Senior Production Accountant (TV)

Are you a seasoned Senior TV Production Accountant looking for an exciting new challenge? Join a London-based powerhouse in TV production and play a pivotal role in the financial success of a globally recognised non-scripted brand. This award-winning company is known for being an employer of choice and keeps growing from strength to strength. This is your chance to work on a high-profile/high-budget series, collaborate with talented creative and finance professionals, and enjoy working in a fast-paced, supportive, and ambitious environment.

As a key financial partner to the Production Executive, you’ll be at the heart of production operations—ensuring the show is delivered on (or under) budget while maintaining robust financial controls and clear communication with all stakeholders. You’ll lead a dedicated finance team and act as the go-to expert for production finance, supporting both internal teams and broadcaster/streamer clients. This role is offering a highly competitive pay and will be considered either on a permanent basis or a 12-month fixed term contract (paid directly as staff or under IR35). It will be predominantly office based (3 days min), depending on the phase of the production.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Leadership: Prepare bi-weekly progress, margin, and variance reports, delivering clear, actionable insights for senior management and the broadcaster.
• Cashflow Management: Develop and monitor production cashflows, ensuring the production is always funded and any variances are flagged early.
• Team Management: Lead, mentor, and support two assistant accountants and a cashier, ensuring all transactional processing (payroll, supplier payments, floats) is accurate, timely, and compliant.
• Compliance & Controls: Oversee payroll, Sched D, supplier payments, and ensure all contracts and payments are IR35 compliant and/or with the relevant right-to-work documentation in place.
• Set Up & Close Down: Take ownership of production finance set-up and close-down processes, including leading finance start-up meetings and supporting ad-hoc analysis for the Production Executive and Head of Production.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with senior production, finance teams, and broadcaster/streamer, acting as a trusted advisor on all financial matters.
• Risk & Opportunity Management: Quantify and communicate potential risks and opportunities to the budget, supporting senior management in making informed decisions.
• Reporting & Analysis: Ensure all PMI cost reports are up to date, relevant, and accurate; provide commentary on material periodic variances.
• Balance Sheet Integrity: Take ownership of the production trial balance and ensure all balance sheet reconciliations are maintained and in good order.
• Process Champion: Champion financial processes and ensure controls are implemented and followed across the production.
• Ad-hoc Support: Assist with breakage budgets, insurance claims, subsequent series budgets, and any other ad-hoc analysis or queries as required.

The Candidate

We’re looking for someone with:

• Proven experience as a Production Accountant with credits on recognisable film, HETV, or reality formats.
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to communicate financial risks and opportunities clearly.
• Advanced Excel skills — comfortable building and working with complex financial models.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a deadline-driven approach.
• Experience with PMI (preferred).
• Outstanding communication and relationship-building skills — able to engage with both financial and non-financial colleagues.
• Superb time management and the ability to juggle competing priorities.

If you’re ready to make a significant impact on a globally renowned non-scripted brand and thrive in a dynamic, creative, and supportive environment, we’d love to hear from you!