Finance Business Partner – MCPS & Clean Team Job Vacancy in 2 Hays Lane 1st Floor Goldings House Greater LondonUnited Kingdom

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

We have an opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join our Strategic Finance team on a permanent basis. The Finance Business Partner is responsible for MCPS (Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society), financial reporting, including budget/forecasts, and monthly performance reporting. The successful candidate will support the MCPS and Clean Team Senior Manager in analytical reporting across the Clean Team Assurance activities. 

Responsibilities

As our Finance Business Partner – MCPS & Clean Team, some of your day to day duties will include…

MCPS Partnership

• Support the relationship between Strategic Finance and MCPS, including:
  • Supporting the coordination, preparation and delivery of the MCPS annual budget and bi-annual reforecast, as well as monthly financial Board reporting.
  • Providing regular MCPS financial updates to the COO (MCPS).
  • Proactively seeking opportunities to improve ways of working to add value and drive performance.
  • Submitting MCPS financial results to industry bodies such as BIEM (Bureau International de l’Edition Mécanique) and CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composer).
  • Produce the annual analytical report to support the year end audit process.
  • Represent at all key meetings between MCPS and PRS for Music where Finance representation is required.
  • Collaborate with the Operations team and Contract Management, to provide financial input to MCPS deliverables managed outside of Finance (royalties distribution tracker, MCPS key performance indicator reporting).

Clean Team (Revenue Assurance)

• Provide support across Clean Team revenue assurance activities, analysis, reporting, investigations and working closely with the legal team (the paralegals).

Processes and controls

• Proactively ensure financial controls are implemented across the business unit.
• Work closely with other Finance teams to continually improve end to end financial processes and development of related systems.
• Support process improvement projects within the team to add greater value to analytical, planning and reporting processes.

The salary for this position is circa £60,000 per annum.

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: 

• Qualified accountant
• Business partnering experience including managing relationships with multiple Senior non-financial stakeholders across the business.
• Experience of presenting complex financial information to a Senior audience
• Strategic awareness and business understanding
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent data gathering, reporting and analysis skills.
• Excellent MS Excel and MS PowerPoint skills

What’s in it for you?

Here are just a few things that set PRS for Music apart from the crowd:

• We trust, value, and support our people to make the difference

• We believe that diversity of thought and experience provides the platform for innovation and creativity

• We are consciously inclusive and have eight Affinity Groups which you can join and make an impact 

• We invest in the development of our people to drive our ambitions forward

• We offer a range of family friendly leave including enhanced maternity and paternity, grandparent, fertility, reproductive and menopause support. 
• We know time to rest and recharge is important which is why we offer 25 days holiday entitlement with the option to top up twice annually up to a maximum of 30 days
• Employees can work from anywhere in the world for up to two months of the year
• Plus a whole range of other benefits, including retail discounts, gym discounts, season ticket or bicycle loan. 

The Process

Our interview process for this role is simple:

• First stage interview will take place virtually on MS Teams.

• Numerical Reasoning Assessment

• Second stage interview will take place in person at our London Bridge Hub

We use competency-based questions within our interviews. This allows you to provide examples of situations where you have had to demonstrate the required skills relevant to the role you are applying for. To assist your preparation for interview, research the STAR method to aid bringing your examples to life.

Location

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing employees to work from home up to three days a week.

To ensure the health and safety of all our employees, if you wish to work from home for more than 2.5 days per week, we will conduct a quick and easy remote-working assessment. 

If you sound like you could be the right person for the job, apply now.

At PRS we are committed to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging for all. We have taken a holistic approach to ensure that no one feels excluded regardless of age, class, sexuality, gender, race, religion, or ability. We value the needs of everyone in our organisation and strive to build an environment where our employee’s contributions are recognised in order that everyone may thrive.