Head Gear Films is looking to fill a full-time Finance Associate position within its finance team, starting as soon as mutually convenient, with an attached salary of £28,000 per annum.

Head Gear is one of the most prolific private financiers of media in the UK, deploying over US$50m a year into around 30 feature films around the world, as well as television productions, video games, animations and theatre shows; Head Gear also works closely with its sister company, Bankside Films, a leading international film sales agent.

We are currently a fairly team of six people, operating a fairly informal office environment, and aim to recruit several additional members of the team over the next year.

The role is primarily an admin position, supporting the team's activities, with a specific focus on the monitoring of loans made to feature films and other media projects. Applicants with media finance or business affairs experience are welcome, as are less experienced but suitably focused candidates. Primary areas of activity will include:

• Tracking loan payments
• Maintaining regular communication with producers
• Liaising with the team to collate project expectations
• Monitor the project pipeline and keep up to date
• Industry and market research
• Data collection and analysis

Desirable skills are:
• Demonstrable experience of successfully managing multiple, time-sensitive tasks
• Good all-round IT skills, particularly with MS Excel
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work from own initiative
• A commercial awareness of the independent film industry
• Demonstrable problem-solving abilities
• Analytical skills - ability to interrogate numerical data and generate substantiated
conclusions

Essential personal qualities required are:

• A conscientious, team-oriented attitude
• Appreciation of, and focus on, customer service and client relationships
Regular office hours are from 10am to 6pm at our office near Oxford Circus.