Added: 18th June 2025
Global Event Partners Ltd seeks a highly motivated Financial Manager
Global Event Partners Ltd is a specialist organiser of energy conferences and exhibitions. We have a global portfolio of established and new events with a leading market position across Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean. Our events are focussed on new energies, oil and gas. We believe strongly in the value of bringing people together through the medium of events; creating opportunities to forge partnerships, network, and accelerate business opportunities. The company has experienced strong year-on-year growth with a 10-fold increase in revenues over for the past four years.
Given the sustained growth experienced by the company, this is a new role reporting to the Managing Director. The primary objective of the role is to manage both the accounts payable and accounts receivable (the company uses Xero). This includes the following main tasks:
- Working with all the sales staff, logging sales, raising invoices and sending to clients
- Monitoring bank accounts and reconciling receipts
- Sending reminders to clients and monitoring debtors
- Creating payment plans or other ideas to incentivise prompt payment
- Completing due diligence and compliance forms
- Approving invoices and managing through Xero
- Ensuring invoices are paid on time
- Coordinating with the payroll supplier
- Maintaining the individual event budgets (approximately 10 events per year)
- Preparing management reports for both Africa and Americas divisions
- Working with the company’s accountants for the preparation of annual accounts
Skills and Qualifications:
- At least 5 years’ financial management experience
- Proven longevity at previous companies
- Experience at an exhibition/conference organising company
- Be able to work independently both at home and in the company’s office in Chiswick
- Be able to travel internationally as part of the events on site team when required
- Proficient with Xero
- Proficient with Management Accounts
- Understanding of SalesForce
- Communicate fluently in English (spoken and written)
How to apply:
Please submit a brief outline of no more than 100 words of why you are the best person to fill this role with a copy of your CV to rtbper@gep-events.com.
Please take the time to read the job description, you must meet all the criteria set out above for your application to be considered. We check all applications and suitable candidates will be contacted within 2 days. If you are not contacted by us within 2 working days, please consider your application unsuccessful at this time.
Salary and terms will be dependent on experience and will be above industry standards alongside healthy bonuses tied to performance. Full details will be disclosed to short-listed applicants