KennedyPearce are currently recruiting a Head of Finance for TV production company based in London.

The finance department is currently made up of three people and is a very busy department. The Head of Finance role requires a candidate who has a real interest in finance, with a great attention to detail, someone who is happy to get involved at all levels, from covering purchase ledger to producing the annual stat accounts. A person who is able to develop effective relationships with people at all levels within and outside the business.

Managing the day to day operations of the finance department including a team of 2 accounts assistants

• Management of Purchase ledger, and supervision of the 2 accounts assistants to ensure purchase invoices are processed correctly and efficiently
• Supervise weekly BACS run, produced by the accounts assistants
• Weekly Credit Control, to ensure timely payment of invoices
• Cash Management/Treasury.
• Job reconciliations, working closely with producers and production managers to ensure jobs are reconciled at the right time.
• Monthly Intercompany recharges
• Management of month end close off to ensure all transactions have been completed prior to rolling the period forward. Reconciliation of the sales ledger and cash book to access.
• Bank Reconciliations
• Monthly Management Accounts for all entities
• Preparation of Fixed Asset schedule
• Overhead Forecasts, updating with actual figures monthly. Monitoring variances and updating divisional heads with any concerns on expenditure
• Quarterly VAT returns
• Artist Royalty Accounting and analysis of distribution income
• Production of Annual Statutory Accounts
• Audit Supervision and liaison with auditors
• R&D Tax credit analysis
• Animation Tax credit analysis
• Weekly Freelance Payroll
• Monthly staff Payroll including auto enrolment pensions
• Other Statutory reporting

This is a very hands on role and will need someone qualified. It is paying up to £70k pa.