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About the Role

Provide financial planning, management accounts, business partnering, and commercial finance support, with a key focus on the new WTA client project and wider strategic business initiatives. This role is responsible for month-end close, forecasting, variance analysis, client reporting, project support, and commercial analysis to support decision-making across the business.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial oversight, month-end close, and quarterly client reporting for the WTA project.
• Lead finance support to the TMO project management team on Project One.
• Act as finance lead on RFPs, including financial modeling and analysis for future deals for FD review.
• Own studios pipeline consolidation across Production, Tech & Ops, and Cingularity to ensure clear oversight of total deal value to IMG.
• Provide broader FD finance support across projects, including ad hoc analysis for SLT.
• Take ownership of monthly management accounts, month-end close, and variance analysis across designated projects and cost centres.
• Deliver quarterly, annual, and ad hoc forecasting, planning, and analysis across a portfolio of productions and strategic initiatives.
• Partner with Production, Legal, Sales, and Finance colleagues to ensure accurate revenue, expense, and cash forecasts are produced in line with contractual terms and revenue recognition policies.
• Support cash flow forecasting and working capital management across relevant projects and deals.
• Liaise with production teams, AR, Corporate Accounting, and Treasury to ensure invoices are raised, cash is collected, and finance issues are resolved on a timely basis.
• Provide commercial insight and financial challenge to stakeholders, translating financial data into clear recommendations for finance and non-finance teams.
• Support audit queries and ensure financial processes, controls, and reporting are maintained to a high standard.
• Advise and assist operational teams on financial procedures and wider commercial matters affecting their projects.
• Be prepared to work additional hours as required to meet deadlines.

Requirements

• Strong experience in financial planning and analysis, including working with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong management accounts experience, including ownership of monthly close and budget versus actual variance analysis.
• Experience in business partnering senior stakeholders and providing decision support on projects, deals, and investments.
• Experience in preparing financial models, scenario analysis, and commercial evaluations for new business opportunities.
• Understanding of the functions of other Finance departments, including Treasury, Tax, AP, and AR.
• Able to work on own initiative to identify and resolve problems.
• Confident and flexible team player.
• Experience in a media-related environment (desirable).
• Experience using SAP and other budgeting or forecasting systems (desirable).
• Understanding of television or sports production budgeting processes (desirable).
• Must be able to determine priorities and organise work to meet deadlines.
• Must be able to work on own initiative to identify problem areas and work through to a satisfactory conclusion.
• Able to communicate financial issues clearly to senior stakeholders and non-finance teams.
• Comfortable handling multiple projects and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Qualified Accountant ACA / ACMA / ACCA or equivalent.
• Must be able to work calmly under pressure and work as part of a team to achieve results.
• Commercially minded, proactive, and solution-oriented.
• Comfortable operating with autonomy while supporting wider finance leadership.

Skills

• Financial planning and analysis
• Management accounts
• Business partnering
• Financial modeling
• Scenario analysis
• Commercial evaluations
• Excel
• Communication

Location

• London, Stockley Park

Work Type

• Permanent
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior

Education Level

• Qualified Accountant ACA / ACMA / ACCA or equivalent

About the Company

• IMG is a leading global sports marketing agency, specializing in media rights management and sales, multi-channel content production and distribution, brand partnerships, strategic consulting, digital services, and event management.
• It powers growth of revenues, fanbases and IP for over 250 federations, associations, events, and teams.
• IMG is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company.
• TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization.
• TKO properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize over 500 live events year-round, attracting over three million fans.
• TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality.

Equal Opportunity

• TKO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding non-discrimination in employment.
• TKO makes employment decisions based on merit and qualifications, without considering an employee’s or applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under federal, state or local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the Company has facilities.
• TKO also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state or local laws.