Financial Controller - Television
- Recruiter
- Sauce Recruitment Ltd
- Location
- Central London
- Salary
- £50k - 60k per year
- Posted
- 16 Aug 2019
- Closes
- 23 Aug 2019
- Ref
- EG23812A
- Contact
- Ella Graham
- Job Title
- Credit Controller
- Category
- Media / Entertainment
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Fantastic opportunity for a qualified accountant to join an Independent TV Production company. The business is highly successful in the UK and internationally, with offices in both the UK & US, and produces a variety of programmes, predominantly Entertainment and Factual.
Reporting into the Finance Director with a small team reporting into you, this is an all-round position that will be a blend of controllership and commercial accounting.
The successful candidate will have recently qualified within practice or industry and ideally have exposure to the Television or Media industry. You will be a hard working, down to earth individual and want to work within a dynamic, creative business. The company is incredibly friendly and has a lovely culture that requires a real team player.
The Role:
- Preparation of quarterly forecasts and annual budgets
- Prepare and review the consolidated monthly management accounts, analysing against actual, budget and forecast
- Prepare cost reports for Key productions and development projects
- Consolidation of the group company accounts (management accounts, budgets, forecasts) for group reporting schedules for submission to the parent company;
- Liaise with management regarding current and potential commissions to input into the budget and forecasts
- Monitor the company cashflow, reviewing both theUKandUSbank balances
- Prepare cost and cashflow reports;
- Assist in the management of the Finance team;
- Responsible for quarterly royalty reporting to 3rd Parties;
- Prepare year end audit packs for eachUK&USbusiness;
- Prepare annual statutory financial statements and tax packs for UK Entities and assist in producing relevant data forUSfiling;
- Analysis of financial information for projects and ad hoc requirements.
The Person:
- Fully/Recently qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)
- Experience ideally gained within Media or entertainment company
- Excellent communication, with the ability to build excellent working relationships, gain confidence in others and influence decisions
- Solid technical accounting skill]s, consolidations experience would be highly beneficial
- Hands on, proactive and a self starter with excellent attention to detail
- Excellent Excel skills including V-LookUps and Pivot Tables
- Working Knowledge of PMI is highly desirable.