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About the Role

We are seeking a Production Accountant to join our Theatre team in the West End. This role involves the day-to-day preparation and delivery of production accounts, including payroll journals, reconciliations, royalty statements, VAT, and year-end accounts, while liaising with clients and colleagues for accurate reporting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post weekly payroll journals accurately, following client instructions and relevant sector rules, and investigate unusual movements or variances.
• Maintain weekly bank, petty cash, purchase ledger, supplier payment and control account reconciliations.
• Prepare sales contra calculations and post the required accounting adjustments.
• Produce weekly production accounts, including reconciliations, prepayments, accruals and detailed variance analysis.
• Monitor actual production costs against budgets and cash-flow forecasts, highlighting unusual balances or emerging issues promptly.
• Prepare royalty, merchandise royalty and profit distribution statements, reconcile these to control accounts and communicate payment information to relevant stakeholders.
• Prepare VAT returns, including any sector-specific adjustments, and support the quarterly preparation and submission of CT61 and FEU forms.
• Complete government surveys and provide ad hoc financial analysis and reporting in line with client requirements.
• Prepare year-end accounting schedules to first-draft stage and assist with Theatre Tax Relief workings.
• Build effective relationships with clients and internal colleagues, following agreed processes and travelling to client premises in London when required.

Requirements

• Practical experience in production accounting, management accounting, bookkeeping or a similar finance role involving regular reporting and reconciliations.
• Experience preparing and posting journals, with the ability to investigate discrepancies and explain unusual movements.
• Hands-on experience of bank, control account and purchase ledger reconciliations, together with prepayments and accruals.
• Experience producing management or production accounts and reviewing actual costs against budgets or forecasts.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, filtering and maintaining reconciliation schedules.
• Experience using accounting software such as Xero, QuickBooks, Sage 50 or a comparable system.
• Evidence of managing multiple deadlines and maintaining accuracy in a fast-paced, client-focused environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to resolving queries.
• Willingness to travel to client premises within London when required.
• Experience within theatre, entertainment, media or another production-led sector.
• Experience preparing royalty or profit distribution statements.
• Experience preparing VAT returns, CT61 or FEU submissions.
• Exposure to year-end accounts preparation or Theatre Tax Relief workings.

Skills

• Production accounting
• Management accounting
• Bookkeeping
• Finance
• Reporting
• Reconciliations
• Journal preparation
• Discrepancy investigation
• Bank reconciliations
• Control account reconciliations
• Purchase ledger reconciliations
• Prepayments
• Accruals
• Budget vs. actual cost analysis
• Microsoft Excel
• Accounting software (Xero, QuickBooks, Sage 50)
• Deadline management
• Client focus
• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Proactive problem-solving
• Theatre accounting
• Royalty statements
• VAT returns
• CT61 submissions
• FEU submissions
• Year-end accounts
• Theatre Tax Relief

Location

• West End, London

Work Type

• Permanent
• Full Time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Previous theatre or production accounting experience advantageous but not essential.

Salary/Compensations

• £42,000 - £45,000 / year

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus three days off at Christmas
• Hybrid working policy
• Private Health Insurance
• Access to Digicare+
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Professional Subscriptions

About the Company

• We are a specialist Theatre team.

Equal Opportunity

• Inclusive Employer: Be part of a diverse team with equity, inclusion, and flexibility at the core.