
- Monthly salary budget control – input to final reporting.
- Monthly sales commission control, check and submission.
- Weekly status meetings with PD and MD to monitor sales and budget related financial issues.
- Understand and review events debtors age analysis for weekly meetings to monitor collections and advise accordingly.
- Provide PD/FD/MD feedback and updates.
- Monthly revenue and purchase order recons for events to ensure the budget corresponds to Pastel.
- Onsite – Manage finances, debtors’ collections, registration, floorplan audit & assist in other areas where required.
- Post Show: Preparation of flash and post show report with PD for submission to MD/FD.
- Reconcile budget to final numbers and sign off with PD/MD/FD.
- Provide show stats within event flash.
- To create GL income and expense accounts (budget codes) on Pastel per show before completion of each event.
- Journalise all show P&L transaction to WIP.
- Post show, journalise all show transaction from WIP to P&L.
- Post accruals per line item as per budget breakdown – review every month until y/end.
- Finalise numbers on Pastel and ensure that both the budget and P&L agree and correspond.
- Ensure no costs are moved from one show year to the other when reconciling final event budgets.
- Review bi-monthly IATF expense report.
- Review monthly IATF reporting pack.
- Manage IATF banking requirements with Standard Chartered Bank UK.
- Assist with the reconciliations for Comic Con and any other financial aspects deemed necessary.
- Prepare monthly consolidated management accounts for sign off by FD timeously and accurately.
- Assist the FD with budget preparation.
- Prepare all relevant documentation for the annual financial and interim Group audits.
- Processing of monthly payroll and other month end related costs.
- Monthly, quarterly and half year general ledger reconciliations.
- Maintain, control and accurately report fixed assets.
- Assist FD with the Group’s banking requirements.
- Assist the FD with the Group insurance requirements.
- Cashflow forecast and maintenance of Group cash for effective optimization weekly and annually.
- Preparation of the weekly sales report for review by the FD/MD.
- Monthly Vat calculation and submission for RVM.
- Monthly submission of the Vat 201’s for the Group on the PWC Tax platform.
- Calculation of commissions due to Reed Exhibitions based on management contract.
- Review and authorize new beneficiaries to be loaded on the banking platform.
- Review and authorize weekly transfers and payments.
- Review and sign-off of monthly bank reconciliations.
Skills:
- Staff management of AP, AR and Junior Bookkeeper and Senior Bookkeeper.
- Assist FD with compliance controls for the BU.
- Prepare all relevant documentation for submission for the final and interim, internal and external audits for the Group.
- Ensure compliance to all company policies and procedures.
- Work additional hours from time to time on or before the exhibitions.
- Work at certain shows over weekends, either in the cash office or doing debt collections in the region where the exhibition/event takes place.
- Provide full support to the department and perform any other duties and responsibilities as deemed necessary by the Financial Director to fulfil the role.
About the Business:
RX is a global leader in events and exhibitions, leveraging industry expertise, data, and technology to build businesses for individuals, communities, and organisations. With a presence in 25 countries across 42 industry sectors, RX hosts approximately 350 events annually. RX is committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all our people. RX empowers businesses to thrive by leveraging data-driven insights and digital solutions. RX is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. For more information, visit .
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