Commercial Finance Lead, Events

The Role

• The Commercial Finance Lead for the Events division will play a pivotal role within Fastmarkets Commercial Finance team acting as both a process owner for financial reporting (Record-to-Report) and a finance partner to the Events business. This hybrid position is designed to drive financial insight ensure robust reporting and support commercial decision-making across all aspects of the Events division financial performance and reporting.

Principal Accountabilities

Finance Partnering

• Serve as the primary finance partner to the Events leadership team providing commercial insight and challenge to drive business performance.
• Deliver financial analysis scenario modelling and recommendations to support strategic initiatives for the Events division.
• Lead budgeting forecasting and long-range planning for the Events division ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
• Translate financial data into actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders fostering a culture of financial accountability.

Record-to-Report (R2R)

• Own the end-to-end financial reporting process for the Events division ensuring accuracy timeliness and compliance with internal and external standards.
• Oversee month-end and year-end close activities including journal entries reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Collaborate with the wider finance team to streamline and automate R2R processes leveraging best practices and technology.
• Maintain and improve internal controls supporting audit and compliance requirements.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Work closely with cross-functional teams (including Commercial Marketing and Operations) to understand business drivers and identify opportunities for growth and efficiency.
• Support transformation projects including process improvement data quality initiatives and system enhancements.
• Act as a change agent promoting the adoption of automation and digital tools within finance and the wider business.
• Support audit and compliance requirements maintaining and improving internal controls.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders including senior finance leadership in UK and R2R team part of the finance Hub in Sofia crossfinance and functional teams.
• Build partnership with the Events leadership team to help support them to deliver on their business performance targets and understand the revenue and cost drivers within this business area

KEY INTERFACES

The reporting line is directly through the Commercial Finance team but key business contacts will be with the Events division led by SLT member as well as working closely with Financial Control R2R team

Qualifications :

We recruit talented dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences all united by a belief in our mission to provide the worlds leading and most trusted price reporting events and intelligence service for the markets we serve. Were proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.

If you are open-minded curious resilient solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality then read on.

KNOWLEDGE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated driven and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.

• Qualified accountant (ACA ACCA CIMA or equivalent) with strong technical knowledge of financial reporting and controls.
• Proven experience in a commercial finance or business partnering role ideally within events media or a related sector.
• Demonstrated ability to manage end-to-end R2R processes and deliver high-quality financial reporting.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and communicate insights clearly.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with a collaborative proactive approach.
• Experience with finance transformation automation or process improvement projects is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of NetSuite (saved searches custom reports) and Salesforce data structures; familiarity with Snowflake is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fastpaced environment.

If youre excited about the role but your experience skills or qualifications dont perfectly align we encourage you to apply anyway.

Additional Information :

Our Values

Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. Its this mix of brilliant personalities experiences and insights that gives us that warm open and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are there are six things we all have in common and they form our Fastmarkets values.

Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and theyre embedded in everything we do. Our values are:

• METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers experience and our business performance
• ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done
• GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency
• INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.
• CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do
• COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect perspectives and experiences.

We are committed to ensuring all candidates feel welcomed and supported. Should your application advance and you require accommodations for the interview process please inform us so we can make the necessary arrangements.

Youve read a little about us now its over to you!

If you like what youve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person its time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: its used to determine whether or not youll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions well ask you on the day.

Its vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why youre great.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time