Finance Assistant

Avalon is a multi-award-winning talent management, television production and live promotion group with offices in London, Los Angeles and New York. Avalon, Artists Rights Group and The Agency together represent a diverse and distinctive roster of artists including actors, comedians, writers and directors, among them Academy Award, BAFTA, Emmy, Tony and Olivier Award-winners. 

Avalon is the UK’s largest independent television production company, with over 40 shows in production in the last year including: hit entertainment format Taskmaster (Channel 4 in the UK, Network 10 in Australia, TV4 in Sweden, TVNorge/Discovery+ in Norway); multi-Emmy award winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO); Not Going Out (BBC), the UK’s longest running sitcom on air; Tall Tales & Murder (BBC/RTE), a highly anticipated darkly comedic crime drama; upcoming live-action, sketch comedy series The Terrors Of Jordan Mendoza (Adult Swim); a brand new series of the iconic satirical puppet show Spitting Image: The Rest is Bulls*!t (YouTube) and Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (Channel 5 in the UK, Network 10 in Australia). Avalon has produced over 4,000 episodes of programming for audiences in the UK, US and around the world, winning 39 Emmy Awards and BAFTAs from 100+ nominations. 
Avalon produced Newman and Baddiel: Live at Wembley, the UK’s first arena comedy show, Jerry Springer: The Opera, winner of four Olivier Awards, and is currently producing the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical, Operation Mincemeat in the West End and on Broadway, and on a world tour. 

We are always on the lookout for exceptional talent.  Avalon is committed to creating a diverse environment and proud to be an equal-opportunity employer.  We encourage applications from individuals from underrepresented groups.  Regardless of your race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, or veteran status, you are welcome at Avalon. 

THE TEAM

The successful candidate will sit within the Avalon Finance Team, providing financial and administrative support across both Avalon Distribution and Avalon Factual TV.

Key Responsibilities

• Following invoices through to weekly payment and liaison with managers and key staff (relevant signatories).
• Setting up weekly payment runs and ad hoc payments when necessary, including intra-account transfers.
• Entering all bank transactions onto NetSuite and completing weekly bank reconciliations.
• Administering corporate credit cards; raising the application for sign off, ensuring CC holders have signed their agreement form and adhere to timely reconciliations.
• Review and processing of expense claims.
• Assist in the management recharging process.
• Dealing with queries and any issues relating to invoices, purchase orders, payments, credit cards, and expenses.
• Weekly bank reconciliations and monitoring of cash positions.
• Taking the lead on Avalon Distribution & Avalon Factual Debtors; updating the invoicing schedule, raising invoices when trigger points are met, liaising with Production, and chasing in overdue debt.
• Assist in the preparation of balance sheet reconciliations.
• Liaising with the finance assistants for the other entities to complete monthly inter-company reconciliations.
• Assist in preparing ad hoc business analysis.
• General administrative tasks and support for the Team.
• Ensuring efficiency of process and pro-actively identifying opportunities for process improvement and commercial enhancement.

The Candidate

• Strong academics (Accounting degree would be beneficial but not necessary).
• Self-starter who can equally thrive in an environment where they need to take the initiative and initiate change
• Record of effective collaboration across teams and a positive attitude to change demonstrated through study projects or work experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Basic Excel skills
• Highly organised with the ability to work to tight deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail
• A keen interest in the media, but no prior experience required

We’re an equal opportunities employer and are keen to encourage applications from individuals from under-represented groups.