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Manager, Client Payments
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United Talent Agency (UTA) is seeking an experienced Manager, Client Payments to join our growing Finance & Accounting team in London. This role will play a key part in leading the end-to-end client payments function across the UK business, ensuring timely, accurate, and controlled disbursement of funds to clients and third parties.
Reporting into the Director, UK Client Accounting, and working closely alongside another Manager, the successful candidate will lead a team responsible for managing client inflows and outflows, reconciling accounts, processing artist statements, and ensuring compliance with tax and regulatory requirements.
The successful candidate will combine technical accounting expertise with strong leadership and communication skills, driving excellence in service delivery to agents, clients, and stakeholders.
What You'll Do Leadership & Oversight- Manage, mentor, and develop the Client Payments team, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and adherence to company standards
- Act as escalation point for complex payment and client account matters, providing timely and practical resolution
- Establish and monitor performance metrics, driving accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
- Review and approve artist statements and payments, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance
- Monitor client account balances against show settlements in NetSuite, partnering with agent teams to resolve discrepancies
- Oversee FEU compliance, ensuring correct treatment, documentation, and readiness for quarterly submissions
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with Agents, Managers, Buyers, and external Accountants to facilitate efficient settlement processes
- Act as the primary point of ownership for the end-to-end client payments process, ensuring consistency, control, and clarity across all UK-serviced departments
- Partner closely with Agents, Assistants, Buyers, and internal teams to ensure smooth flow of funds, clear communication, and timely resolution of queries
- Collaborate with global Finance teams to align processes, share best practice, and manage cross-territory payment matters effectively
- Lead the payments workstream across system migrations and operational changes, ensuring accurate recording, clear audit trails, and no loss of control over funds held on account
- Support the onboarding of new departments into the UK servicing model, embedding standardised processes and ensuring a seamless transition
- Own and monitor key operational metrics (e.g. payment turnaround times, outstanding items, unreconciled balances), taking action where required
- Provide clear and regular reporting to senior management on performance, risks, and areas requiring escalation
- Ensure all payment activity is fully documented, compliant, and audit-ready at all times
- Drive continuous improvement across systems and workflows, identifying opportunities to increase efficiency, reduce risk, and enhance service delivery
- Deliver a high standard of service to both internal and external stakeholders, maintaining UTA’s standards of professionalism, confidentiality, and trust
- Proven experience in a client accounting, payments, or finance operations role within a fast-paced environment
- Strong understanding of payment processes, banking platforms, and financial controls
- Experience managing or supervising a team, with the ability to drive performance and accountability
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Confident communicator with the ability to build relationships across departments and seniority levels
- Proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a continuous improvement approach
- Experience with NetSuite or similar ERP systems preferred
- The unique and exciting opportunity to work at one of a leading global entertainment companies
- Access to the tools, leadership, and resources you will need to create and drive a center of excellence
- The opportunity to do the best work of your career
- Work in an inclusive and diverse company culture
- Competitive programs to support your well-being
- Experience working in a collaborative environment with room to grow
UTA and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers.
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UK Client Payments Manager: Build a Centre of Excellence
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United Talent Agency (UTA) is seeking an experienced Manager, Client Payments to join our Finance & Accounting team in London. This role is critical in overseeing client payments, ensuring efficiency and compliance across the UK operations.
The successful candidate will have a strong background in finance, proven team management skills, and the ability to build relationships across departments. Join us to enhance service delivery in a dynamic environment.
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Senior AI Platform Engineer & Technical Leader
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United Talent Agency is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to lead the development of intelligent software systems. You will design and deploy AI-driven solutions while mentoring engineers and contributing to strategic initiatives.
The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in software engineering and applied AI, with strong expertise in cloud platforms and machine learning frameworks. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment that fosters innovation and collaboration.
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Principal AI Engineer
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UTA seeks a Principal AI Engineer to lead the design, development, and delivery of intelligent software systems that bring together enterprise application architecture, full-stack engineering, data science, and machine learning. In this highly visible, hands‑on leadership role, you will build and scale production‑grade platforms and AI‑enabled products that power critical workflows, decision‑making, automation, and business insight across the organization.
The ideal candidate combines deep software engineering expertise with strong applied AI and data science capability, and has a proven ability to mentor engineers, shape technical direction, and partner cross‑functionally to turn complex business problems into scalable, secure, and reliable solutions.
