Financial Controller

Job Description

Role Profile: Financial Controller (4day week)Harmonic Finance are proud to be leading the retained search to secure the next Financial Controller for one of the UKs leading production and post-production companies. The position has been newly-created in order to support continued growth plans for 2022 and beyond.The client Our client are a film production and commercials company based in Soho, London. They produce adverts, music videos and shorts and support a rapid-growth Film & TV development arm. Their ethos is "boutique but influential" and they are truly passionate aboutfilmmaking and impactful narrative. The business also take pride in exclusively managing a great talent roster of directors and producers which gives them a fantastic USP over many of their competitors.Financial performance has been extremely robust in spite of the pandemic: company turnover presently totals circa £5 million, with healthy cash reserves. There are currently ten full-time employees, with dozens of freelancers supporting on a production-by-productionbasis.The RoleAlthough your immediate focus will be upon ensuring that business-as-usual Finance is shipshape and scalable, the role would best suit an individual with a keen intellect and an eye for operational process improvement within a close-knit creative environment.The company showreel and talent roster is world-class, and with a fast-growing TV & Film development arm the Founders are keen to invest in the Finance function to improve their levels of commercial insight into the business. The aim is to keep financial andoperational processes slick and efficient in order to free-up creative colleagues to focus upon what they are best at.While budgetary responsibility for individual productions will sit with Producers rather than Finance, the Financial Controller will maintain over-arching responsibility for the annual company budget, commercial forecasting and for Board Pack content.The Financial Controller will also oversee Human Resources/People duties for the business including: company culture & values promotion, policies, annual leave administration (via software-as-service tool) etc. The successful candidate willbe encouraged to delegate some of these duties to their direct line report.Core duties will include:

• Production of monthly management accounts and associated commentary.
• Supporting the Founders with working capital management via delivery of cash flow forecasts.
• Overall responsibility (supported by bookkeeper) for delivering an efficient Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable function in a high-volume transactional environment.
• Financial Planning & Analysis (including margin analysis and creation of KPI dashboards).
• Regular communication with Talent, Producers and Creatives to ensure that the Finance department is a key part of company decision-making (as opposed to being back-office).
• Working with external accountants to ensure accurate and timely VAT and Corporation Tax return filings.
• Delivery of payroll (supported by outsourced partner) including Directors remuneration, P11ds etc.
• Overseeing Human Resources and high-level Facilities management (company insurances etc).

Company Culture & EthosThe business prides itself upon having a welcoming, close-knit company culture, centred around their fantastic Soho office location. All of the team have a deep passion and understanding of the Commercials and TV & Film industry and so - while Commercialsexperience isnt a pre-requisite- an appreciation of the creative arts in a broad sense is essential.What we need to see (Essential)

• At least 3 years industry experience in a Finance Manager or Financial Controller position.
• Strong commercial project accounting / FP&A experience within a Creative Agency or Events Production (TV, Film, Advertising, Digital Marketing, Music) environment.
• Experience of working within an owner-managed business environment.
• An aptitude for process improvement and automation.
• At least 12 months experience of managing at least one junior finance colleague.
• A genuine passion for the creative industries.
• Experience of overseeing payroll approvals.

What wed like to see (Non-Essential)

• Candidate can either be Qualified or QBE (Qualified by Experience)
• Production Accounting experience for TV & Film, Commercials or similar.
• Experience of using Xero.
• Experience of overseeing Human Resources duties alongside Financial Controller responsibilities.
• Any experience of implementing data visualization solutions would be of real benefit.
• Undergraduate degree at 2:1 or above.

Salary£50,000 - £58,000 + BenefitsPlease get in touch at for further information.Please feel free to share this with friends of colleagues that may be interested.Follow us on Twitter @HarmonicGroupHQ