Finance Manager - #1783035

We connect with up to 23,500 fans per show, Co-op Live continues to attract world-class talent and events, drawing comparisons to and surpassing the world’s greatest live entertainment venues in show programming, sound, fan experience, premium hospitality, food and beverage, and more. The UK’s largest live entertainment arena is driven by a dedicated team of music and live event lovers, passionate about offering every visitor, fan, artist, and partner an unrivalled experience, before, during and after every event, as well as giving back to our local community and our planet.

Partnership is at our heart, with Co-op Live excelling through meaningful alliances with the likes of naming rights partner Co-op, united by a joint vision to be the very best. The first venue in the UK for owners and operators Oak View Group (OVG), Co-op Live spearheads expansion into Europe and rest of world, a jewel in the crown of a globally renowned portfolio.

We’re on the lookout for a Finance Manager to join our Finance Team here at Co-op Live. It’s a great chance to be part of something big—supporting the UK’s largest indoor arena! You’ll work closely with our Financial Controller to help improve management reporting, business processes, and controls.

Day to day, you’ll be hands-on with the full finance operation—from pulling together management accounts to keeping our balance sheet reconciliations in check. If you’re up for a fast-paced, exciting role where no two days are the same, we’d love to have you on board.

As part of the Finance Team, you’ll be a key player in supporting our amazing Co-op Live crew—working closely with different departments to help them stay on top of their budgets and really understand their numbers. You’ll also get stuck into designing and testing new accounting systems, CRM tools, Ticketmaster reporting, and other cool processes and interfaces.

With your finance experience, you’ll work alongside the CFO and Financial Controller to keep things running smoothly—making sure our ledgers, month-end reconciliations, and reports are all in good shape. You’ll also help support our small finance team, sharing your knowledge and acting as a coach and mentor to help more junior team members grow and learn.

What Co-op Live will give to you

Alongside the benefit of working with an awesome team of talented people, we want to help you get the best out of your work and have a work life balance.

• Provide you with development opportunities and regular one to ones
• Key objectives for you to succeed in your role
• Your general wellbeing is at the forefront of our minds, we understand the importance of balancing work and personal commitments
• This is an office base role, it’s really important we work together to mobilise the biggest music and live entertainment arena in the UK.

Salary: Up to £50,000 dependent on experience + Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Employer pension scheme
• Private Health Care scheme – Vitality
• Life Assurance 4 x basic salary
• Eyecare vouchers
• WeCare Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your family 24hrs, 7 days per week when you need the service
• Company sick pay scheme
• Enhanced family friendly benefits
• Office refreshments and breakfast items
• Team social events

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

We’re looking for a qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or similar) with experience as a Management Accountant or Finance Manager, who’s ready to take on the exciting challenge of supporting the UK’s biggest arena.

You will have some post qualification experience, ideally in a commercial environment. Our Finance team is going through some changes as we work to deliver top-notch service to everyone we work with. So, we need someone who’s flexible, up for a challenge, and enjoys a bit of variety in their day-to-day.

You’ll need solid experience in management accounts, transactional processes (think Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, balance sheet recs), and getting everything ready for audit. If you're great at building relationships, love driving change, and have a knack for improving processes and systems, we’d love to hear from you.

Our Inclusion Commitments

Our venue is for the fans, the artists, everyone! Attracting a diverse workforce which reflects our local community is what will make our venue the best music venue in the UK!

We understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens our people, improves our service, and raises our excellence. We are committed to creating a great place to work amplifying voices from all different backgrounds. There is something for everyone at Co-op Live, come and get involved.

If you do require any additional support or reasonable adjustments to support your application, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure you have everything you need. We will consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the required skills necessary to fulfil the role.

Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

We recognise the importance of safeguarding, dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.

If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.