Finance Assistant

The team..

The Global Partnerships Finance team plays a key role in supporting ITV’s international licensing and content distribution activities. Working closely with Sales Co-ordinators, Commercial teams and wider Finance colleagues, the team ensures financial data, contracts, invoices and purchase orders are processed accurately and efficiently within a fast-moving commercial environment.

This is a collaborative and supportive team that values precision, ownership and continuous improvement. There is a strong focus on standardisation, systems accuracy and process efficiency, alongside building strong working relationships across Global Partnerships and Finance. Team members are encouraged to be proactive, inquisitive and confident in driving improvements that enhance financial controls and operational effectiveness.

The role..

This role sits within the Global Partnerships Finance team and plays an important part in supporting the accuracy and integrity of financial data across licensing and commercial activity. As Finance Assistant (Global Partnerships), you will provide hands-on financial administration support, ensuring system data is verified, invoices and purchase orders are raised correctly, and financial processes are followed consistently. The role will also be involved in the monthly financial close process for the Finished Tape business area.

It’s a great opportunity for someone with experience supporting a finance team who enjoys working with systems, investigating discrepancies and contributing to process improvements. The role will suit someone with the appetite to expand their knowledge and experience in Finance. You’ll work closely with Sales Co-ordinators and finance colleagues to ensure financial information within the PARIS (Licence) system and related platforms is accurate, compliant and aligned to contract terms. You will execute some key monthly financial close activities adhering to deadlines.

Some of your key day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Reviewing and verifying financial data inputted by Sales Co-ordinators, ensuring accuracy within the PARIS system
• Reviewing contracts and amendments (including reversions) to ensure correct financial treatment
• Reviewing and releasing profit overrides in line with agreed terms
• Month end finance close activities to support the Finished Tape FP&A Analysts
• Raising and reviewing purchase orders for the business
• Raising invoices accurately and in a timely manner
• Supporting testing of new finance systems and process improvements
• Driving standardisation and efficiencies in financial processing across Global Partnerships
• Providing ad hoc financial administration support to the wider finance team as required

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

• Significant experience supporting a finance team in a complex organisation
• Demonstrates high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong numerical skills with an understanding of sub-ledger double entry accounting
• An appetite to expand finance knowledge and experience
• An ability to perform investigations in order to resolve issues
• Experience using a major ERP system (e.g. Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics)
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)

• Well organised, able to plan and prioritise work to meet deadlines
• Embraces ambiguity and proactively works with others to quickly determine how to deliver desirable outcomes.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, working effectively with colleagues and stakeholders
• An inquisitive mindset with a genuine interest in learning and keeping up with digital and industry changes
• A positive, flexible approach to change, maintaining wellbeing and performance during busy periods