Responsibilities:

• Serve as the team lead for consolidation of cost reports from various productions into a centralized reporting tool
• Develop methods to improve overall financial reporting and analytics process
• Collaborate with company technology and research teams to deliver cross-functional analytics, testing, and modeling with company’s data warehouse
• Develop new techniques to improve production cost forecasting
• Coordinate with multiple internal teams to ensure compliance standards, including evaluating documentation and desktop procedures
• Develop or enhance existing knowledge base on domestic and international production centers
• Work with tax credit team to develop planning, production metrics and production data consolidation in support of future initiatives regarding tax credits
• Coordinate with multiple internal and external stakeholders on all production tax and incentive matters
• Maintain knowledge of current industry trends pertaining to television and film production
• Ensure production policies and procedures are uniformly implemented operationally and that payroll/AP/Reporting are in accordance with company standards
• Support projects pertaining to labor contract updates, rate increases and compliance issues
• Perform ad-hoc projects as required

Technical skills and basic qualifications:

• Tableau experience and advanced Excel skills are a must
• Experience with SAP, PowerBi, MicroStrategy VI tools
• Intermediate knowledge of Global Vista, Movie Magic, PSL, and Smart Accounting products
• BA/BS required (Finance, Quantitative Field or Accounting preferred)
• Film and/or television industry production finance or entertainment tax, or management audit experience

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to interact at all levels, including upper management
• Understanding of production payroll process, union labor agreements, and tax requirements
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills
• Complex problem solving skills and aptitude for analysis utilizing financial applications
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, a high level of academic curiosity, keen focus on delivering results and exhibits the highest personal and professional standards of integrity and ethics

Pay Range - 88k - 110k salary