Financial Controller, StudioB
£60k
Office located in Mill Hill, London
Digital first, viral-lead, audience-focused production company
Be an early applicant
Digital first, viral-lead, audience-focused production company
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
£60k
Office located in Mill Hill, London
21-100 employees
Company mission
To deliver world-class, social content that captivates audiences, whilst staying native to social platforms.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for someone who brings their own vision, challenges thinking where needed, and can operate confidently within a fast-paced, creative environment led by a young and ambitious CEO
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Proven experience in a Financial Controller or senior finance role, ideally within a creative, production, media, or fast-growth environment
- Strong working knowledge of Xero and confidence operating in a cloud-based finance environment
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate numbers into clear, actionable insight
- Confident, resilient personality with the ability to work effectively alongside a young, creative CEO and senior stakeholders
- Comfortable operating both strategically and hands-on, with a genuine appetite to build and improve processes
- Clear communicator who can influence non-finance teams and bring financial understanding to the wider business
What the job involves
- As we scale, we are looking to appoint an experienced and commercially minded Financial Controller to strengthen our financial leadership, introduce robust processes, and support the business through its next phase of development
- The Financial Controller will report directly to the CEO and work closely with our fractional finance partners, acting as the senior in-house financial lead
- This is a highly visible and influential role, requiring both strategic thinking and hands-on delivery
- The role will be based full-time at our modern production studios in Mill Hill, North West London, working closely alongside the leadership, production, and creative teams
- You will play a key role in shaping how finance supports the business, from building scalable processes and controls through to partnering with production and leadership teams to drive profitability, margin discipline, and commercial decision-making
- Act as the senior financial lead within the business, partnering closely with the CEO on financial strategy, forecasting, and decision-making
- Work collaboratively with our fractional finance partners to ensure alignment, accuracy, and best practice
- Design, implement, and continuously improve financial processes, controls, and reporting frameworks suitable for a growing creative business
- Provide clear, confident financial insight and challenge where appropriate, supporting the leadership team to make informed commercial decisions
- Work closely with the Head of Production and the production team to support the creation, monitoring, and management of monthly production budgets
- Work closely with Studio B, Head of Agency to support the management of weekly and monthly rolling forecasting and budgeting
- Ensure producers understand budget structures, cost control, margin expectations, and financial accountability
- Track production spend against budgets, highlighting risks, overspends, and margin erosion early
- Support the business in maintaining profitable productions through strong financial oversight and clear reporting
- Oversee day-to-day financial operations, including:
- Management accounts preparation and analysis
- Cash flow forecasting and working capital management
- Balance sheet integrity
- Month-end and year-end close processes
- Ownership of the finance system (Xero), ensuring data integrity, accurate reporting, and efficient use of the platform
- Approve and oversee payroll, including pay runs and related reporting
- Ensure accurate invoicing, credit control, and revenue recognition
- Manage relationships with external accountants, auditors, banks, and advisors
- Support statutory reporting, tax compliance, and audit processes
- Ensure appropriate financial controls and governance are in place as the business scales
- Support commercial negotiations and contract financials where required
- Contribute to longer-term planning around structure, systems, and resourcing within finance
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Founded by hit YouTuber Brandon Baum, StudioB is a creative studio making content for a wealth of leading companies. Its in-house production team consists of VFX specialists, producers and editors, all working to create social shorts, high-end branded content and viral-ready ads.
StudioB stands out from the in-house ad production crowd through its embracing of tech such as AI. It utilises AI tracking software for green screens and other aspects of production to streamline and economise the process, putting the focus back on creators rather than committee-run ad agencies. A testament to the use of artificial intelligence as a tool within, rather than a replacement of the creative industries, the production studio has worked with huge clients such as Disney, Cadbury’s and Netflix, and garnered billions in views for its content.
In 2025, StudioB made headlines with its AI dating show, in which contestants must work out which blind date is a bot and which is human. This just goes to show the creative studio’s curiosity and playfulness concerning AI’s role within entertainment. It will no doubt continue making thought-provoking and striking ads, keeping in step with tech innovations as it does so.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Company HQ
Mill Hill, London, UK
Leadership
Brandon Baum
(Founder & CEO)Previously a Director & Producer for YouTubers Woody & Kleiny, was a Content Creator in his own right as well. Previously a Camera Operator at Sassy.
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