Tyrone Birkett
2059 McGraw Avenue
Bronx, NY 10462
(718) 597-3577

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

BBC NY PRODUCTION (04/06 – 12/07)
Finance Manager
Forecasting/Budgeting/Cashflows of various TV series in production & development. Actual
cost vs. budget schedules, various projected cost schedules based on production
scenarios.
Assisting & advising Production Executive in developing and optimizing overhead spending,
cash allocation, business plans, staffing.
Supervision of 4 person accounting/operations team – Staff Accountant, HR/Payroll
Accountant, A/P Accountant, Finance Asst.
Overseeing operations - IT, office & building management, usage of postproduction
facilities, headcount.

SCHOLASTIC ENT. INC. (07/03 to 04/06)
Production Accountant – Maya & Miguel (65 episodes)
Weekly tracking and reporting of budget vs. actuals and estimates to completion, prepared
cost reports for the Maya & Miguel animation
production, project management (publicity & promotion) and PBS station relations budgets.
Coding, entry and payment of A/P invoices, vendor account
reconciliation.
Bank reconciliations, petty cash, journal entries, maintained general ledger.
Handled payroll through Entertainment Partners & internal Scholastic systems.
Assisted in setup of production facilities – acquiring furniture, office equipment,
artist tables & supplies.
Advised on production employee staffing vs. budgeting considerations

CONVERGENCE MUSIC GROUP (01/03 – Present) General Manager
Principal partner in an independent music company.
Full charge bookkeeping, budgeting and forecasting, drafting of the business plan.

ACCOUNTEMPS/SLOAN STAFFING – Temporary Assignments (01/02- 12/02)
Collections, Accounts Receivable, Staff Accountant

ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS, INC. – Paymaster (10/00 – 07/01)
Processed payroll for above and below-the-line employees for various film & television
productions.

SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, INC. – Travel & Entertainment Auditor (01/00 – 10/00)
Auditing of reimbursable travel & entertainment expenses incurred by executives
American Express billing reconciliations, chargebacks, intercompany reconciliations

SUNBOW ENTERTAINMENT LLC – Production Accountant (10/88 – 12/99)
Assisted production executives on the initial setup of animated TV series production
budgets
Weekly tracking and reporting of budget vs. actuals and estimates to completion, cost
reports.
Structured the production cost A/P payment schedule according to the production schedule.
Developed monthly cashflow & investor reimbursement/funding
projections.
All accounts payable duties, bank reconciliations, journal entry, G/L maintenance.
Supervised West Coast animation studio production accountant in
overseeing payments, analyzing cost estimates. Responsible for
maintaining general office operation budget, and serving as a liaison between NY & West
Coast offices.
Highlights: Ten TV series productions under budget, assisted executive in the opening,
construction and operations of an animation studio in Los Angeles, kept TV production on
schedule with prompt collection of license fess, co-production recoupables and partner
investments due company.
Animated series production credits (selected):
Transformers, The Tick, GI Joe, The Mask, Conan The Adventurer, Conan & The Young
Warriors, My Little Pony.

EDUCATION
Queens College, City University of New York, 1984

SKILLS
Microsoft Office (Excel, word, Powerpoint, Outlook) limited experience with QuickBooks,
JD Edwards.

INTERESTS
Music, Cross Country Skiing, Travel, Audio