Essential Responsibilities:

• Effectively manage the financial operations and cost reporting for assigned productions.
• Administer the financial on-boarding and off-boarding process for the various productions including supporting pre-production, post and wrap accounting inclusive of reporting, payroll, A/P, petty cash, journal entries, p-card activity and collection of receivables & deposits.
• Hire and Manage production accountants and assistants, coordinate show budgeting and production accounting process with accountants.
• Manage the set-up of show accounting system using appropriate payroll software.
• Ensure standard accounting procedures are met and oversee daily/weekly show cost reporting.
• Assist with implementing tax, labor and sourcing policies and objectives.
• Manage production cash flow and support the weekly and quarterly corporate financial accounting and corporate cash management processes.
• Implement and ensure uniform budget policies.
• Key financial management liaison between production executives, show accountants, show producer/UPM, and corporate finance.
• Ensure that the SPT financial controllership and production policies and procedures are uniformly implemented operationally and that payroll/AP/Reporting are in accordance with standards established by SPT.
• Liaise with Labor Relations, Production Finance, Internal Audit, Finance Ops, Treasury, and IT to ensure policies are current and effectively implemented.
• Identify problem and/or issues as quickly as possible including breakdown in communication between departments, UPMs, producers and accountants.  Furthermore, inform Labor Relations of payroll issues with potential exposure to penalties. 
• Approve and authorize various accounting procedures.
• Assist in the training and mentoring of Prep/Wrap Accountants and other staff members with the goal of developing stellar talent.
• Maintain knowledge of current industry trends pertaining to union MOA updates, rate increases and compliance issues.
• Liaise with corporate tax, production audit, controllership, production and government relations teams to ensure proper compliance, including refreshing studio documentation and desktop procedures.
• Perform ad-hoc projects as required.

Technical Skills:

• Intermediate experience with Excel and other Microsoft / Apple products.
• Intermediate knowledge of Vista, Smart Accounting, PSL and related production accounting applications.
• SAP experience preferred but not required.

Basic Qualifications:

• Education: BA/BS degree or equivalent graduate degree preferred.
• Candidate must have 5+ years of film and/or television industry production accounting experience