Supervises a Senior Production Financial Analyst, Post Production Finance

Work with Vice President Post Production Finance, Post Production & VFX Executives, Post Supervisors and VFX Producers to prepare post/VFX budgets and cash flows and determine foreign currency needs for assigned shows

Manages and trains freelance post production accountants

Work directly with Production Finance Execs to oversee all financial aspects of assigned projects; act as lead in managing lower budget projects

Work with budgeting department and Studio Executives to prepare Dailies, Post & VFX budgets 

Review weekly Cost Report EFC’s for accuracy, providing coverage of concerns to the VP, Post Production Finance and Production, VFX and Post Production Executives 

Estimates/tracks post production and VFX film costs/potentials/cash flows/incentives

Ensure all show related information, including EFCs and tax incentive estimates, are accurately reported and maintained in the Production Finance reporting database

Review production budgets, cash flow, funding requests and weekly closing reports for completeness and accuracy; identify and escalate any anomalies to the Production Finance Executive

Lead film production audits on location along with other Production Finance team members

Oversee incentive audits, incentive deliverables, tracking and collection of incentives 

Manage production cash flow reporting, including forecast, actuals and plan, for all feature projects; analyze and review variances and variance explanations for reasonableness

Manage quarterly studio reporting deliverables, including EFCs, tax credits and trial balances

Work with the Production Finance Execs and Production Tax team on status and timing of tax incentives, review tax incentive estimates and analyze changes for reasonableness

Identify process improvement opportunities with focus on driving efficiency, transparency and collaboration across the studio

Manage special projects and ad-hoc reports as needed