Finance Assistant

NBCUniversal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Working Title Films, a leading British production company under NBCUniversal, seeks a Finance Assistant reporting to the Head of Finance & Operations. You will manage invoicing, data for recharges, and financial records with high numeracy and accuracy, while supporting the finance team on audits and IT issues.

The role requires strong Excel skills, attention to detail, and the ability to multitask in a busy environment. Office-based, Monday–Friday, 5 days a week, in London.

Qualifications

• Degree educated or strong results in Mathematics and/or Accountancy.
• Good numeracy and Excel skills are required.
• Strong communication at all levels.
• Experience with accounting systems is a plus.
• Willingness to study CIMA or ACCA with company support.

Responsibilities

• Invoicing Producer fees and reconciling with external accountants.
• Update time-sensitive Excel worksheets shared with Head of Finance.
• Capture data for monthly recharges and liaise with Financial Controllers.
• Maintain Finance filing system in relation to Audit and HMRC.
• Manage petty cash and monthly reconciliations.
• Manage group credit cards and receipts; knowledge of VAT helpful.
• Handle ad hoc requests and assist Finance team with admin tasks.
• Resolve IT problems in collaboration with the IT team.

Skills

Numeracy

Excel

Effective communicator

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Education

Degree or strong Math/Accountancy results

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Accounting software

Job description

Working Title Films, co-chaired by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner,is one of the world’s leading British production companies, having created well-loved and critically acclaimed film and TV content for 40 years. The company is proud to have created over 130 films and TV programmes that have grossed over $8.5 billion worldwide and they continue to champion new talent through the London Screen Academy and NBC Universal Global Writers Programme.

Working Title projects have received a total of 10 Best Picture Nominations and have won 15 Academy Awards (including Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour, Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl, James Marsh’s The Theory of Everything, Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables, Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina, Tim Robbins’ Dead Man Walking; Joel and Ethan Coen’s Fargo; Shekhar Kapur’s Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age; and Joe Wright’s Atonement), 11 Golden Globes, over 40 BAFTA Awards and numerous prestigious prizes at the Cannes and Berlin International Film Festivals.

The company’s commercial and critical hits include My Beautiful Laundrette, Sid & Nancy, The Interpreter, About a Boy, Ali G, Notting Hill, Elizabeth, Fargo, Dead Man Walking, Bean, High Fidelity, Johnny English, Billy Elliot, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, A Serious Man, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Love Actually, Shaun of the Dead, Pride & Prejudice, Nanny McPhee, United93, Mr. Bean’s Holiday, Hot Fuzz, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Burn After Reading, Frost/Nixon, Atonement, Senna, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Contraband, Anna Karenina, Les Misérables, About Time, Rush, Trash, Everest, Legend, The Danish Girl, Hail Caesar!, Bridget Jones’s Baby, Victoria and Abdul, Baby Driver, Darkest Hour, Yesterday, Mary Queen of Scots, Rebecca, Emma, The High Note, Last Night in Soho and Cyrano, Ticket to Paradise, Matilda, The Swimmers, What’s Love got to do with it?, Polite Society, Blitz, as well as We Are Lady Parts and Everything I Know About Love for Working Title TV.

Recent releases include Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Universal Pictures), The Substance (Mubi), Coralie Fargeat’s explosive feminist take on body horror starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, Honey Don’t (Focus Features) starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans, and Lena Dunham's eagerly anticipated series, Too Much (Netflix), starring Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe, written and directed by Lena Dunham with original music from Luis Felber.

Working Title’s upcoming slate includes Sense and Sensibility (Focus Features), directed by Georgia Oakley and starring Daisy Edgar Jones, Crime 101 (Amazon MGM), an adaptation of the Don Winslow novella, directed by Bart Layton and starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Halle Berry, historical drama Pressure (Studiocanal & Focus Features), directed by Anthony Maras, starring Andrew Scott, Kerry Condon and Brendan Fraser, Finding Emily (Focus Features), a romantic comedy set in Manchester, written by Rachel Hirons, directed by Alicia MacDonald and starring Angourie Rice and Spike Fearn, Three Bags Full (Amazon MGM), starring Hugh Jackman, Nicolas Braun, Nicolas Galitzine, Molly Gordon, Hong Chau and Emma Thompson, as well as Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole (Netflix) series adapted by leading crime-writer Jo Nesbø from his best-selling books, directed by Øystein Karlson, starring Tobias Santelmann and Joel Kinnaman.

This programming exemplifies Working Title's commitment to pushing boundaries and embracing diverse narratives that resonate with contemporary audiences.

Duties and responsibilities:

The Finance Assistant reports to the Head of Finance & Operations. The responsibilities are:

• Invoicing of Producer fees and reconciling with external accountants on participation statements. This is highly sensitive information and good numeracy skills are required for this task. Updating an excel worksheet to be shared with the Head of Finance which is time sensitive in many cases.
• Managing and capturing the data for recharges to be invoiced to various productions monthly. Again, this is time sensitive and will involve liaising with the Financial Controllers on various Film & TV shows. The Finance Assistant is responsible for colliding all back up documents (invoices, credit card statements etc) and providing these with the invoices. Great attention to detail and excellent numerical skills are required to complete this task.
• The Finance Assistant is responsible for following up outstanding invoices and reporting to the Financial Controller and the Head of Finance if any collections issues arise.
• Managing the Finance Teams filing system especially in relation to Audit and HMRC requirements.
• Managing the company’s petty cash account, including paying work experience travel expenses and other ad hoc cash expenses, cashing up and preparing a petty cash reconciliation on a monthly basis.
• Managing the group of companies’ credit cards, including collecting and organizing receipts and preparing all credit card reconciliations. There are currently 13 credit cards in the company across the UK and the US with certain credit cards having over 250 transactions each month. Therefore, great time management, outstanding organization and efficient communication skills are essential to complete this task. In addition, a knowledge of VAT and basic understanding of income tax as well as the thorough knowledge of internal financial policies is essential.
• Dealing with any other ad hoc requests from the Head of Finance and being available to assist the company’s Finance team with administrative tasks as requested.
• Dealing with any technical and IT problems, liaising with the company’s IT team to find quick, efficient resolution to any IT issues.

Skills and experience required:

The Finance Assistant will be:

• Degree educated or have good A-level results, strong results in Mathematics and /or Accountancy
• A strong desire to study either CIMA or ACCA with company support
• Strong excel skills
• A confident and effective communicator at all levels
• Highly numerate with attention to detail and the ability to multitask
• Able to handle sensitive issues in a diplomatic and discrete manner
• Passionate for film and the film & media industry in general
• Familiar with most Microsoft packages including Outlook, Excel, Word and Power Point
• Basic knowledge of accounting systems, training will be given on specific systems that Working Title use
• Required in the office 5 days a week

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