Job Description
Title: Finance Assistant
Salary: FTE £30k to £34k p/a depending on experience
Term: Indefinite
Type: 4 days a week (32 hours)
Start date: ASAP / January 2025
Location: Rocket Science’s Soho, London office
About the company:
ROCKET SCIENCE is globally recognized as one of the preeminent film & tv studios. London-based ROCKET SCIENCE has developed, packaged, financed, produced, distributed and sold an array of critically acclaimed and commercially successful projects. The company continues to grow vertically into top-level budgeted projects and laterally into content creation.
About the role:
This is an opportunity to join an exciting, fast paced, dynamic international company with an exciting slate of projects in a hands-on junior position. The role is one of support for the accounting and business affairs departments.
Job Specifications:
Working with the Business Affairs and Accounting Departments on matters including:
• Processing supplier invoices and staff expenses for payment.
• Issuing sales invoices and maintaining the company’s sales ledger.
• Reconciling company bank accounts.
• Assisting in preparing payroll.
• Preparing project and corporate financial analyses and reconciliations.
• Maintaining collection accounts for the company’s financing slate.
• Processing, under supervision, of income statements, balance sheets and other management account reports.
Job requirements:
• Experience with Xero accounts software.
• Creative industries experience, particularly film and TV.
• Experience managing payroll.
• Strong attention to detail, with capacity to build a thorough understanding of data management including data input.
• Strong desire to learn and develop skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to deal with a wide range of people at all levels of careers / stakeholders.• High level of organizational skills.
• Proficient utilization of Office Package (including excel) and Adobe Acrobat.
• Must be a motivated self-starter who can prioritize and complete multiple tasks at a time.
• Must be comfortable working in a varied, high-speed and demanding environment and be a team player.
• Passion for cinema and a keen interest in entertainment industries is a plus.
Studies have shown that women, communities of colour and historically underrepresented people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture -- if you’re excited about the role but don’t meet all of the above mentioned qualifications, we encourage you to apply. Our differences bring a breadth of knowledge and perspectives that we really value.
To apply: Please provide CV and Cover Letter to info@rocket-science.net
Closing date: 27 November
Please note that we you don’t hear from us by 2 December your application has been unsuccessful. We would love to be able to respond to everyone who applies but it is regrettably not possible due to the number of applicants. We really appreciate your interest and understanding.