temp/perm Production Accountant

Role: Production Accountant

Sector: Creative Agency

Temp/Perm: Full Time

Hybrid: M/Tu/Wed in the office

Location: Central London

Reporting to: Finance Manager

Ref: VisionFR3342

VisionFR is working with a creative business to recruit a Production Accountant. The role will support the financial management of projects from set-up through to completion, helping to maintain accurate project reporting, effective billing and good control of work in progress.

The Role of the Production Accountant:

• Project Finance and Work in Progress
• Review work in progress regularly, ensuring project balances are accurate and kept up to date.
• Work with project and account teams to understand the status of ongoing work, agree actions and follow up outstanding items.
• Investigate older or unusual balances and work with budget holders to resolve them.
• Monitor project costs against agreed budgets and commercial arrangements.
• Billing and Revenue
• Prepare and issue sales invoices in line with agreed project schedules and contractual arrangements.
• Liaise with internal teams to obtain the information needed for accurate and timely billing.
• Check that project costs and relevant accruals are recorded correctly, highlighting any items that could affect project profitability.
• Support the application of appropriate revenue recognition and ensure completed work is reflected accurately in the accounts.
• Cashflow and Credit Control
• Assist with project cashflow forecasting and provide information on expected receipts and payments.
• Identify potential delays in billing or collection and raise any concerns with the appropriate finance contact.
• Monitor outstanding customer balances and work with colleagues to help resolve queries and overdue debt.
• Keep relevant records of payment arrangements and follow up actions up to date.
• Supplier and Expense Processes
• Work with project teams to ensure supplier and expense information is provided accurately and on time.
• Liaise with the accounts payable team to help ensure project-related supplier payments are processed in line with agreed procedures.
• Follow up missing supporting information and outstanding expense documentation where required.
• Project Reconciliation and Reporting
• Reconcile project finances at completion, checking that income, costs and accruals have been fully accounted for.
• Investigate differences and discuss any potential additional income, overspend or write-off with the relevant colleagues.
• Ensure project records are complete and balances are cleared promptly once work has finished.
• Provide clear and accurate project-level financial information to support reporting and decision-making.
• Provide support to the wider finance team and assist with other reasonable finance-related tasks as required.

Skills and Experience required of the Production Accountant:

• Previous experience in a project-based finance role, ideally within a creative, media, production or similar environment.
• Paprika is essential
• A good understanding of work in progress, project costing, billing and reconciliations.
• Strong numerical skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Well organised, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Confident communicator, comfortable working with both finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Proactive approach to investigating issues and following actions through to completion.
• Good working knowledge of Excel and experience using finance or project accounting systems.

VisionFR is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, inclusion and eliminating unlawful discrimination within our workforce and whilst fulfilling our client recruitment needs.

Due to the high level of applications being received if you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion, usually due to other candidates having more relevant sector exposure, qualifications or required skills. We thank you for your interest.