Fremantle UK - Digital Production Accountant
- Recruiter
- Fremantle
- Location
- London, London, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 25 Dec 2020
- Closes
- 20 Jan 2021
- Ref
- 118242
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Digital
- Experience level
- Qualified accountant
Digital and Production Accountant
Reports to: Head of Production Finance and Head of ProductionLocation: Stephen Street, London (though working from home currently)
Job overview:Reporting to the Head of Production Finance for FremantlemediaUK and Head of Production for Thames, a Production Accountant has the responsibility to provide a comprehensive and professional production accounting service for this key FremantleMedia brand.
About the team:The Digital Production Accountant will work directly with the Fremantle Digital team and the Central Finance department. The digital team are responsible for creating innovative short form video storytelling along with managing social media and marketing across our portfolio of entertainment shows.The Production Accountant may also provide production accounting services to our entertainment productions when the need arises.
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We're looking for:
Why join us?Fremantle UK is the British production arm of global entertainment group Fremantle. Made up of a number of scripted and non-scripted labels, each with its own creative signature, that produce best-in-class programming for all the main UK television networks and many global streaming platforms. Content spans a wide range of genres from dramas and sitcoms through to game shows, talent shows and panel shows to lifestyle, documentary and reality. Fremantle UK is home to some of the UK's best known, best loved, and most talked about TV brands including Britain's Got Talent, The X Factor, Take Me Out, Supermarket Sweep, Q.I., Celebrity Juice, Harry's Heroes, Too Hot To Handle, The Apprentice, Grand Designs, Escape to the Country, Great Railway Journeys, Eating with My Ex, The Rap Game, 100% Hotter, and many more.For more information, visit www.fremantle.co.uk or follow us on Twitter @FremantleHQ and visit our LinkedIn and Facebook pages
Fremantle is one of the largest and most successful creators, producers and distributors of scripted and unscripted content in the world. A global entertainment powerhouse, Fremantle has an outstanding international network of production teams, companies and labels in over 30 countries. We produce in excess of 12,000 hours of original programming, roll out more than 60 formats and air 450 programs a year worldwide. The group distributes over 20,000 hours of content in more than 200 territories. We are also a world leader in digital and branded entertainment, with more than 300 million subscribers across 1,400 social channels and over 100 billion views across all platforms.We are part of RTL Group, a global leader across broadcast, content and digital, itself a division of the international media giant Bertelsmann.For more information, visit www.fremantle.com, follow us @FremantleHQ or visit our Facebook and LinkedIn pages.
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Reports to: Head of Production Finance and Head of ProductionLocation: Stephen Street, London (though working from home currently)
Job overview:Reporting to the Head of Production Finance for FremantlemediaUK and Head of Production for Thames, a Production Accountant has the responsibility to provide a comprehensive and professional production accounting service for this key FremantleMedia brand.
About the team:The Digital Production Accountant will work directly with the Fremantle Digital team and the Central Finance department. The digital team are responsible for creating innovative short form video storytelling along with managing social media and marketing across our portfolio of entertainment shows.The Production Accountant may also provide production accounting services to our entertainment productions when the need arises.
Here you'll get to:
- Manage all systems and controls required in accordance with FremantlemediaUK policies and procedures and ensure they are followed
- Provide support and back-up for the production team as required.
- Produce the monthly cost report package including detailed costs to complete, variance report and progress report
- Assist with the budget preparation if required and review the final budget for errors.
- Ensure the overhead recoveries are adequate and prepare the monthly overhead cash flow
- Control all production expenditure by coding and managing authorisation of invoices, expense forms, cheque requisitions and petty cash
- Control and reconcile all production petty cash
- Raise sales invoices on a timely basis and chase outstanding debtors, flagging any issues to central finance
- Reconcile and clear down the production recharge account
- Open the production bank account and ensure it is closed at the end of the production and act as one of the signatories on the bank account
- Prepare the production close down report package and assist central finance in closing the production in the finance systems
- Manage the working relationship with the Programme Finance Assistant supporting you
- Supervise a Programme Finance Assistant or Associate Production Accountant when necessary
- Manage the accounting on development budgets
- Production Accountants may be required to work unsociable hours and in various locations dependant on the need of the productions
- Provide support to the Head of Digital when reviewing strategies and investment opportunities.
We're looking for:
- The ideal candidate must have prior experience of working as a sole or lead production accountant on a medium/small production
- Previous experience dealing with outsourced payroll would be an advantage
- Strong book-keeping skills
- PC Literate - including Excel, Word, Email.
- Experience with SAP would be a distinct advantage
- Excellent inter-personal, communication and relationship building skills with a friendly and approachable attitude
- The role can be external-facing, so it is vital that the candidate is able to effectively liaise with key stakeholders during the entire lifecycle of a project
- Driven to work towards budgets and provide production teams with financial support
- Shows integrity in dealing with confidential information and material
- Responds to changing circumstances and is resilient, flexible, and willing to depart from plans when occasion demands
- Is able to address Production Managers and Heads of Production when having to relay important financial information with confidence and clarity
- Understands the creative output of the company and how that can be supported financially
Why join us?Fremantle UK is the British production arm of global entertainment group Fremantle. Made up of a number of scripted and non-scripted labels, each with its own creative signature, that produce best-in-class programming for all the main UK television networks and many global streaming platforms. Content spans a wide range of genres from dramas and sitcoms through to game shows, talent shows and panel shows to lifestyle, documentary and reality. Fremantle UK is home to some of the UK's best known, best loved, and most talked about TV brands including Britain's Got Talent, The X Factor, Take Me Out, Supermarket Sweep, Q.I., Celebrity Juice, Harry's Heroes, Too Hot To Handle, The Apprentice, Grand Designs, Escape to the Country, Great Railway Journeys, Eating with My Ex, The Rap Game, 100% Hotter, and many more.For more information, visit www.fremantle.co.uk or follow us on Twitter @FremantleHQ and visit our LinkedIn and Facebook pages
Fremantle is one of the largest and most successful creators, producers and distributors of scripted and unscripted content in the world. A global entertainment powerhouse, Fremantle has an outstanding international network of production teams, companies and labels in over 30 countries. We produce in excess of 12,000 hours of original programming, roll out more than 60 formats and air 450 programs a year worldwide. The group distributes over 20,000 hours of content in more than 200 territories. We are also a world leader in digital and branded entertainment, with more than 300 million subscribers across 1,400 social channels and over 100 billion views across all platforms.We are part of RTL Group, a global leader across broadcast, content and digital, itself a division of the international media giant Bertelsmann.For more information, visit www.fremantle.com, follow us @FremantleHQ or visit our Facebook and LinkedIn pages.
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