Finance Analyst

The Role

The team..

The ITV Studios UK Finance function operates within a creative, deadline-driven, and highly rewarding environment. We act as a critical support system across our vibrant scripted production labels, maintaining a strong focus on financial reporting, data accuracy, and robust internal controls. Our team thrives on collaboration, adaptability, and high performance, partnering across multiple dynamic production companies to safeguard financial health while supporting great content creation.

The role..

We're looking for a Finance Analyst - Scripted to join our team on a permanent basis. Reporting directly to the Finance Manager, you will work closely with both the Finance Manager and the Head of Finance to provide comprehensive support for all aspects of financial reporting and control across a group of scripted production labels.

This is an exceptionally varied and fast-paced role that spans core month-end reporting, development tracking, royalties administration, and vital systems management. It is a brilliant opportunity for a motivated, part-qualified accountant who wants to deepen their financial expertise while gaining invaluable exposure to the inner workings of the scripted television sector.

Some of your key day to day responsibilities will include:

• Preparing key month-end inputs, calculating and posting journals, and maintaining an accurate, current position on intercompany recharges.
• Investigating Balance Sheet review follow-ups proactively and proposing robust financial resolutions.
• Supporting the Finance Manager with monthly forecast preparation and executing actuals and forecasts submissions via our reporting tool (Hyperion).
• Tracking and administrating programme royalties and executing required financial reporting to participants.
• Maintaining the development tracker, understanding the specific status of shows in development, and supporting development payments including documentation and disbursement requests.
• Keeping corporate finance systems updated with new projects and contracts, and supporting with statutory accounts and audit-related queries.
• Managing day-to-day transactional billing, including raising customer invoices, ensuring complete billing, raising purchase orders, and posting invoices for the group company.
• Executing financial controls including bank reconciliations, foreign currency revaluations, weekly supplier payment runs, and the preparation and submission of company VAT returns.
• Administering company credit cards and managing overarching team expense claims.

Skills you'll need (minimum criteria)

• Minimum part-qualified accountant status.
• Practical awareness of the scripted TV production lifecycle.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong attention to detail paired with a high degree of accuracy and analytical interpretation.
• Proven ability to work effectively under pressure in a result-oriented, deadline-driven environment.

Other things we're looking for(key criteria)

• A dedicated self-starter who brings an adaptable, hardworking, and highly proactive approach to their workload.
• Prior operational knowledge of Oracle, Hyperion, or Sage systems is highly desirable.
• Familiarity or awareness of High-End Television (HETV) tax credits is advantageous.
• Strong planning, coordination, and organisational competencies.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with a proven ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively across different levels of seniority.
• A positive willingness to work, adapt, and grow within an ever-changing business environment.

Potential Challenges

• Managing competing priorities and balancing workloads across multiple unique production company labels and physical office locations.
• Hours of work are a minimum of 40 hours per week, but will naturally vary depending on critical reporting periods and seasonal studio activities.

Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date. We'd encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested.