Assistant Accountant

Who We Are:

Endeavor Streaming, a subsidiary of Endeavor, is a global leader in premium video distribution for live and on-demand content across sports, entertainment, media and lifestyle. Through its complete end-to-end streaming platform and unique service offerings inclusive of advisory, growth marketing, custom front-end and more, Endeavor Streaming helps content creators, owners and rights holders transform, grow and scale their direct-to-consumer businesses. Endeavor Streaming is a trusted partner for leading global brands, delivering tens-of-thousands of major tentpole events annually including WrestleMania and UFC Fight Cards and powering streaming services including WWE Network, NBA League Pass, UFC FIGHT PASS, NYFW, and others.

Endeavor is a global sports and entertainment company, home to the world’s most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events and experiences. The company is comprised of industry leaders including entertainment agency WME; sports, fashion, events and media company IMG; and premier mixed martial arts organization UFC. The Endeavor network specializes in talent representation, sports operations & advisory, event & experiences management, media production & distribution, experiential marketing and brand licensing.

What You’ll Do: 
The Assistant Accountant reports to the Financial Controller and supports the Endeavor Streaming finance team, both in the UK and US, and collaborates closely with the shared service center and other internal stakeholders.

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE & CREDIT CONTROL

• Support Finance Manager with the preparation and submission of recurring and ad-hoc invoice requests to the shared service center

• Submit invoices to clients

• Apply payments to client accounts

• Support Finance Manager with client on-boarding process

• Monitor AR mailbox and respond to question & resolve queries

• Circulate periodic client account statements

• Perform credit control activities, which includes monitoring ageing of invoices, sending chasers, making telephone calls, and escalating to the Commercial team where required

ACCCOUNTS PAYABLE

• Monitor AP mailbox; code vendor invoices & submit to share service center for processing, chase approvals, respond to questions & resolve queries

• Update and maintain AP tracker

• Own and update weekly cashflow file to obtain payment approvals

• Liaise with the Treasury team to ensure all payments are made on time

• Support business with vendor on-boarding process and vendor detail changes

MONTH-END ACTIVITIES

Support the Finance Manager / Senior Accountant / Financial Controller with a variety of month-end activities;

• Performing variance analysis and posting accruals

• Preparation of specific month-end reports to be shared with FP&A team

• Download statements from payment processors & record receipts

• Calculate and distribute FX rates

You Have These: 

• Degree in accounting or studying towards a professional qualification such as ACCA / CIMA

• Experience with SAP and Netsuite highly desirable

• Experience working in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, etc.)

• Demonstrable experience in a similar role

• Excellent communication skills – both written and oral

• Strong track record in delivering to tight deadlines

• Solution orientated attitude and ‘can-do’ spirit

• Strong attention to detail, highly organized, great follow-through, effective time management skills with the ability to prioritize, respond to pressure

Working Conditions:

·       Permanent, London - City Road Offices

·       Working hours are:  35hrs

·       Working days are: Mon-Fri

How we work: 

Endeavor is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.

 

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Endeavor unites and brings people together in our love of sport, culture, and entertainment. We understand this can only be accomplished when we lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. As a global company that drives culture, we strive to reflect the world’s diverse voices.  

Endeavor is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.