Location: New York
Department: Finance
Reporting to: Divisional Controller - Time Out Market
Salary: circa $80,000 - $90,000 yearly

Key Relationships
Ops - VP Operations, North America
Ops – General Managers (X4)
Ops - Market Finance & Administration support (X4)
Finance - Finance Business Partner
Finance - Divisional Controller
Finance - Finance Director – Time Out Market

About the role

To lead core transactional accounting responsibilities for all four US Markets and provide business partnering support to the General Managers and VP Operations, North America. This role requires a keen attention to detail and a “hands-on” approach to managing the markets’ finances. The candidate will have the ability to liaise directly with key members of the organization to drive best-in-class services whilst operating comfortably in a quick-paced environment. Strong accounting experience and analytical skills are also key to success in this role.

Key Responsibilities

Accounts Payable

• Lead the Accounts Payable process for all four US Markets, working with the local Finance & Admin support to ensure that invoices are processed, paid and recorded in a timely manner whilst helping to drive improvements in AP processes

Month-end accounting

Manage elements of the monthly close process for relevant Markets including:

• Processing concessionaire payments and associated reporting

• Processing of booking various accounting entries and preparation of the supporting reconciliations & documentation

• Payroll analysis and reconciliations

• Ensure Cost of Sales & Operating Expenses are accurate and accrual levels are set correctly on a monthly basis

Cashflow

• Manage a rolling cash flow projection for the individual markets and work with the Finance & Admin support in each market to ensure an accurate projection

Operations Support & Business Partnering

• Drive processes, control and governance for the Finance & Administration support in each market, guided by the Divisional Financial Controller to determine best practice

• Main day-to-day point of contact for the VP Operations North America, providing regular cost and control updates as well as responding to ad-hoc queries

• Presentation of monthly management information to the Divisional Controller and Finance Director

• Support the development and distribution of management reporting

• Administration & control of several key financial systems

Skills & Experience

Mandatory Skills

• ACCA/CIMA/ACA (or equivalent)
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• A strong knowledge of Excel
• Ability to set and manage priorities
• Ability to propose process improvements and implement efficiencies
• Ability to review work and self-check as needed with a keen attention to detail
• Ability to interact successfully with dynamic personalities
• Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to present problems and potential solutions
• Ability to articulate ideas to all areas of the business
• Experience in the hospitality industry

Preferred Skills

• Experience in SAP Business One, Vision, Concur and Ad Point
• Experience in a global company

About Time Out

What we look for in a candidate

Time Out is a company filled with individuals as diverse as the cities we live in and cover. At the same time there are common characteristics and values we all share. To join our team, you’ll want to…

• Be commercially astute
• Either have experience at or want to dive headfirst into a fast-paced transformative company in pursuit of excellence
• Think globally
• Have excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Have a high sense of ownership, urgency and drive
• Be a team player

About our culture

At Time Out Group we believe in diversity and equal opportunity for all people. We do not discriminate against external or internal candidates on the basis of age; disability; gender, gender reassignment; race; religion or belief; sexual orientation; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity. We believe that diversity develops creativity and enables personal and professional growth where we all learn from each other. We believe in an open culture where ideas are shared candidly and where there is no fear of failure, but rather an understanding that we must experiment and have the freedom to succeed. We believe that everyone has the right to express themselves as they are as this enriches us all. We believe in an open world, social justice, and the pursuit of happiness, after all, we are in the happiness business.

About Time Out Group plc

Time Out Group is a global media and hospitality business that inspires connection and joy by capturing the soul of the world’s greatest cities through its two divisions – Time Out Media and Time Out Market.

Time Out launched in London in 1968 with a magazine to help people discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the city. Today, Time Out’s professional journalists curate the best things to do, see and eat in 333 cities in 59 countries.

Time Out Market is the world’s first editorially curated food and cultural market, bringing a city’s best chefs, restaurateurs and unique cultural experiences together under one roof. From cooking classes with top chefs to installations from local artists and live entertainment, Time Out Market captures the soul of the city.

The first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in a historic market hall in Lisbon, quickly turning into the most popular destination in the city with 4.1m locals and tourists visiting in 2019. The success of Lisbon brought further expansion in North America, with Time Out Market opening in five major cities in 2019: Miami, New York, Boston, Chicago and Montreal. In 2021, Time Out Market expanded into the Middle East with Time Out Market Dubai, and more Time Out Market locations are in the pipeline including Porto, London, Prague, Japan and more.

Time Out Group was named International Brand of the Year 2021 in the Campaign Publishing Awards – awarding bravery, editorial innovation and forward thinking. While Time Out Market won the Most Innovative Food & Beverage Concept Award at the Global RLI (Retail & Leisure International) Awards 2021