Finance Manager
Salary: £50 000 per annum
Terms: This is a permanent contract
Reports to: Finance Director
Hours: 40 hours per week
Holiday: 20 Days, plus 8 public holidays per annum pro rata
Location: Lightroom, 12 Lewis Cubitt Square
Deadline: 23 Sept 2025, 12PM
Interviews: 26 or 30 September 2025, online option available if you cannot make a date in person
ABOUT LIGHTROOM
Lightroom is a permanent projection-based arts venue which opened in Kings Cross, London in February 2023
Lightroom reimagines immersive experiences through groundbreaking collaborations with leading artistic talents across art, music, film, fashion, science, and more. A joint venture between 59 Studio and London Theatre Company, Lightroom is led by CEO Richard Slaney and backed by investors led by Sir Leonard Blavatnik, who is represented by Danny Cohen, President of Access Entertainment and Mike Sherwood, former co-CEO of Goldman Sachs International. Lightroom’s innovative show space in London, King’s Cross was designed by 59 Studio in collaboration with Haworth Tompkins.
Lightroom’s shows are currently playing in venues across South Korea, China and the USA; in May 2025 Lightroom announced a major new partnership with Culturespaces which will see Lightroom shows presented across Culturespaces’ network of European venues. Lightroom’s critically acclaimed shows include David Hockney: Bigger & Closer, The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks, and Vogue: Inventing the Runway, and Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs created in collaboration with Apple TV+.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
Lightroom is seeking a Finance Manager as part of the next stage of organisational growth. We are looking for someone with good attention to detail and systems building experience to help embed new processes and reporting as part of the transition to a new finance system. The right candidate will have a sense of curiosity about the business as a whole and an appetite to work with budget holders to ensure we can all make the right decisions for the business. Everyone across the company works at both the strategic and operational levels. If this sounds exciting, we want to hear from you!
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for the day to day processes of the Finance Dept of Lightroom including looking after Accounts Payable, recording ticketing and ancillary income, and checking bank reconciliations.
- Maintain strict control over invoicing, debtor collection, accounts payable activities, assisting the Finance Director with cash management.
- Ensure the timely preparation of actual figures for monthly management accounts including P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow, discussing financial variances and trends with the Finance Director to enable accurate forecasting.
- Supporting department heads with financial reporting and cost management – generating the reports they need to make informed decisions, including stock reconciliations for our Ticketing, Retail and Bar departments.
- Working with the Finance Director on financial reporting to intellectual property holders activities to ensure accuracy and compliance with all legislation.
- Ensure all information is prepared for the annual audit for Lightroom and the accounting cycle for our SPV, Lightroom Productions.
- Oversee the company’s payroll processes and pared for the annual audit for Lightroom and the accounting cycle for our SPV, Lightroom Productions.
- Ensure that all statutory and regulatory returns are completed and submitted on time including VAT returns and CT61 returns
- Assist the Finance Director with treasury management, including savings and investment and foreign currency accounts
- Ensure cross-department accountability for the control and integrity of the organisation’s financial information, processes, and accounting systems.
- Continuously improve the company’s financial controls to ensure effective financial governance and oversight across all transactions and processes.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
- Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written and an ability to convey complex and detailed information clearly, coherently and in an orderly fashion to people with a range of financial experience
- Ability to build positive working relationships with internal and external contacts
- An ability to work collaboratively
- A proactive approach to solving problems
- An ability to manage dynamic and changeable workloads in a fast-moving business
- An accountancy qualification or equivalent experience (5 years) at Finance Manager level particularly in respect of financial accounting
- Working in an arts or media business with ticket sales or similar income profile
- Calculation of royalties to IP holders
- Working internationally
- Understanding of the creative industries
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, please submit your CV and Cover Letter via this link HERE, under the advert for this role. Your covering letter should detail how you meet the criteria within the person specification and why you would like to be considered for the role.
We also kindly request that you fill in an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form either via this link or the web page.
Should you wish to reach out for an informal conversation about the nature of the role, please contact our Stage Door team via 0330 500 2148 who will direct your call accordingly.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
Applications for this opportunity will close at 12pm on 23rd September 2025. Interviews will take place on either 26th or 30th September 2025 with an online option available if you cannot make a date in person.
Should you require any special assistance with your application, please reach out via email to recruitment@lightroom.uk or call 0330 500 2148.
We look forward to receiving your application.
We are an equal opportunities employer and value diversity. We encourage applicants from different backgrounds and different experiences.