Production Analyst - Theatre
Leading and rapidly expanding Theatre group are looking for a highly professional and proactive Production Analyst with excellent communication skills. Self-motivated, with a strong sense of customer service, you will be flexible to ever-changing business priorities, have a calm attitude and be solution focused.
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyse financial and non-financial data to create actionable insight to the future profitability of the productions & programming
- Support the Head of Production Finance in delivery of the production budgeting and forecasting process
- Assist in developing reporting, forecasting and budget models to support the business as necessary, including regular KPI reporting
- Liaise with key stakeholders to agree pricing and commission (royalty) requirements
- Review royalty statements and distribution to royalty holders
- Maintain a financial database for all productions
- Contribute to the preparation of the monthly management accounts, challenging results to ensure accuracy and providing reporting and analysis as appropriate
- Actively work with operational management to develop an understandings of production performance, carrying out research to identify opportunities to grow revenue and profit
- Challenge and control the making of informed business decisions, using both financial and non-financial metrics
- As required, prepare information in support of strategic presentations. Understand the needs and wants of key stakeholders to provide them with what they need
- Prepare thorough and consistent production models, challenging assumptions, preparing sensitivity and return on investment analysis
- Build key stakeholder relationships and communicate frequently with producers and production accounting teams to ensure costs are tracked and data is accurate
- Assist with internal and external audits
- Respond to ad-hoc data and analysis requests in a timely and effective manner
- Any adhoc duties as and when required
Skills & Experience:
- Minimum three years' financial experience, production accounting experience is desirable
- Theatre Production Accounting would be ideal
- Experience with union shows and guidelines
- Proficient in building budgets
- Well organised, process driven, and delivery focused
- Ability to turn complex concepts into simple language
- Strong analytical thinking and problem solving
- Advanced user of Microsoft Excel and proficient user of Microsoft PowerPoint; experience with PowerBI also desirable
Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
