Oleta Husbands

• Responsible for the cashflow and requesting funding.
• Updating the EFC and ensuring costs are posted to the correct accounts using the MMB10 budget.
• Managing the Payroll/ATL, AP, P-Cards team.

• Cost reporting across three companies in EUR, GBP and USD.
• Imported the locked budget MMB10 into PSL, updated EFCs and reconciled department budgets to ledger.
• Processed funding and managed wire payments and journals.
• Managed VAT returns.
• Closing the Period.
• Oversaw the UK and Italian team across Payroll, ATL, AP and P-card.
• Bank reconciliations.
• Approved invoices and UK/Italian POs on DPO/APA.
• Understanding of Italian tax credits, cast withholding tax and A1 certificates.

• Managing the AP (using APA) and P-card/Petty cash (using Cashet) Team, checking batches

• Cost Report responsibility, updating EFC and reconciling department and the locked budget, checking the trial balances and submitting it to the studios.
• Produced daily hot costs (extras, catering, overtime and transport)
• Multi-currency bank reconciliations (USD, GBP, EUR).

• Helped with using costumes budget and incorporating it into ours before locking the budget using MMB10.

• Submitted weekly asset list and carbon footprint ledger with correct VAT flagging.

During Wrap: Payroll managing, Bacs Run and working on WB wrap checklist

• Solely managed reshoot payroll for 180 crew members and stunts equity payroll.
• Followed Netflix policies, PAC BECTU Rules 2023, and HOD labour flow guidelines.

• Reconciled the construction budget by cross-referencing ledgers, cost-to-date figures, and forecasts, resolving discrepancies to ensure sufficient funds and accuracy.
• Managed and approved construction Payroll, Accounts Payable, Equals transactions, and contracts under IR35 guidelines, issuing notices and uplifts to crew.
• Assigned account and set codes in PSL, aligning the construction budget with episodic and amortised budgets for accurate reporting.
• Processed studio invoices, utility payments, and stage usage costs, cross-referencing production reports for accuracy.

Post from November:

• Approved AP, Equals, and CashNet batches, authorised payments, and updated final budgets in Movie Magic and PSL.
• Adjusted Estimated Final Costs in PSL, tracked variances, and monitored episodic and amortised budget overages/underages.
• Prepared tax incentive spreadsheets, flagging good and bad spend in PSL for compliance.
• Trained colleagues in ATL payroll and Construction accounting processes.
  

• Managed accounts payable for Transport and Electrical departments.
• Entered invoices and purchase orders into PSL with the correct account, sets and VAT coding.
• Closing any open POs and updating the PSL with overages and underages to ensure accurate costing. Reconciled supplier statements.

• Processed payroll for principal and stunt cast, ensuring adherence to SAG and Equity guidelines.
• Coordinated start paperwork with agents and production, verifying right-to-work and contracts.
• Created Equity and SAG timesheets using AD reports, progress reports,and DOODs and gathering SAG sheets for US cast.
• Managed payrolls in multiple currencies, accurately calculating payments, deductions, FEU tax, and pension contributions.
• Handled payments for accommodation, per diems, fittings, travel, chaperones, recharges, and other expenses.

• Managed accounts payable for Costume, Props, and Set Dec departments.
• Processed purchase orders, invoices, Equals, and petty cash vouchers.
• Reconciled supplier statements and Equals floats, resolving discrepancies.
• Ensured accurate coding for Equals and petty cash using the Chart of Accounts.
• Entered wire transfers in GBP and Euro.

• Managed Technical department Payroll, AP, Petty Cash, and Equals P-Cards.
• Processed payroll, including timesheets, journal entries, and tracking unpaid costs with dummy POs.
• Completed AP tasks such as entering POs, matching invoices, resolving supplier queries, and reviewing open POs..