Moneypenny

Course: Moneypenny 

Date: 25th -26th November

Duration: 7-9pm

Cost: Free

Venue: Online

Tutor: James Shannon

Course Profile:

Moneypenny Accounting: This course is run in colaboration with Entertainment Partners (EP) and is intended for those who wish to develop a good understanding of the Moneypenny accounting platform, which is used by film and TV productions filming in Ireland.

This in-depth course is designed for people working in production accounting, especially emerging FCs, production accountants, payroll accountants and 1st assistant accountants.  The training will take place across two consecutive evenings and will cover:

Day 1

• Getting started
  • Digital file storage
  • Project setup
  • Currency and VAT setup
  • Bank account setup
  • Multi-company/currencies
  • Free fields and locations
  • Creating sets
  • Creating departments
• Purchase orders
  • Granting access and assigning permissions
  • Creating online POs
  • Tracking, modifying and approving online POs
  • Posting online POs to the ledger
  • Creating dummy offline POs without digital approvals
  • Reporting
• Accounts payable
  • Entering invoices (paid/unpaid)
  • Reverse charges
  • Processing VAT-only invoices
  • Digital approvals
  • Cancelling cheques/posted invoices/reconciled items
  • Bulk payments/partial payments
  • VAT reconciliations
  • Digital document storage
  • Reporting

Day 2

• Accounts receivable
  • Entering invoices (paid/unpaid)
  • Receiving funds
  • Cancelling cheques/posted invoices
  • Reporting
• Bank reconciliations and journals
  • Manual versus imported journals
  • Repeating/reversing journals
  • Distribution changes (same/different period)
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Reporting
  • Temporary adjustments
• General ledger
  • Cost manager
  • Activating sets and locations
  • Creating the cost report
  • Editing budgets
  • Splitting EFCs/budgets over different sets and locations
  • Chart of accounts
  • Trial balance and balance sheet
  • Exporting ledger reports
• Petty cash and transactions
  • Creating float accounts
  • Supplier/vendor records
  • Online petty cash and approvals
  • Inputting petty cash or debit card transactions (manual/import)
  • Petty cash via AP

By the end of the course, you will have a greater understanding of cost management across film and TV productions and will feel confident about using the Moneypenny accounting platform on your next project.

Participant Profile:

This hands-on course is aimed at Film & TV Drama production accounting personnel who wish to use the Moneypenny accounting platform for productions of all sizes and types. Priority will be given to accounting personnel who are required to use the software as part of their roles.

Application Procedure:

Please apply online at this [link] by 12pm Friday 14th November

For technical difficulties with the online system please email denise.maher@nationaltalentacademies.ie

Film & TV Crew Academy South courses are open to all regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.

Entertainment Partners is a global leader in entertainment payroll and production finance and production management solutions. Its industry-leading tools, including Movie Magic Budgeting, Movie Magic Scheduling, Moneypenny  and the Casting Portal, support productions of every size – from independent films to global studio projects.