• Maintain and manage financial records, including general ledger accounts, journals, and financial statements. • Handle media-specific financial tasks such as royalty payments, talent fees, production costs, and project-based accounting. • Develop, monitor, and manage company budgets for media projects, including tracking expenses and forecasting future costs. • Oversee the full cycle of accounts payable and receivable, ensuring timely payments and collections, and managing cash flow. • Manage payroll processes, including payments for media staff, contractors, and freelancers, ensuring compliance with employment laws and contractual agreements. • Perform regular reconciliations of bank statements, media production costs, and other financial transactions to ensure accuracy and consistency. • Ensure the company complies with tax regulations, including the handling of media-related tax issues such as sales tax on media assets and withholding taxes on talent payments. • Implement project-based accounting practices to accurately track revenues and expenses related to individual media projects. • Prepare detailed financial reports, including profit and loss statements, cash flow statements, and balance sheets, for media projects and overall company performance. • Support internal and external audits by preparing necessary documentation and ensuring compliance with accounting standards and media industry regulations. • Analyze financial performance, identifying trends and advising management on cost-saving opportunities and strategies to improve financial efficiency in media projects.

• Perform weekly or monthly reconciliations for all accounts, including bank accounts, credit cards, Stripe, and GoCardless accounts. • Provide clients with reconciliation reports, detailing uncleared receipts, payments, and any unidentified transactions or errors. • Suggest actions for any old reconciling items and address discrepancies promptly. • Ensure that invoices for all businesses are issued in a timely manner, hitting the billing deadlines consistently. • Review all invoices to ensure they are correctly attached to the appropriate projects and that no discrepancies exist. • Confirm that all accounts payable invoices have been properly approved before processing. • Accurately record all daily financial transactions, including sales, invoices, receipts, and payments, into the accounting system. • Prepare and deliver key financial statements, including income and payment statements, and profit and loss accounts, ensuring accuracy in all reporting. • Run the Aged Debtors report after all banks have been fully reconciled to ensure visibility on outstanding client payments. • Ensure that all accounts payable (AP) invoices are processed and approved in a timely manner, keeping track of vendor payments. • Maintain accounts receivable records, ensuring client payments are recorded accurately and on time. • Fill out relevant tax forms and liaise with accountants to ensure compliance with UK tax regulations. • Update the accountant with any potential bad debt provisions as soon as they are identified. • Complete month-end closing procedures by reconciling all accounts and ensuring that financial records are up to date. • Maintain timely and professional communications with clients on financial matters, including clarifications on reconciliations, invoices, or other financial queries. • Use accounting systems such as Xero, Dext, and ApprovalMax for processing transactions, managing invoices, and ensuring financial data is up to date. • Handle all commercially sensitive and valuable financial information with the highest level of confidentiality and security.

**Key Responsibilities:** - Maintain accurate financial records and ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulations. - Manage all aspects of bookkeeping, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger entries. - Prepare and analyze financial statements, reports, and budgets. - Help the Finance Manager meet the month-end deliverables and reports. - Monitor and control costs, identifying areas for cost reduction and efficiency improvement. - Reconcile bank statements and ensure accuracy of financial transactions. - Encodes data to Xero on a daily basis. - Process accounts payable, payroll, and manage expense reports. - Assist in the preparation of tax returns and ensure timely filing. - Collaborate with the finance team to develop and implement financial policies and procedures. - Provide financial support and guidance to other departments as needed. - Utilize Xero accounting software for all financial tasks and reporting. - Communicate effectively with clients and team members in both French and English.

• Recording Financial Transactions: Enter daily financial transactions into accounting software or ledgers, ensuring all entries are accurate, complete, and supported by appropriate documentation. • Accounts Payable: Track incoming invoices, verify their accuracy, code expenses, prepare payments, and maintain vendor records. • Accounts Receivable: Prepare and send invoices to clients, monitor payments, follow up on overdue accounts, and process incoming receipts. • Bank Reconciliation: Reconcile bank statements against internal records to identify and resolve discrepancies, ensuring the accuracy of cash balances. • Payroll Processing: Assist with the preparation and processing of employee payroll, including calculating hours, commissions, overtime, deductions, and ensuring compliance with relevant laws. • Expense Tracking: Monitor company expenditures, categorize transactions, and flag unusual items for management review. • Financial Reporting: Assist in preparing periodic financial statements, budgets, and management reports to support business decisions. • Tax Preparation Support: Gather and organize financial records for tax filing, and liaise with accountants or auditors during tax season or audits. • Compliance: Ensure that all financial transactions comply with relevant laws, regulations, and company policies. • Document Management: Maintain orderly financial filing systems—for receipts, invoices, contracts, and other critical documents. • Communication: Directly liaise with management. • Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline accounting processes, implement best practices, and adopt new technologies or systems to enhance efficiency.