Production Accountant

Job Description

VICE x Team
Our best in class Production Accounting Team is supporting the Global Production Services Organisation, which comprises Editorial Production Management, Commercial Production, Post Production and Global Media Operations. The team sits at the intersection of the business goals and productions as the key liaison to the financial goals of the project.

Role x You:

We're looking for a dynamic candidate who embodies a team first mentality and is focused on delivering high calibur results. Based anywhere in Europe, this role will ensure a smooth process between the production needs, the project budget, the AP and TandE team's requirements and reporting to Finance.

In the short term the selected candidate will get up to speed on the VICE Media Group policies and procedures and ensure alignment with the production and finance team's expectations. Reporting to the Global Director of Production, this role will be responsible for tracking all project costs in our production finance trackers and as a key liaison between the Production Team, AP Team, Finance, and Treasury.

But after 6 months in this role will be the trusted team member to troubleshoot issues as they arise and deliver quality reports.

And after a year this role will be solely responsible for reporting from pre-production through wrap across multiple productions simultaneously and own communications between production, finance and business leads.

Qualifications:
• 5+ years of experience in a production accountant role servicing various types of TV, Film, Commercial, Digital, News Productions
• 5+ years managing production payroll
• Past experience managing travel and expense payments
• Proven experience in a fast paced environment with multiple departments to coordinate and liaise across
• Strong system and Microsoft Excel skills
On a day to day you will work on the following:
• Generate weekly cost reports for Line Producers and VP of Production.
• Complete cost report functions: Audit Netsuite ledgers to cost trackers, Journal Entries, EFC updates, Variance Reports.
• Report show budget variances to Director of Production Accounting weekly.
• Liaise with HR to track FTC costs monthly.

We'd love if you had these:
• Extensive experience with Production Accounting software
• Production payroll experience

Working at VICE:

We want to find people who believe in our mission and goals and feel inspired to grow while they're here, rather than someone who checks the boxes but isn't invested. We encourage you to apply and show us what you've got.

VICE Media Group prioritizes the voices, ideas and people that other media companies miss. We believe that innovation is a direct result of diverse, inclusive cultures so we don't just ''tolerate'' difference s , we celebrate it and see it as essential to our staff, culture, and business. To learn more read the VICE Guide to VICE.

In alignment with our Core Behaviors and to ensure the safety of all of our employees and the communities we serve, we require all incoming employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If hired, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination, which will be kept confidential. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please let us know by contacting Accommodations@vice.com. We will work together to best meet your needs.

Agencies: VICE Media Group is not partnering with agencies nor accepts unsolicited resumes and will not be responsible for any fees or expenses related to such unsolicited resumes and/or applicants.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g3keyn-18-116-51-117-42 in your application.