About Jungle Creations

We are Jungle Creations, an award winning social media agency and publisher. Since our creation in 2014, we have built a community of over 147 million followers on and beyond social. In 2019 we launched The Wild, our publisher-powered social agency, that helps brands unlock social through data and insights, so they can build communities and break into culture.

Jungle Media is the home of our portfolio of award-winning social media brands. We have pioneered some of the world's biggest communities; from Twisted on food and drink, to VT on entertainment, Four Nine on female lifestyle, Craft Factory on DIY and family and Lovimals, Level Fitness and Futurology on pets, fitness and tech. With over 147 million (and counting) followers across all major social platforms, our team of creators, content producers and social strategy specialists know how to create content that gets people watching, talking and reacting. Our brands reach millions of people every single day through our video content, websites, podcasts (and even restaurants).

The Wild is a publisher-powered social and influencer agency born out of Jungle Creations. We saw an opportunity to unlock data & insight from Jungle’s 140M+ global audiences and bring a decade of our social publisher expertise to brands. With a roster of international clients including Red Bull, PepsiCo and Disney, we drive brands to unlock social, build community, and break into culture - on and beyond social.

Role Purpose

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to support the Financial Controller in ensuring that the Finance function is a world-class, best-in-industry operation. They will have a broad involvement in ensuring that processes and procedures are adhered to in order to ensure that accurate and relevant information is reported to the business. The role will act as a strong business partner and be responsible for presenting analysis, messages and options for corrective actions if the trading is not meeting targets.

Key Responsibilities

It is envisaged that there will be a 50:50 split of time between management/financial accounting responsibilities and Planning/analysis work. Clear analysis, presentation and communication is important for both aspects of the role.

The role will be a mixture of financial/management reporting for the Media Business Unit as well as planning/analysis work which will be across the business. This will involve ad hoc analysis, which is used for investment cases, longer terms forecasting of key metrics (daily views as well as a regular weekly view on the next 6 months trading) and the compilation of slides from both Finance and the business that go towards the monthly Board pack. There is a clear timetable on deliverables for the Board pack – this employee is responsible for ensuring that these deadlines are met each month.

The role will work closely with the Finance team, especially when it comes to planning the Budget and Forecasts. The role will be crucial in partnering with senior business executives.

There will be a requirement to understand KPIs, analyse business metrics and present these metrics to the business and in Power Point presentations.

An understanding of the Business Planning model is important and the employee may have to deputise for other team members if they are on holiday.

The financial/management reporting will involve working with the Financial Controller, where you will be involved in all aspects of the finance function ensuring all postings to the ledgers are accurate and Management reports are produced in a timely manner. There will be cash deliverables relating to the Media Business Unit, which will involve working with the business and ensuring that debts are settled within credit terms.

● Month-End, responsible for Xero posting. Includes but is not limited to bank reconciling journals, accruals, prepayments and recharges.

● Management Accounts, prepare consolidated and departmental management accounts, Including an analytical review of results and commentary, and communicate underlying trends to the FC.

● P&L, ensure accurate postings to the general ledger and provide insights into any variances.

● Balance Sheet reconciliations, prepare month-end Balance Sheet reconciliations for review by the FC.

● Daily reporting on Snap and Facebook trading performance, vs the target.

● Monthly Video Economics analysis to show profitability by video type.

● XERO administration, ensure the data and functioning of the accounting system is up to date and reliable.

● Bank reconciliation, timely reconciliation of bank accounts on Xero ensuring all transactions are posted to the correct account and tax code.

● Budgeting, Providing support during the annual budgeting process and quarterly reforecasts.

● Process Improvement, explore and suggest ways to improve the day-to-day accounting processes.

● Ad hoc, carry out any other duties as may reasonably be requested by the FC or the Managing Director of Media.

Background and Experience

● Post-qualified experience of proven all-round accounting competence in a multi-entity/ group environment ideally gained in a Media business.

● Intermediate to advanced excel proficiency.

● Intermediate to advanced power point/Google slides proficiency.

● ACCA/ACA or equivalent qualification..

● Familiar with UK GAAP.

● Strong interpersonal and business partnering skills.

● Excellent written and verbal communication.

Skills & Competencies

● Organisation;

● Prioritisation;

● Time management;

● Communication;

● Problem solving;

● Creative thinking;

●Relationship building;

●Collaboration;

●Innovative;

●Adaptability;

●Attention to Detail;

●A self-starting approach

●Accountability;

Bonus Points

● Managing/coaching experience of junior members of the team

All employees are expected to comply with the company code of conduct, act professionally with colleagues, and treat colleagues and the workspace with respect; It is your responsibility to ensure your behaviour, attitude and appearance always positively reflect Jungle Creations and doesn't do anything that would bring the reputation of the company into disrepute or cause a loss of confidence in its work.

Measures of success and key stakeholders:

Employees are monitored with bi-annual KPIs to measure their performance; these KPIs are made up of both skills and behavioural competencies. Jungle is committed to rewarding those employees who consistently exceed their bi-annual KPIs and will ensure those employees advance within the business.

KPIs:

● All revenue, accruals, prepayments and recharges are posted to all ledgers by working day 3.

● Month-end closed, self-review and understanding of all P&L variances on working day 4

● Balance sheet and Bank reconciliations completed on Working day 5

● Preparation of the MI Pack with commentary to be discussed with the FC on working day 7

Key stakeholders:

● This role reports to the Financial Controller

● Finance assistant - provide support

● Wider Finance team (Finance Business Partner, COFO)

● Senior management (CEO, SLT, MD of Media, Heads of departments)

● Customers/suppliers

● Auditors

We want you to add to our culture

At Jungle Creations, we aim to ensure our workforce reflects the diverse society we live in. Our different ideas, our different perspectives and our respect for one another enables us to be innovative, creative and build a sense of belonging that actively encourages our people to add to our culture. We want everyone to feel that Jungle Creations is a place where they belong and that is the reason why we look for the cultural add, not the cultural fit.

Our mission

‘We exist to create ideas that get people to thrive online and in the real world’

Our values

This is who we are. These qualities are the things we look for in new Jungle talent, the things we celebrate and reward our people for, and the things clients discover about us and our work.

Collaborate.

Whether in a small or large capacity, every one of our departments work in collaboration with each other. Encouraging this total collaboration means our people can team up with ease, and create the perfect environment for idea sharing, creative thinking, and working closely with clients and partners alike.

Innovate.

In a business and world that is forever changing, we pride ourselves on how agile and adaptable we are. Striving to experiment, take risks and be bold, Jungle celebrates how quickly its people can innovate and move with the times, ensuring we are at the forefront of change and the best in industry.

Champion.

We champion our people, their ideas, and their differences. Our people respect one another and the things that make each of us unique. We aim to support all voices internally and reflect this in the work we do. We actively encourage our people to add to our culture and want everyone at Jungle to feel that they belong.