Andrew McKie
Andrew McKie


Region: Yorkshire
County: West Yorkshire
Local Authority: Bradford Council
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Crew Listing


Description

An industry transferee: a Chartered IT Professional building on his data and organisational skills, and experiences gained through supporting a regional casting agency in book-keeping, bill receipting, invoicing and paying artistes.

Just completed his first role on Virdee with the Magical Society for the BBC as a 2nd Assistant Accountant. Where the role included, Collating, organising and categorizing incoming invoices for approval using a cloud-based file store and DocuSign. Checking Schedule-D and Loan-out labour invoices against timesheets and contracts, both on and off the EP/POP crew portal. Entering invoices for payment using the Entertainment Partners Platform, specifically SmartPO, SmartAccounting. Processing Supporting Artistes' payments, setting up vendors and progressing invoices from both Direct SAs and Casting Agencies, both with chits and chit-less through POP.

Also supporting agency Oakroyd in all things digital, invoicing and making artiste payments.
Book-keeping using the Xero online platform. Maintaining data integrity, being the ICO
registered data controller. Developing and maintaining the bespoke Artiste Management System using Claris FileMaker and their digital asset library using Adobe Lightroom. Developing and maintaining the website, using Adobe Muse and creating their digital marketing material using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.


Special Interests

I'm especially interested in virtual production building on my programming background, creating digital assets using Blender and digital environments using Unreal.

Credits

  • ACCOUNTS - Production Accountant (Assistant)
  • 2024: Virdee

Affiliations
  • BECTU - Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinema, Theatre Union