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About the Role
We are seeking a Production Accountant to join our Theatre team in London. This role involves the day-to-day preparation and delivery of production accounts, including payroll journals, reconciliations, 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 (Desirable).
- Experience preparing royalty or profit distribution statements (Desirable).
- Experience preparing VAT returns, CT61 or FEU submissions (Desirable).
- Exposure to year-end accounts preparation or Theatre Tax Relief workings (Desirable).
Skills
- Production accounting
- Management accounting
- Bookkeeping
- Finance
- Reporting
- Reconciliations
- Journal preparation
- Discrepancy investigation
- Bank reconciliation
- Control account reconciliation
- Purchase ledger reconciliation
- Prepayments
- Accruals
- Budget monitoring
- Cash-flow forecasting
- Royalty statement preparation
- VAT return preparation
- CT61 submission
- FEU form submission
- Government surveys
- Financial analysis
- Year-end accounting schedules
- Theatre Tax Relief
- Client relationship management
- Microsoft Excel (Intermediate)
- Accounting software (Xero, QuickBooks, Sage 50)
- Deadline management
- Accuracy
- Client-focused
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Attention to detail
- Proactive problem-solving
- Travel
- Theatre accounting
- Entertainment accounting
- Media accounting
- Production-led sector accounting
- Profit distribution statement preparation
Location
- West End, London
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full Time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Practical experience required
- Intermediate Excel skills
Salary/Compensations
- £42,000 - £45,000 / year
Benefits
- Generous Annual Leave: 25 days plus three days off at Christmas.
- Flexible Working: Hybrid working policy.
- Comprehensive Wellbeing Support: Private Health Insurance, Access to Digicare+, Employee Assistance Programme.
- Professional Subscriptions.
- Inclusive Employer: Equity, inclusion, and flexibility.
About the Company
- Specialist Theatre team.