Finance Assistant

Paramount Pictures; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company is seeking a proactive Finance Support role to provide analytical support for various departments. This position involves budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting, requiring strong attention to detail and effective communication skills. The ideal candidate will be AAT qualified or studying and proficient in Excel and Outlook. This role is based in London and offers opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Proactive attitude and self-motivated.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Flexible approach to prioritise tasks.

Responsibilities

• Ensure actual reporting is accurate.
• Prepare and report monthly forecasting and budgets.
• Conduct revenue and cost reporting and analysis.
• Support dedicated departments with financial tasks.

Skills

Confidence

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Time management

IT Literacy - Excel & Outlook

Education

AAT qualified/studying or equivalent

Job description

Support the 5 Finance function, by providing proactive business‑focussed financial and analytical support, ensuring actual reporting is reviewed and accurately reflects spend to date for various dedicated departments. To prepare forecasting and budgeting for those departments of the entity profit & loss and ad‑hoc projects.

What will you be doing?

• Liaising with RTR team & the business to ensure actual reporting is accurate for dedicated departments
• Preparation/reporting of monthly forecasting and budget of 5’s P&L
• Revenue and cost reporting and variance analysis
• Review and co‑ordinate various payment runs
• Business support for dedicated departments including the Advertising Sales team
• Ad‑hoc tasks and projects
• Provide local support for business on T&E, Vendor setup & Market (PO system)

What are we looking for?

• Displays confidence, tenacity and a pro‑active attitude
• Excellent attention to detail, well organised and self‑motivated
• Effective communicator verbal and written to both finance and non‑finance staff
• Ability to think on feet and work to tight deadlines, whilst focused on deliverables
• Good time management skills, with ability to prioritise tasks with a flexible approach
• IT Literacy – Especially in Excel and Outlook
• AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) qualified/studying (or equivalent)
• Follows ethical business practices, direct, honest and treats all people with respect and fairness

Channel 5 is an award‑winning public service broadcaster and the UK's third latest commercial TV station, reaching 3 in 4 of the UK viewing public each month. The channel has a diverse schedule of original programmes across genres including issue‑led documentaries, popular factual, accessible history, stunning natural history, inclusive entertainment and reality, top level sport, high quality scripted programming, headline‑grabbing current affairs and critically acclaimed children's and news programming. Channel 5 is a unit of Paramount Global.

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on‑screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.