GLL is looking for an Events Finance Assistant to work at The Sands Centre, Carlisle. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as an Events Finance Assistant, there's never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a Finance Assistant job, it's a career.

At The Sands Centre, we are the largest venue in Cumbria & South-west Scotland with a wide variety of events and show visiting the venue. Our team is a symphony of innovation, passion, and collaboration. Now, we're inviting a finance whiz to join us in making sure the financial side of the magic runs just as smoothly as the shows themselves.

What you’ll do:

• Pull together the show accounts for the producers and promoters. Presenting an accurate representation of their financial performance. .
• Manage internal financial record keeping including ledgers, journals and reports.
• Look after the purchase and sales ledger for the department.
• Play an integral role in the venue operation, your expertise will be a key part of how we do business.

What you need:

• A strong knowledge of finance and book keeping
• A passion for arts, Theatre and all forms of entertainment.
• Experience in an administrative role
• Strong Numeracy skills
• An ability to work with both internal and external stakeholders

As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:

• A salary of £23,899.20 per annum based on 30 hours per week. 
• A values driven organisation
• Learning & development to support career development
• Good pension schemes
• Discounted gym membership for you and your partner
• A full-time permanent position
• The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say on how we are run plus associated events
• Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
• Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
• Career Pathways, professional development is just the start. To ensure your stay on top of your game we provide training with practical and theory elements too
• Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
• 25% off Red Letter Days
• 25% off Buy a Gift
• 20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products
• Ride to work scheme
• Free eye tests and discounted glasses

About GLL:

As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries and children’s centres.

Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.

One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens up a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we’re having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.

We offer two different types of work arrangements:

• A permanent employment contract - part time and full time
• A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool

If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work, and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day a week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.

So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.

Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Silver Award employer.

However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.

We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.

All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.