Assistant Production Accountant (Esports)

BLAST Copenhagen Full-time

Salary Competitive

Reporting to: Group Financial Controller
We’re on a mission to take esports to the next level of global entertainment. We excite and invite billions of fans to join the esports revolution. We create live and digital experiences - from tournaments that pack out major arenas around the world to great content that’s guaranteed to blow your socks off.

We work with some of the world’s best game publishers and brands to elevate their properties into amazing esports experiences - having delivered tournaments, content and shows in a variety of games, including: Counter-Strike 2, DOTA , Rainbow 6, Rocket League and Fortnite.

We are looking for a new Assistant Production Accountant who will play a pivotal role in the financial management of remote, studio and arena productions from inception to completion.

Collaborating closely with various operational departments they are responsible for tracking costs, managing budgets, overseeing payments, and ensuring effective financial control. Additionally, they ensure compliance with financial procedures and legal requirements.

The Assistant Production Accountant facilitates the transition from initial budgeting to project execution, post-production reconciliation, and final reporting.

Requirements

• Finance contact point between the teams who plan our output from our Copenhagen offices for online, studio and arena events around the world.
• Track, review and challenge budgeted and incurred costs for all output to ensure they are up to date and accurate.
• Process, review, and reconcile POs invoices.
• Report on expenses from Pleo (employee cards system) and Melon (travel management system).
• Manage VAT considerations in multiple locations
• Track key milestones for compliance, ensure tax credit or rebate applications are submitted in a timely and accurate manner.
• Support strategic finance team in updating annual budgets
• Implementation of financial and operational processes to be utilised by planning and delivery departments
• Ad-hoc project & analysis work as directed by the Financial Controller

Experience

• Financial accounting experience, ideally in broadcast, live entertainment industries or scale-up companies
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• A passion for broadcast production and thrives in a creative, fast-paced industry
• Experience with building and implementing scalable solutions
• Ability to quickly establish credibility with multiple non-financial creative budget holders
• Experience with financial software systems (e.g. SAP, Concur, Pleo) Google Suite applications and Excel (preferred)
• Fluent in Danish and English

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Enhanced parental leave policy
• Health insurance
• Friday bars and other social activities
• Company trips (2024 we went to Barcelona and had a BLAST)