What You Will Do AI Engineering, Data Science & Intelligent Product DevelopmentLead the design, development, and deployment of machine learning, statistical, and AI‑driven solutions that support automation, prediction, decision‑making, and personalization.
Own end‑to‑end delivery of AI‑enabled products and services, from problem framing and data exploration through model development, application integration, deployment, and monitoring.
Evaluate and implement appropriate approaches across machine learning, analytics, and natural language processing based on business needs and technical constraints.
Partner with data and platform teams to build robust pipelines, reusable services, and scalable environments that support production AI workloads.
Design and develop scalable, secure, cloud‑native applications and backend services that integrate AI, data, and business workflows into enterprise platforms.
Lead end‑to‑end full‑stack engineering across backend services and modern web applications, including APIs, data models, service integrations, and internal tools.
Architect systems using modern cloud patterns such as microservices, event‑driven design, and managed services, ensuring reliability, observability, and scalability.
Provide architectural leadership across integrations with enterprise systems and third‑party platforms.
Productionize AI and machine learning solutions using modern ML Ops and software engineering practices.
Establish standards for testing, deployment, observability, drift detection, retraining, and documentation.
Drive quality, automation, and performance in systems where accuracy, resilience, and reliability are critical.
Serve as a hands‑on technical leader and player‑coach, mentoring engineers while actively contributing to design and implementation.
Help define technical strategy and roadmap priorities for AI, data, and application development.
Lead execution of complex, cross‑functional initiatives and act as a senior escalation point for technical decisions and trade‑offs.
Foster a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, and business stakeholders to identify high‑value opportunities where AI and software can materially improve outcomes.
Translate ambiguous business needs into clear technical solutions, communicating trade‑offs and risks effectively.
Present complex technical work in a clear, actionable way to both technical and non‑technical audiences, including leadership.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent experience; advanced degree is a plus.
10+ years of experience in software engineering, applied machine learning, data science, or related fields, including building and delivering production systems end‑to‑end.
Strong hands‑on expertise in modern software engineering, including backend development, APIs, and scalable system design.
Experience with full‑stack development, including modern frontend frameworks and service‑based architectures.
Proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience in data manipulation, model development, and analytical workflows.
Hands‑on experience with machine learning frameworks such as scikit‑learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar.
Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and building cloud‑native systems.
Experience with modern data platforms such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, microservices, and event‑driven architectures.
Strong grounding in statistics, experimentation, and analytical methods.
Experience deploying and maintaining production AI/ML systems, including monitoring and governance.
Solid understanding of secure system design, data privacy, and enterprise engineering practices.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
Proven experience mentoring engineers and leading through influence in a hands‑on environment.
Experience in media, entertainment, or similarly fast‑paced industries is a plus.
The unique and exciting opportunity to work at one of a leading global entertainment companies.
Access to the tools, leadership, and resources you will need to create and drive a center of excellence.
The opportunity to do the best work of your career.
Work in an inclusive and diverse company culture.
Competitive programs to support your well‑being.
Experience working in a collaborative environment with room to grow.
UTA and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers.
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Assistant, Senior Director — Music Brand Partnerships
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United Talent Agency (UTA) seeks an Assistant to Senior Director, Music Brand Partnerships to support high-volume inbox management, deal workflow, and presentation creation for brand partnerships. You will work closely with managers, brands, and colleagues to help execute campaigns and track contracts and payments.
The role requires strong organization, top-notch communication, and a keen interest in the entertainment and music branding landscape.
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Technology Coordinator
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UTA seeks a highly organized and proactive Technology Coordinator to support the day-to-day operations of the Technology organization. This role partners with Technology leadership and cross-functional teams to coordinate projects, manage departmental processes, organize meetings and communications, and ensure operational activities are executed efficiently. The Technology Coordinator plays a key role in maintaining project documentation, tracking action items, coordinating schedules, and supporting the successful delivery of technology initiatives. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, is highly detail-oriented, excels at managing multiple priorities, and possesses strong organizational, communication, and collaboration skills.
