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Production Financial Analyst
Walt Disney Studios

Production Financial Analyst
Walt Disney Studios

  • Project Details
    This position requires solid analytic and organizational skills, with a strong Finance/Accounting component. This role will be heavily involved in the day-to-day finance operations of feature film development, production, and budgeting.Responsibilities:Corporation and Show Set-upBuilds corporate structure/flow chart for incentive planning and maintains implementation though all stages of productionOpens bank accounts for specific filming locations, obtaining signatory information and establishing account signers from both studio and freelance team for processing payments via checks and onlineResponsible for third-party accounting software set-up for use on production payroll and invoices, as well as user onboarding for all production systemsTracks crew hiring to create assumption agreements for union contracts, working with Labor Relations and payroll companies to ensure signatory status for IA/DGA/SAG are triggered timelyProduction PrepResponsible for daily accounting functions of R&D/Prep, including onboarding. Establishes travel authorization and approval workflows before free-lance production accountants are hiredInitiates invoice payments and ushers studio finance approvals. Monitors bank activity and account balances, placing stop payments when necessary, managing daily positive pay activity, and uploading files for batch paymentsSets up accounting office both local and abroad, ensuring process and functionality is maintained for various production locations and usersWorks directly with feature film production accounting staff on reviewing approvals for studio on invoices, competitive bids, check requests, and petty cashTrain freelance production staff on online banking systems, accounting systems, production systems, etc. (Scenechronize, ESN, PSL+, Smart Accounting, BOA, HSBC)Update and approve templates for show forms, including deal memos, check requests, and competitive bidsBudget ConstructionResponsible for building and updating Budgeting Department Excel models including Budget History Report, Crew Rate Comparisons, ATL/BTL Variance Reports, Location Incentive Summaries, and Look of Picture Cost report and Production Accountant database. Presents to key studio executives and provides explanations of variationsResearches new talent and crew contracts and adds new or revised details to Movie Magic budgets and production spend matrix (BLUE Report)Production AccountingWeekly submits Production funding and currency hedge requests thru wire transfers, reconciling actuals of spot buys and FX hedges in wire log. Works with treasury to establish foreign currency purchase and incentive sells, calculating blended rate for gain/loss to show.Initiates and processes payments via SAP, online banking software, and third party accounting systemMonitors positive pay activity daily, clearing payments or reporting fraudulent check activityJournal studio costs in SAP, identifying and correcting all miscodes on show’s subledger balancesSets up show credit facilities and acts as point person for all credit card authorization issues/declinesTracks and compiles necessary agreements for production audits and incentive submissionsProject ReportingOversees all updates of critical reports including production spend matrix (BLUE) and Executive Summary for studio-wide distributionWeekly reporting financial data of cost reports, change over prior memos, cost and PO commitments to date, potential variances, studio costs, hot costs, and major variances.Updates and manages internal company reports to senior executives. Builds greenlight memo and final budget binder for studio circulation
  • Production Type
    Corporate Video
  • Union Status
    Non Union
  • Location
    California
  • Dates & Location
    Ongoing
  • Closing Date
    2nd Feb 2021