We are on the hunt for a Finance superstar to support the next exciting stage of our accounting journey! Reporting into the Financial Accountant but working closely and collaboratively with the whole finance team (and beyond!), this recently refreshed role will be primarily focused on supporting the delivery of our month end reporting requirements, and will take ownership for various accounting activities and processes including payroll.

This position is a 12 month fixed term contract.

You will be joining a diverse team of talented individuals, working together to support the wider nDreams Group and our multiple games studios within.

Key Responsibilities:

·      Support the Financial Accountant with the month-end close process and the delivery of accurate management accounts

·      Support the Financial Controller and Financial Accountant with year-end compliance tasks, including audit and IFRS statutory accounts reviews

·      Preparing the month end payroll changes file and reviewing the monthly payroll files provided by our payroll provider

·      Support the Financial Accountant with the year-end payroll activities, such as P11D, PSA, P60s

·      Act as a Finance Business Partner for a selection of our Head Office teams

·      Support with the annual budgeting and internal forecasting processes

·      Support the Head of Finance and Financial Controller with ad hoc queries, analysis and process improvement initiatives

Essential capabilities:

·      Part-Qualified Accountant

·      Advanced Excel skills, ideally with exposure to Power Query and various complex formulae

·      Experience using NetSuite or a similar ERP system

·      Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

·      Strong organisation skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritise varying deliverables

·      Analytical, with a strong attention to detail and high numerical proficiency

Desired experience:

·         Hands on exposure to the year-end close and statutory audit processes

·         Experience with payroll accounting

·         Experience in FP&A processes

Please note that this role will help you acquire skills while working alongside high-level professionals – so this experience can be learned on the job! Please still do apply, even if you do not

We are nDreams – we develop and publish the world’s most immersive VR games. You may know us as the team behind Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, Synapse, Phantom: Covert Ops, Fracked, and the recently announced FRENZIES. With humble beginnings as an independent studio, we combine amazing projects and considerable scale with a personal, caring touch.

We believe the best workplaces and games are created by diverse, happy and safe teams. We're committed to building a culture centred on respect, wellbeing and balance. It's crucial we make our games and industry more accessible to underrepresented communities. We strive to live this through the people we hire, the experiences we create and the causes we support.

We want everyone to have the opportunity to bring their best, authentic self to work. Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments during the interview process by emailing interviewing@ndreams.com or speaking to your nDreams recruiter. For more information about reasonable adjustments, check out this guidance from Scope.

We offer great perks, including flexible hours, duvets days, your birthday off, dedicated personal development time and support, as well as regular socials. Beyond this, there’s an excellent holiday offering, pension scheme, health insurance, life cover and much more.

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About the role

We are looking for a Principal Programmer to lead the code team to develop and maintain game features, systems and tools for innovative VR (virtual reality) games.

You will be a team player who can collaborate cross-discipline in a fun and inclusive environment, sharing ideas and expertise while maintaining a bigger picture of the product.

The Principal Programmer is also accountable for a broad area of development. They are responsible for the architecture and maintenance of significant areas of the codebase. They assist the Technical Director in directing, managing and mentoring the code team.

The rundown:

• Permanent role.
• Full-time (37.5 hours per week).
• Based out of our Brighton or Farnborough offices, or remote.
• The salary for this role is competitive and dependent on experience.

Key responsibilities:

• Managing and mentoring a code team, when required, either for a full project or a substantial part of one, depending on the needs of the project.
• Designing and implementing runtime systems, game features or tools.
• Debugging and resolving issues with game functionality.
• Optimising game systems for performant operation on diverse platforms.
• Rapid prototyping to quickly realise and iterate on game concepts.

About you

The skills you’ll need:

• Advanced knowledge of C++ including high-performance programming.   
• 3D maths, algorithms and data structures knowledge. 
• The ability to plan and create high-level estimates for the code team for an entire project and identify any risks.
• Communication skills - Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to communicate with technical and non-technical people to help them overcome issues. 
• Aptitude for providing feedback, noting potential issues, and mentoring junior coders. 
• Performance-minded development and optimisation skills. 

The nice to haves:

• Proven experience developing high-quality features for published PC, console or mobile titles.
• A thorough understanding of Unreal Engine’s C++ extensions, game framework and blueprint scripting. Unity experience is a bonus.
• Experience working on a multiplayer game and working knowledge of best practices during development.

About Us

We are nDreams – we develop and publish the world’s most immersive VR games. You may know us as the team behind Shooty Fruity, Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, Synapse, Phantom: Covert Ops, Fracked, and the recently released FRENZIES. With humble beginnings as an independent studio, we combine amazing projects and considerable scale with a personal, caring touch.

We believe the best workplaces and games are created by diverse, happy and safe teams. We're committed to building a culture centred on respect, wellbeing and balance. It's crucial we make our games and industry more accessible to underrepresented communities. We strive to live this through the people we hire, the experiences we create and the causes we support.

We want everyone to have the opportunity to bring their best, authentic self to work. Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments during the interview process by emailing interviewing@ndreams.com or speaking to your nDreams recruiter. For more information about reasonable adjustments, check out this guidance from Scope.

