Television Production Finance Assistant

A well-established television production company is looking to bring a Finance Assistant into their collaborative finance team. This is a 12 months contract.

Finance sits at the centre of the business, supporting both the production teams on active shoots and the post-production teams delivering programmes. The environment is friendly, fast-moving and hands-on, everyone gets involved across the process from production spend through to final programme delivery.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working closely with operational teams and wants exposure to the financial side of TV production from development through to post-production.

The Role Responsibilities

• Processing supplier invoices related to production costs, equipment hire, locations, crew and travel
• Checking invoices against production purchase orders and approved budgets
• Supporting production managers and coordinators with spend tracking during filming
• Processing crew expenses and production cost claims

Accounts Payable

• Managing a high volume of supplier invoices across multiple productions
• Preparing and assisting with weekly payment runs
• Reconciling supplier statements and resolving invoice queries
• Processing invoices relating to edit suites, sound, graphics, post-production services and freelancers
• Assisting with tracking final programme costs as productions move toward delivery
• Supporting the preparation of financial information required for production cost reports

Month-End Finance

• Assisting with bank reconciliations
• Posting month-end journals, accruals and prepayments
• Supporting the preparation of month-end schedules for the finance manager

The Candidate

The company is looking for someone who enjoys being hands-on, organised and comfortable working in a creative production environment where priorities can move quickly.

The ideal candidate will have:

• 6+ months experience in an Accounts Assistant or Finance Assistant role
• Confidence processing a high volume of invoices and supplier payments
• Some exposure to month-end journals or assisting with month-end close
• Strong attention to detail and good Excel skills
• The ability to work closely with production managers, coordinators and freelancers