Team Lead Accounting

Do you enjoy bringing structure to high-pace accounting operation, empowering team members to do their best work and are always finding ways to optimise existing processes? As a Team Lead of our Accounting team, you will grow in all those areas!

At EVENTIM, you will guide a small team, take hands-on ownership of our financial administration, and stay close to the details. From organising the month-end close to ensuring event organisers are paid accurately and on time, your work will help create a reliable foundation for unforgettable live experiences.

The Accounting team

Hey, I’m Rick, a finance director here in EVENTIM. Putting together live entertainment experiences, especially at the scale we do, requires a very sharp eye for detail. And our Accounting team ensures exactly that! We make sure the financial details behind the live experiences we love are accurate, complete, and in the right place. The team is responsible for a broad range of operations, one minute they are focusing on precision of the daily financial administration and month-end reporting and the next they are ensuring the completeness of payments and settlements for event organizers.

Your contribution will lay in leading a team of three talented colleagues, each bringing their own experience, strengths and way of working. Together, you will keep the day-to-day operation running smoothly while looking for opportunities to improve how things are done.

Additionally, you will work closely with the Financial Controller, Business Controller, and colleagues across the business. You will report to the Finance Director.

What will you do?

You will combine leading the team and staying hands-on with the financial administration:

• Lead and support the team. You will set priorities, divide responsibilities, monitor progress, and help colleagues develop through coaching and feedback.

• Attend to the details. You will take an active hands-on role in the daily administration, helping the team resolve complex questions, discrepancies, and exceptions.

• Keep our financial administration on track. You will oversee the completeness, accuracy and timely processing of financial records across four administrations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank entries, and the general ledger.

• Own the close. Organise the month-end, quarter-end and year-end close, prepare schedules, review reconciliations, and follow up on outstanding items.

• Make sure organizers are paid accurately and timely. Oversee promoter settlements and weekly payouts, ensuring that balances are reconciled and the right checks and authorisations are in place.

• Optimize the ways of working. Identify bottlenecks, strengthen controls and look for practical ways to make processes clearer, more efficient and less manual.

• Get the most out of our systems. Help improve workflows in Business Central and play an active role in developing and implementing our promoter settlement software.

• Connect the dots. You will work with colleagues across Finance, IT, Customer Service and Account Management, as well as external partners such as auditors and system suppliers.

  You will have the opportunity to make an impact both on the team’s daily work and on how our accounting processes develop in the future.

Requirements

Who are we looking for?

• 5+ years of experience in accounting or financial administration.

• Minimum an HBO education level of working and thinking, gained through education or relevant work experience.

• You enjoy getting the best out of others and have experience leading, coaching, or coordinating colleagues.

• You naturally work by setting clear priorities and making pragmatic decisions, when several things need your attention at once.

• You are happy to switch gears and take a hands-on role to investigate financial questions or discrepancies yourself.

• You have experience with financial administration, reconciliations and the month-end close.

• You continuously look for opportunities to improve processes and can bring others along when introducing a new way of working.

• You communicate clearly and enjoy working with people who have different perspectives and working styles.

• You speak and write Dutch and English fluently.

• You are based in or around Amsterdam or are willing to commute to our office in the city center. During your first four months, you are also willing to travel to our office in Hoofddorp on a weekly basis.

Very nice to have

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

• Experience leading a (small)accounting or financial administration team.

• Experience improving financial systems or implementing new processes.

• An interest in or experience with the events or ticketing sector.

Why choose this opportunity?

This is a role for someone who enjoys both the people and the details behind a well-functioning finance operation. You will have room to take ownership, support a team with different strengths and make practical improvements that have a visible impact.

You will also get to see how accounting supports the wider business and helps bring events to life from intimate performances to large-scale festivals.

What do you get from us?

• A competitive salary based on your skills and experience.

• Hardware (a laptop and a phone) to ensure you are able to perform your best.

• 27 annual holidays, travel allowance and a pension plan with our partner BeFrank.

• Access to OpenUp to support your mental health whenever you need it.

• A fresh lunch and healthy snacks every day.

• A modern office in Amsterdam, right next to Central Station.

• A diverse team and the chance to attend a variety of internal events and connect over Friday drinks together.

• 8 percent holiday allowance.

• And of course opportunities to join events for which we take care of the ticketing ourselves.

  Ready to bring your accounting expertise and people skills to the world of live entertainment? Apply and make yourself heard!