We offer great perks, including flexible hours, duvets days, your birthday off, dedicated personal development time and support, as well as regular socials. Beyond this, there’s an excellent holiday offering, pension scheme, health insurance, life cover and much more.

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About the role

We are looking for a Senior Programmer to develop and maintain game features, systems and tools for innovative VR (virtual reality) games.

In this role, you will work regularly with staff from disciplines including Programming, Art, and Design. The Senior Programmer will also be accountable for one or more specialist subdisciplines, applying their knowledge and acting as an expert consultant for that area. Examples include Graphics, UI (user interface) programming, network programming, AI (artificial intelligence) programming, user experience/gameplay programming, etc.

The rundown:

• Permanent role.
• Full-time (37.5 hours per week).
• Based out of our Brighton or Farnborough offices, or remote.
• The salary for this role is competitive and dependent on experience.

Key responsibilities:

• Designing and implementing runtime systems, game features or tools.
• Debugging and resolving issues with game functionality.
• Optimising game systems for performant operation on diverse platforms.
• Rapid prototyping to quickly realise and iterate on game concepts.

About you

The skills you’ll need:

• Advanced knowledge of C++ including high-performance programming
• A thorough understanding of Unreal Engine’s C++ extensions, game framework and blueprint scripting.
• An advanced understanding of at least one specialist area of game development – for example Graphics, Gameplay/UX (user experience), Animation, Networking, UI (user interface), Tools, AI (artificial intelligence).
• Self-learning and mentoring - Someone who desires to research, learn, and improve their knowledge, and pass that knowledge on to others.
• Capable of understanding complex tasks to produce results efficiently.

The nice to haves:

• Proven experience developing high-quality features for published PC, console or mobile titles.
• Experience working on a multiplayer game and working knowledge of best practices during development.
• Experience working professionally with Unreal 4 or 5, with Unity experience being a bonus!

About Us

We are nDreams – we develop and publish the world’s most immersive VR games. You may know us as the team behind Shooty Fruity, Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, Synapse, Phantom: Covert Ops, Fracked, and the recently released FRENZIES. With humble beginnings as an independent studio, we combine amazing projects and considerable scale with a personal, caring touch.

We believe the best workplaces and games are created by diverse, happy and safe teams. We're committed to building a culture centred on respect, wellbeing and balance. It's crucial we make our games and industry more accessible to underrepresented communities. We strive to live this through the people we hire, the experiences we create and the causes we support.

We want everyone to have the opportunity to bring their best, authentic self to work. Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments during the interview process by emailing interviewing@ndreams.com or speaking to your nDreams recruiter. For more information about reasonable adjustments, check out this guidance from Scope.

We offer great perks, including flexible hours, duvets days, your birthday off, dedicated personal development time and support, as well as regular socials. Beyond this, there’s an excellent holiday offering, pension scheme, health insurance, life cover and much more.

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About the role

We are looking for a Technical Artist to drive forward cutting-edge visuals, provide technical guidance and define art workflow and pipelines. They will be the bridge between the art and code departments and will work with the teams to further personal development, mentoring and peer critiquing.

They will help to build an excellent creative environment, fostering self-improvement and ownership, whilst establishing pipelines and processes that empower discovery whilst refining intuitive, aspirational, awe-inspiring games. 

The rundown:

• Permanent role.
• Full-time (37.5 hours per week).
• Fully remote within the UK.
• The salary for this role is competitive and dependent on experience.

Key responsibilities:

• Performance and accountability – a commitment and focus to producing work of the highest standard to time and budget.
• Communication and relationships – ability to work collaboratively with the wider team at elevation.
• Ability to troubleshoot in cross-discipline areas that fall into their experience, including lighting, VFX, and Environment Art.
• A strong set of core skills - including a strong understanding of developing performant shaders in Unreal, an understanding of Niagara’s particle system-VFV optimizations, as well as optimizing systems and structures within game engines for different platforms.

About you

The skills you’ll need:

• Experience in Unreal & Shader Graph
• Experience in Maya/Blender
• Experience in HLSL
• A degree or equivalent qualification & at least 4 years of experience in real time game development.
• Continuously improving - application of this to continuously learn and innovate in their discipline.
• Problem solving - application of this to solve complex Technical Art problems.

The nice to haves:

• Experience in Photoshop/Substance
• Scripting in Python
• Knowledge in C++

About Us

We are nDreams – we develop and publish the world’s most immersive VR games. You may know us as the team behind Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, Synapse, Phantom: Covert Ops, Fracked, and the recently released FRENZIES. With humble beginnings as an independent studio, we combine amazing projects and considerable scale with a personal, caring touch.

We believe the best workplaces and games are created by diverse, happy and safe teams. We're committed to building a culture centred on respect, wellbeing and balance. It's crucial we make our games and industry more accessible to underrepresented communities. We strive to live this through the people we hire, the experiences we create and the causes we support.

We want everyone to have the opportunity to bring their best, authentic self to work. Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments during the interview process by emailing interviewing@ndreams.com or speaking to your nDreams recruiter. For more information about reasonable adjustments, check out this guidance from Scope.

We offer great perks, including flexible hours, duvets days, your birthday off, dedicated personal development time and support, as well as regular socials. Beyond this, there’s an excellent holiday offering, pension scheme, health insurance, life cover and much more.

See more jobs at nDreams

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