What You Will Do- Provide high-level administrative support to the Senior Vice President, Technology & AI EMEA, including complex calendar management, meeting prioritization, and coordination across multiple time zones
- Manage detailed domestic and international travel arrangements for the Senior Vice President, Technology & AI EMEA, including multi-leg itineraries, accommodations, ground transportation, and expense reconciliation
- Serve as a liaison between the Senior Vice President, Technology & AI EMEA, Technology leadership, internal stakeholders, external partners, and clients, ensuring timely communication and follow-through
- Prepare, edit, and organize presentations, reports, meeting materials, and executive communications on behalf of the Senior Vice President
- Coordinate leadership meetings, department communications, team events, and special projects for the Technology department, ensuring agendas, logistics, and action items are managed through completion
- Support the execution of strategic initiatives by tracking milestones, gathering project updates, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration across Technology and business teams
- Process executive expenses, invoices, purchase requests, and other administrative tasks in accordance with company policies and departmental budgets
- Maintain strict confidentiality when handling sensitive business, personnel, and organizational information
- Anticipate the needs of the Senior Vice President by proactively managing priorities, resolving scheduling conflicts, and streamlining administrative workflows
- Assist with onboarding coordination, team engagement activities, organizational communications, and operational processes that support the Technology & AI EMEA organization
- Perform additional administrative, coordination, and operational responsibilities as assigned in support of the Senior Vice President, Technology & AI EMEA
- Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred
- 2+ years of experience in an administrative, project coordination, operations, or Technology Coordinator role supporting cross-functional teams or business leaders
- Experience working within the technology industry or with technology-focused leaders is a plus
- A proactive mindset with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to anticipate leadership needs
- Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple tasks with competing deadlines, while maintaining a high level of accuracy
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and the ability to adapt to new technologies quickly
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a sharp attention to detail
- Proven discretion when handling confidential or sensitive information
- Interest in and comfort with technology, with the capability to support tech-savvy executives
- Strong organizational skills, critical thinking, and the ability to work independently with minimal guidance
- The unique and exciting opportunity to work at one of a leading global entertainment companies
- Access to the tools, leadership, and resources you will need to create and drive a center of excellence
- The opportunity to do the best work of your career
- Work in an inclusive and diverse company culture
- Competitive programs to support your well-being
- Experience working in a collaborative environment with room to grow
UTA and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers.
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Assistant to Senior Director, Music Brand Partnerships
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UTA is seeking an Assistant to Senior Director, Music Brand Partnerships. UTA Music is home to a diverse roster of some of the world’s premier musical talent, from emerging acts to superstars. UTA Music works globally, driving client careers through recording deals, touring, performances, licensing, and brand partnerships.
We are a team of music brand partnership and marketing experts that work with our roster of music clients to develop creative campaigns and establish strategic partnerships with global brands. The ideal candidate is passionate about the music business and has a curiosity for how artists integrate with brands beyond shows, with a strong understanding of the landscape of brands and marketing agencies.
You will be responsible for supporting through to executing brand partnership deals and administrative tasks including tracking contracts, new business outreach, creating artist and brand pitching decks and documents, brand category research, diary and travel management, maintaining spreadsheets, tracking payments for deals, managing artist schedules, co‑ordinating with managers, brands and colleagues at all levels.
What You’ll Do- Assisting and working to help manage a high volume inbox and partnership deal flow, calendar, prepare for meetings internally and externally
- Support in tracking new business targets across brands and agencies
- Maintaining spreadsheets, and drafting correspondence for pitches
- Support in the execution of brand partnership deals
- Liaising with external clients and partners, and internal staff at all levels, joining calls, meetings + sending out follow‑ups / taking note of next steps
- Working with other agencies (e.g. PR, brand and media agencies) to obtain client briefs and opportunities
- Be able to spot organic growth opportunities and support on new business opportunities
- Working with team to conduct research and create presentations
- Creating and managing marketing materials needed for brand and artist pitches as needed by Music Brand Partnership agents
- Tracking contracts, client calendars and payments through a series of detailed grids
- Preparing monthly expense reports for review and submission to Finance for approval
- Responsible for finance across all partnership deals, liaising with artist & brand teams
- Previous experience in a similar role, ideally within a brand, marketing or advertising agency
- An understanding of the landscape of brands and marketing agencies, and how they operate
- You could find yourself working across a varied range of clients, and should be comfortable thinking across a range of areas, from soft drinks and beer to trainers and couture, as well as an understanding of and curiosity about the wider entertainment industry
- Experience creating decks and writing copy for pitch material, or an adaptable experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- An understanding of social media metrics and audience data
- Strong organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise a busy workload with a busy inbox, managing several projects simultaneously
- Ability to develop business relationships with clients, senior‑level executives, and colleagues
- The ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, client service‑focused work environment
- An interest and understanding of the latest platform developments and capabilities across social media
- A proactive, curious attitude, a willingness to “go the extra mile”, contribute creativity, and be a team player and problem‑solver
- A passion for the work our clients do, with a forward‑thinking outlook, focused on elevating our clients and helping them succeed
- The unique and exciting opportunity to work at one of a leading global entertainment companies
- Access to the tools, leadership, and resources you will need to create and drive a center of excellence
- The opportunity to do the best work of your career
- Work in an inclusive and diverse company culture
- Competitive programs to support your well‑being
- Experience working in a collaborative environment with room to grow
UTA and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers.
