Overview:
Music wouldn’t exist without the work of songwriters, composers and publishers. We’re here to represent them and make sure that they are paid for their work. After more than a century in the industry, we continue to innovate as a world-leading organisation.

THE ROLE

This is a new role in our structure as part of the Commercial Finance team, who are responsible for financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and cost management for both PRS and Joint Venture revenue. This role acts as the key financial business partner to the Chief International Officer and International department, ensuring that commercial decisions align with financial and strategic goals, and is also responsible for consolidation of revenue and distribution reporting across the broader Commercial Finance team.
This role has 1 direct report and reports directly into the Director of Commercial Finance.
Responsibilities:

As our Senior Finance Manager International, you will…

• Be a key point of contact for stakeholders, owning communication with International, challenging stakeholders where required.
• Support key decision makers, and inputs into key strategic decisions within International, using insight and analysis to make financial based recommendations.
• Produce and circulate financial analysis, quarterly reports, and other routine management information for the Director of Commercial Finance, Board, Members Council, CEO and Leadership Team.
• Manage the consolidated reports for revenue and distributions.
• Support the monthly ELT distribution sign-off process, by contributing to the analysis of drivers of variances to Budget/Forecast.
• Ensure adequate challenge to budget holders to enable budgets to be aligned to the strategic direction of the organisation and deliver sustainable growth.
• Partner with the International department to provide financial input and assurance to deliver and optimise key International objectives including: revenue assurance; withholding tax issues; and liaising with local banking partners to ensure standardisation and engagement for KYC activities.
• Own the revenue and distribution element for long term (3 – 5 years) planning aligned to the strategic direction of the organisation.
• Motivate, engage and develop one direct report.

For a full list of duties, please email the recruitment team and request a copy of the job description.
About you:

At PRS for Music, we want you to bring the best version of yourself to work. We believe that celebrating individuality promotes a culture of acceptance and openness. Along with being whoever you want to be, in an ideal world you will also have:

• An accountancy qualification.
• Strategic thinking skills, able to see the big picture.
• Commercial and business acumen.
• Strong people management experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills to facilitate better decision making.
• Excellent communication skills – including the ability to identify key messages and summarise complex information.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Excellent data gathering, reporting and analysis skills.
• TM1 experience desirable.
• Experience in, and understanding of the management of performing rights and flow of rights is desirable.

Our interview process for this role is simple:

• First stage interview will take place virtually on MS Teams.
• Second stage interview will take place in person at our London Bridge Hub