Overview

Octagon is the world’s largest sponsorship consulting practice and a pioneer and leader in athlete and personality representation and management. With more than 800 employees globally, Octagon manages/influences billions in worldwide sponsorship rights fees and activation. We work with hundreds of blue-chip corporate clients, more than 800 Athletes & Personalities clients, and manage more than 13,000 events per year. Leading stakeholders in the sports and entertainment world continue to look to Octagon to provide leadership in understanding fans’ passions and how these insights can build more effective, efficient and measurable marketing programs.

About you

The role of the Administrative Finance Assistant is integral to the Agency’s successful financial process, which in turn is vital to our company achieving its goals. The Administrative Finance Assistant supports the finance team in helping to ensure the smooth running of day to day finance activities.

An Administrative Finance Assistant should be, forward-thinking, empathic, have a problem solving mindset, have outstanding attention to detail and a passion for developing a career in business finance.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage vendor set-ups through dedicated Range platform
Purchase Order creation
Ad Hoc SAP Help – Expenses and Amex queries
Support maintenance of Parked Invoice list
Process Immediate Payment requests
SAP Liaison - Work with the SAP Team to ensure all SAP issues are dealt with and resolved
Accounts Payable Liaison - Work with the Shared Service AP Team and suppliers to resolve queries
Handle Purchase Order queries
Ad Hoc research and projects as required

REQUIREMENTS

Strong numeracy skills
Basic knowledge of Excel
Ability to work autonomously
Ability to grasp new tasks quickly
Excellent organisational and time management skills
Good written and verbal communication skills
Self-motivated, methodical and problem solving approach to work
Ability to develop strong working relationships with stakeholders at all levels
Excellent attention to detail
Computer literate with Microsoft Office
A flexible and friendly approach

ABOUT US

Octagon is a global creative agency in sports, entertainment and culture.

We’re part of a wider family of agencies – the Octagon Sports & Entertainment Network (OSEN) – a group of specialist agencies working with brands, athletes, and celebrities. These sister agencies include R&CPMK, Futures Sport & Entertainment, FRUKT and No2ndPlace. We’re all part of the Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), one of the world’s most respected advertising networks.

Founded in 1983 with over 1000 employees around the globe. Our Headquarters is in Stamford, Connecticut with further offices around the world including: New York, LA, Miami, McLean, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg, Sydney, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Paris, Frankfurt, Munich, Barcelona, Madrid, London and Manchester.

We believe that great brands own an idea in the minds of their audience. For Apple, it’s creativity. For Nike, it’s performance. For BMW it’s Joy. For Coca-Cola, it’s happiness. For Mastercard, it’s priceless experiences.

At Octagon, it’s all in Play.

http://www.octagon.com/ https://wearefrukt.com/

Octagon is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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