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Executive Technology Coordinator - Global Tech Ops
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United Talent Agency (UTA) seeks a highly organized Technology Coordinator to support the day-to-day operations of the Technology organization in London. This role partners with technology leadership and cross‑functional teams to coordinate projects, manage processes, organize meetings, and ensure operational activities are executed efficiently.
The ideal candidate thrives in a fast‑paced environment, is detail‑oriented, and skilled at juggling multiple priorities.
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Security Engineer
Posted 6 days ago
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UTA seeks a Security Engineer to help build and strengthen our security operations programs—safeguarding our brand, our people, and our digital assets. In this role, you will design and implement security solutions across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. By leveraging your expertise in cybersecurity and knowledge of common attack vectors, you will enhance visibility, threat correlation, and incident response capabilities throughout our technology landscape. As a key contributor to our cloud‑first strategy, you will play a critical role in shaping and advancing our overall security posture.
What You Will Do- Investigate and contextualize security events from numerous data sources
- Help detect, respond to, and remediate security events and incidents
- Create automated data correlation and triage processes to reduce alert‑to‑fix time
- Develop remediation and orchestration efficiencies across the security stack, including endpoint, network, identity, and application
- Perform e‑discovery tasks in support of Legal and HR investigations
- Respond to user requests for security‑related issues and concerns
- Improve current visibility by configuring existing logging and alerting policies
- Evaluate and select additional tools and services
- Contribute to SIEM tuning for reliable alerting
- Perform vulnerability triage and assignment
- Engage in proactive threat hunting to identify risks not automatically captured by scans
- Have a meaningful and positive impact on the security of colleagues and clients
- Be challenged to identify, build, test, and deploy solutions in real‑life, not just in theory
- Be encouraged to innovate and take ownership
- Be given the opportunity to rapidly accelerate security, technology, and management skills
- Have the freedom to experiment with novel problem‑solving approaches
- Contribute to all security‑related initiatives—both tactical and strategic
- Be exposed to emerging security and business technologies
- Have access to best‑in‑class tooling and people
- Grow and learn on the job every day
- Serve as a subject matter expert on information security‑related escalations
- Maintain awareness of trends in various security domains
- Collaborate with other teams to improve security posture, risk remediation, and threat awareness
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in Security Engineering or Security Operations
- Experience with incident response, security event triage, investigations, forensics, and fluency with endpoint operating systems (Windows/Mac/Linux) and command line tools
- Experience with log analysis, event aggregation, security event data management, SIEM tuning, and Microsoft Sentinel
- Experience with security automation and orchestration and threat intelligence utilization
- Experience with e‑discovery tools and processes
- Experience responding to phishing, scam, and imposter campaigns
- Experience with endpoint security tooling and MDM solutions
- Network engineering, secure architecture, and network operations (firewalls, switches, etc.)
- Cloud infrastructure operations and architecture (Azure a plus)
- Identity management and authentication protocols
- Remediation strategies, system hardening, and vulnerability management
- Experience with enterprise information technology, including Active Directory/Azure AD, Exchange, Office 365, servers (Windows, SQL/DB, Linux, VM, Citrix, App, Web), device/asset management, and ServiceNow
- Experience with posture and threat management of third‑party SaaS platforms
- Technical understanding of enterprise EDR tools
- The unique and exciting opportunity to work at one of a leading global entertainment companies
- Access to the tools, leadership, and resources you will need to create and drive a center of excellence
- The opportunity to do the best work of your career
- Work in an inclusive and diverse company culture
- Competitive programs to support your well‑being
- Experience working in a collaborative environment with room to grow
UTA and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers.
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Senior Cloud Security Engineer & Threat Hunter
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