Production Accountant - Entertainment

A growing creative and production business is looking for a hands-on Production Accountant to become a key part of its finance function. This is an excellent opportunity for a part-qualified or newly qualified accountant who enjoys working closely with operational teams, taking ownership of production finances, and wanting to grow with a project-based team.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with production teams to prepare, monitor and manage project and production budgets
• Track actual spend against budget and provide regular reporting on project performance and profitability
• Support weekly and monthly forecasting across production and wider business activities
• Analyse production margins and provide insight into financial performance
• Prepare management accounts and assist with month-end and year-end processes
• Maintain and reconcile financial records within Xero
• Manage and update rolling cash flow forecasts
• Support payroll, invoicing, credit control and revenue recognition activities
• Assist with statutory reporting, tax compliance and audit preparation
• Act as the first point of contact for finance-related queries across the business
• Identify opportunities to improve finance processes, systems and reporting
• Work closely with external finance partners to support the development of a scalable finance function

Requirements:

• Part-qualified or newly qualified AAT, ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
• Experience in a hands-on finance role, ideally within a creative, media, production or project-based environment
• Strong management accounting, budgeting and forecasting skills
• Experience using Xero or similar accounting systems
• Confident communicating financial information to non-finance stakeholders
• Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of finance processes
• Interest in technology and AI tools, with a willingness to adopt new ways of working
• Ambitious and keen to develop within a growing business
• Able to Commute to North London 5 days a week
  

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