Job Description
Who we are
Our mission is to advance a world where LGBTQ+ people thrive and we want you to be part of this mission. GAY TIMES has been a vital resource to LGBTQ+ people around the world for the past five decades. We are the most followed LGBTQ+ content brand in the world and recently won Brand of the Year, Editor of the Year and Editorial Team of the Year. Now we are continuing with ambitious global growth plans.
The Team and the Role
In this role, you will work with our CEO and colleagues across the business.
We are recruitingfor a part time (50% weight)flexiblerole. You should have goodexperience. You will be able to work remotely with some agreed contact days within the business.
You may have been in a Management Accountant or similar role in the past and looking for a more flexible set-up.
GAY TIMES is a media platform and we also produce partnership campaigns and events. That means a lot of our work is project-based, so you should have some experience of project accounting, as well as working in a media, advertising, tech or similar fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
Support the CEO on budgeting for the company and business units
Variance analysis for costs vs revenue
Performance reporting for business leads
Management Information Pack support
FPNA (Financial Planning and Analysis)
Support on international USD revenue budgeting
Budgeting and forecasting on projects carried out within the business
Process accounts payable invoices and weekly pay runs
Prepare accounts receivable invoices and manage submission to client portals
Credit control management
Completion of Bank reconciliations
Review sales contracts and ensure understanding of timing and appropriate revenue stream
Prepare Month end deferred and accrued revenue journals, ensuring proper revenue recognition and reporting reconciliation
WIP management - prepare expense/cost journal entries with rigorous closing schedules and account reconciliations
Review & prepare accruals and prepayments to ensure all monthly postings to the P&L are accurate along with supporting schedules, verifying agreement to ledger
Maintaining fixed asset register and preparing depreciation journals
Perform balance sheet reconciliations - Responsibility for ensuring a robust monthly balance
sheet and providing full monthly analysis of all balance sheet balances
Posting of monthly payrolls and the reconciliation of appropriate ledgers
Prepare quarterly VAT Returns and submit to HMRC via MTD
Corporation Tax
Skills you should have
Experience budgeting
Experience managing multi-currency revenue
Experience putting together financial statements, reports
Experience of, or desire to grow into, taking sole responsibility for producing monthly management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations
Experience in project accounting, including WIP management and change
Knowledge of UK tax regime including corporation tax, VAT, and payroll and benefits.
Understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) reporting regime.
Must have had time in industry
Xero experience preferred
Excellent attention to detail
Collaborative working style - you are able to have conversations about Finance questions with non-finance colleagues and explain things from their point of view, as well as understand their business requirements
Proactive and flexible attitude - focus on getting things done
Awareness of LGBTQ+ topics and culture
What we offer
A competitive salary, depending on experience.
Share options scheme
31 days holiday including bank holidays - flexible to take when you want
Aviva pension scheme
LGBTQ+ friendly company policies such as Enhanced Family Leave & Pay no matter how you become a parent
Regular company socials (that are not just about drinking!) and guest list for GT Events
Wellbeing support such as a Headspace app subscription
What it’s like to work at GAY TIMES
You’ll get to work in a fun team in a start-up like environment where there is trust and autonomy, with world-renowned talent and amazing brands. While making the world better for LGBTQ+ people!
We are committed to creating an environment where diverse identities, backgrounds and experiences are valued and there is support and respect for individual differences and needs. So that everyone can thrive as their unique selves.
Our Values
Bridge-building
We build infrastructure that connects all the diverse LGBTQ+ groups and people, our allies, and society at large, to benefit the community we serve.
Integrity
We are uncompromising when it comes to advancing LGBTQ+ rights, and we build trust by having honest conversations, being open listening, different opinions and healthy conflict.
Unity in Diversity
We work together to ensure that GT’s mission and objectives are our first priority. We tap into each others’ unique and diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds to do that!
Progressiveness
With an inherently progressive mission, we progress conversations and advocacy around LGBTQ+ rights and representation through all the work we do and the stories we tell.
Embracing Challenges
We bravely try out new things, and lean into challenges and even the discomfort that comes with venturing into the unfamiliar and connecting with people different to ourselves.