KennedyPearce are hiring a Production Accountant for a TV/Film company based in London. This role will offer hybrid working in a fun company.

The role:

• Responsibility for the production finance management and budget reporting for all productions
• Review and reconciliation of monthly production cost reports, including preparation of variance reports and meeting with MD and Head of Production to discuss movements and key figures
• Provide commentary on cost reports to Financial Controller for monthly accounts
• Assist Production Managers/Executives with budgeting and cash flow forecasts, including foreign exchange management
• Forecasting of monthly production recoveries and uploading into Sage
• Process production petty cash orders and look after office petty cash tins - both GBP and foreign currency
• Monthly petty cash tin reconciliation and revaluing of foreign bank accounts in Sage
• Arrange monthly Production Meetings with Production Executives
• Responsible for setting up Cost Managers and additional checking of budgets when needed
• Training of new Production Managers on cost managers and finance processes
• Ensure all relevant management information is shared with the Financial Controller in a timely manner
• Maintaining (alongside Accounts Payable team) any urgent payments and weekly cashflow
• Preparation of the monthly payroll including all holiday pay, sick pay, and other statutory leave as applicable
• Liaising with Talent Manager and HR regarding new starters or contract amendments for monthly payroll
• Checking of supplier payment runs
• Reviewing of monthly freelancer payment runs, including checking invoices are compliant with HMRC regulations
• Responsible for managing month end deadlines with PM's - cost managers, PAYE, Personal Expenses, Freelancer invoice deadlines, petty cash returns and any other items
• Yearly submission of Freelancer reporting to HMRC
• Processing of paperwork to Barclays.net to open and close accounts, issues Bonds, payments to Sanctioned Countries and any other items
• Administrator for the company Pleo account and credit cards, responsible for the exporting of expenses, issuing new cards and closing accounts
• Planning and document preparation for the statutory audit
• Proactively ensuring that the company is up to date with accounting developments and compliant with accounting standards.
• Assist in the delivery of any ad-hoc projects as and when needed.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills:

• Appropriate accounting experience, with proven experience in the TV and film industry.