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About the Role
Senbla is seeking a Show Accountant to support the finance department by managing and processing venue settlements and bookkeeping for all UK shows, reporting to the Finance Director. This role is ideal for individuals with at least two years of experience in concert promotions, event management, or music industry finance, aiming to expand their expertise in live event operations and finance within a growing company.
Responsibilities
- Bookkeeping
- Processing supplier invoices and weekly BACS payments
- Setting up new supplier accounts
- Raising customer sales invoices and chasing debtors
- Processing monthly credit card and Revolut spends, ensuring all receipts are saved
- Monitoring and reconciling supplier statements, credit cards, and show floats
- Monitoring supplier and debtor month-end positions
- Performing bank reconciliations across multiple bank accounts
- Overseeing the Accounts inbox and responding to finance-related queries
- Supporting year-end audits
- Chasing final venue settlements for all previous night shows each morning
- Liaising with promoters and budget holders when queries arise during the settlement process
- Reviewing venue settlements upon receipt and posting to the Xero accounting system
- Maintaining accurate records of settlement status and processing progress
- Ensuring all venue settlements are processed by month-end
- Providing monthly status reports on settlement processing to the Finance Director
- Maintaining a clear audit trail of settlement activities and approvals
- Assisting the Finance Director and Operations team with updates to show P&Ls
- Supporting the Finance Director with preliminary show reconciliations
- Identifying and resolving issues as they arise
- Applying a continuous improvement mindset to support robust and efficient processes and system improvements
- Developing strong relationships within finance and the wider business
Requirements
- At least 2 years’ experience in concert promotions, event management or music industry finance.
- Excellent numeracy skills with strong attention to detail.
- Intermediate level Excel proficiency.
- Good understanding of VAT treatments.
- Understanding of FEU taxation and withholding tax.
- Studying towards a finance qualification such as AAT, CIMA or ACCA.
- Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage daily deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work methodically through high-volume processing tasks.
- Excellent understanding of financial processes and reconciliation principles.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines in a pressured environment.
- Xero and SAP accounting software experience preferred but not essential.
- Self-motivated with strong initiative in daily chase-up activities.
- Proactive approach to identifying and resolving settlement queries.
- Ability to work independently while knowing when to escalate to the Finance Director.
- Uses interpersonal skills to establish good working relationships with venue contacts and internal teams.
- Detail-oriented with a commitment to accuracy in financial processing.
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
Skills
- Bookkeeping
- Supplier invoice processing
- BACS payments
- Customer sales invoicing
- Debtor chasing
- Credit card reconciliation
- Revolut spend processing
- Supplier statement reconciliation
- Show float reconciliation
- Bank reconciliation
- VAT treatments
- FEU taxation
- Withholding tax
- Xero accounting software
- SAP accounting software
- Excel proficiency
- Financial processes
- Reconciliation principles
- Time management
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- At least 2 years’ experience
Education Level
- Studying towards a finance qualification such as AAT, CIMA or ACCA
Benefits
- Private medical cover
- Generous pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Music industry perks
- Time off over winter break
About the Company
- Senbla is a leading live entertainment promoter and producer, presenting over 600 shows annually across the UK and internationally.
- Specialises in premium touring productions, orchestral concerts, contemporary pop and rock performances, theatrical and performing arts, and immersive, experiential events.
- Work spans indoor and outdoor settings and includes family entertainment, unique live experiences, and collaborations with world-class artists, orchestras, and IP partners.
- As part of the Sony Music Masterworks family, Senbla delivers distinctive, high-quality shows that combine artistic integrity with professional production excellence.
Equal Opportunity
- As an active part of a culturally and socially diverse society, Sony Music’s aim is that our workforce is diverse and inclusive.
- Sony Music is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.
- We employ, retain, promote and otherwise treat all employees and job applicants according to their merit, qualifications, competence and talent.
- We apply this policy without regard to any individual’s sex, race, religion, origin, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition or disability.