Production Accountant
Our client a dynamic and innovative advertising agency based in the heart of New York City, are recruiting for a production accountant to join them on a full time basis. They specialize in creating captivating campaigns that resonate with audiences across various platforms. Their team is composed of creative individuals who are passionate about storytelling and pushing the boundaries of advertising.
Job Summary:
The person best suited for this role is someone that has full autonomy of AP/AR invoicing of a production.
This position is responsible for providing financial support to the production company and agency. The role requires strong accounting knowledge, financial analysis and financial management of production budgets. An opportunity for a highly organized finance individual with production/cost accounting experience, that is willing to roll-up their sleeves.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze production budgets, cashflow, funding requests for accuracy identify and escalate any irregularities to the finance manager and head of production
- Liaise with management on the status of all production jobs
- Review with account managers and producers when billing client invoices.
- Final billing and reconciliation to clients based on production jobs.
- Coding the corporate credit card accounts and following up on all back receipts
- Process advance payments via wire or company credit card for production shoots.
- Verifying bank details for vendor payments
- Create journal entries to reclassify and reallocate expenses
- Conduct monthly expense analysis and revenue reconciliations
- Maintain and manage accounts payable and receivable.
- Communicate with clients and vendors in a timely manner.
- Review and recommend changes to production insurance policy based on production cost, employee changes and freelancers
Qualification and Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting.
- Minimum of 4 years of finance and accounting experience with 2 years of direct production finance experience
- Attention to detail, ability to effectively review the work of others and develop a system to catch errors.
- Strong organization skills: ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage priority changes.
- Strong Excel skills
- Experience working with various accounting software including QuickBooks, Concur, google docs and working with on a mac.
- A hands-on Team player who is passionate about the creative industry and production finance/accounting
How to Apply: If you are a motivated and detail-oriented individual with a passion for finance and advertising, we would love to hear from you! Please submit your resume and cover letter outlining your relevant experience and why you are interested in joining our client.