James Thomas

Working in the TV and film industry for nearly 8 years as an assistant accountant. Skills/roles:

Payroll

Accounts Payable

Trial Balance Maintenance

Managing a team

Strong excel skills

Outside of work I am an avid guitarist and bread maker!

8 years working in TV and Film all within accounting. Currently working in post production as a first assistant accountant for the last 2 years, but a list of productions worked on prior below:

August 2021 – Assistant Accountant, RED Productions

Production: No Return, TX: Unknown

• Payroll
• AP
• Petty Cash
• Equals Cards

January 2021 – August 2021: Assistant Accountant, RED Productions

Production: Stay Close, TX: Unknown

• Payroll
• AP
• Petty Cash
• Equals Cards

April 2020 – July 2020: Assistant Accountant, RED Productions

Production: Ridley Road, TX: October 2020

• Payroll
• AP
• Petty Cash
• Equals Cards

September 2019 - Present: Assistant Accountant, Netflix/Drama Republic

Production: The Irregulars, Netflix TX: 2020

• Payroll
• AP
• Petty Cash
• Supporting Artists
• Insurance Claims

April 2018 – September 2018: Assistant Accountant, Fifty Fathoms

Production: The A Word, BBC One TX: 2020

• Payroll
• AP
• Petty Cash
• Supporting Artists

October 2018 – Present: Assistant Accountant, RED Productions

Production: Years and Years, BBC One TX: 2019

• Payroll (PAYE/SCH D/Dailies)
• AP
• PO

July 2018 – September 2018: Accounts Assistant, Studio Lambert, Amazon Studios

Production: The Feed, Amazon Prime TX: 2019

• Petty Cash
• AP
• Equals/FX Card

January 2018 – July 2018: Cashier, Tiger Aspect

Production: Curfew, Sky One TX: 2019

• Petty Cash
• AP
• Assisting Art Department Accountant with the live budget

December 2017 – December 2017: Assistant Accountant, Rook Films

Production: In Fabric, Feature Film TX: 2018

• Payroll
• AP
• Petty Cash

September 2017 – November 2017: Cashier, CBBC SPV

Production: Katy, CBBC TX: December 2017

• Petty Cash
• AP
• Supporting Artists
• Purchase Orders

March 2017 – August 2017: Cashier, Buffalo Pictures

Production: Doc Martin, Series 8 (ITV) TX: Autumn 2017

• Petty Cash
• AP
• Supporting Artist Payroll
• Per Diems

December 2016 – February 2017: Skillset Trainee Accountant, Carnival Productions

Production: Lucky Man, Series 2 (Sky1) TX: Spring 2017

• AP
• PO
• Manual payments

June 2016 – December 2016: Cashier, Carnival Productions

Production: Lucky Man Series 2 (Sky1) TX: Spring 2017

• Petty Cash
• Supporting Artists
• Drawing up stunt contracts

Biomedical Science, 2:1 University of Essex (2010-2013)