Assistant Production Accountant

Assistant Production Accountant

ITV Cymru Wales

8 month FTC

Office location: Cardiff

Hiring range: £23,000 - £25,000

For more information please emailTalkingCareers@itv.com

Your work matters to millions.

Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it’s not surprising that you’ll find us in every home in the UK, our productions are famous all over the world and we’re at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution.

When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact’s felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people.

Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don’t just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.

Your impact sends ripples.

The team

Our News team delivers high quality and trustworthy television and online coverage that regularly attracts audiences in excess of 3.5 million viewers. It’s a fast moving environment with a huge variety of roles and challenges on offer. We operate in 11 main news production centres across England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands. We also have a Political Unit and a Weather centre based in Millbank, London. And finally, we produce a range of current affairs & factual programming out of ITV Wales, UTV and ITV Border.

The role

We have a great opportunity for an Assistant Production Accountant to support our news and production team at ITV Cymru Wales, reporting into the Finance Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Controlling cost data with the use of Oracle Projects and internal ITV systems.
• Maintaining production data to support forecasting.
• Posting corrections and reallocating costs.
• Liaising with Finance, Production, external suppliers & internal business partners in order to maintain high service levels for the department.
• Generating financial documents (Purchase Orders/Invoices etc) when required.
• Providing ad hoc financial & admin support.
• Liaise between production teams, finance teams and the Business Service Centre to ensure an accurate and efficient flow of transactional information.
• Day to day support to the Finance Manager

Skills you’ll need(minimum criteria)

• High standard of computer literacy
• Experience of data analysis using Excel
• Ability to ensure confidentiality of all records especially in relation to the Data Protection Act.

Other things we’re looking for(key criteria)

• Strong coordination and administration skills.
• Cost/ budgeting experience
• Oracle systems literacy would be beneficial
• Ability to demonstrate excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and build relationships with differing levels of seniority across the finance and management community and externally.
• Ability to deliver high quality work to tight deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Previous experience in a Production environment is desirable but not essential.

ITV is for everyone.

ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).

We’re happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com.

• There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.

Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.

ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including

• Flexible working options available
• Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Competitive pension contribution
• Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
• Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life
  

More about our benefits

Closing date: 20th April 2023

Please note the notice period for this role is 2 months (this will include any new contracts/ secondments)