nDreams
Finance Manager (Remote within the UK)
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Finance Manager
We are looking for a Finance Manager to oversee the financial operations of the business, ensuring accurate reporting, strong financial controls, and compliance across accounting, payroll, treasury, tax, and accounts payable activities. You will work closely with both the studio and group finance teams, managing outsourced providers and supporting the smooth running of all core finance processes.
In this role, you will lead month-end and year-end activities, including revenue recognition, reconciliations, audits, and statutory reporting. You will also manage cash flow forecasting, payroll and tax compliance, VAT returns, and group reporting requirements, while supporting budgeting and forecasting processes across the business.
The rundown:
- Permanent role
- Full time (37.5 hours per week)
- Remote within the UK
- Salary is competitive and dependent on experience
Key responsibilities:
- Evaluate and develop the finance operating model, including assessing which activities should be managed internally or through outsourced providers, and implementing process improvements to support the evolving needs of the business
- Oversee month-end and year-end accounting activities, including revenue recognition, royalties, recoupment arrangements, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Manage intercompany transactions and group cross-charging processes, ensuring accuracy and compliance with group requirements.
- Coordinate annual audits and review outsourced statutory accounts and corporation tax submissions prior to sign-off.
- Manage outsourced payroll and pension providers, ensuring accurate processing and compliance with all HMRC reporting requirements.
- Monitor cash flow, prepare forecasts, and manage day-to-day banking activities, including account reconciliations and funding requirements.
- Oversee the outsourced accounts payable function, including management and reconciliation of company credit card expenditure.
- Prepare and submit VAT returns, while coordinating outsourced VGEC and R&D tax credit claim processes.
- Deliver monthly and quarterly group reporting requirements and support forecasting, budgeting, and wider financial planning activities.
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Requirements
The skills you'll need:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Proven experience in independently managing month-end processes, financial reporting, and balance sheet reconciliations
- Strong understanding of payroll, VAT, and wider financial compliance requirements
- Experience preparing cash flow forecasts and supporting budgeting and forecasting activities
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience working across internal teams and external providers
The nice to haves:
- Experience within the video games, entertainment, software, or technology industries
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Benefits
We are nDreams - creators of some of the world's most immersive VR games. You might know us from Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, Synapse, Phantom: Covert Ops, Fracked, FRENZIES, Wreckin Racoons, or our latest adventure, Reach. For over a decade, we've been pushing the boundaries of virtual reality, combining creative ambition, technical excellence, and a passion for crafting unforgettable player experiences.
We believe the best workplaces and games are created by diverse, happy and safe teams. We're committed to building a culture centred on respect, wellbeing and balance. It's crucial we make our games and industry more accessible to underrepresented communities. We strive to live this through the people we hire, the experiences we create and the causes we support.
We want everyone to have the opportunity to bring their best, authentic self to work. Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments during the interview process by emailing interviewing@ndreams.com or speaking to your nDreams recruiter. For more information about reasonable adjustments, check out this guidance from Scope.
We offer great perks, including flexible hours, duvet day, your birthday off, dedicated personal development time and support. Beyond this, there's an excellent holiday offering, pension scheme, health insurance, life cover and much more.
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