Production Finance Manager

Your New Role

The Production Finance Manager is responsible for providing production finance managerial support across motion picture productions throughout development, production, wrap, and post production, partnering closely with freelance production accounting teams, production teams, corporate accounting, treasury, tax, and digital systems.

Your Role Accountabilities

Production Financial Management

• Provide end-to-end managerial production finance support for assigned productions from development through final cost
• Ensure compliance with studio financial policies, SOX controls, and audit requirements
• Serve as a primary escalation point for production finance issues and risk mitigation

Banking, Cash & Treasury Management

• Oversee production bank account setup, maintenance, reconciliation, and closure (US)
• Review and maintain payment approval workflows and authorized signatories
• Ensure timely bank reconciliations, statement reviews, and proper digital filing
• Manage lockbox deposits, wire access, and funding confirmations

Cost Reporting & Cash Flow

• Review weekly, monthly, and quarterly cost reports for accuracy and completeness
• Validate trial balances, ETCs, variances, and supporting documentation
• Review and monitor cash flow submissions and funding needs against cost reports

SAP & Financial Systems

• Oversee SAP invoice processing, coding accuracy, approvals, and timely payments
• Review SAP reconciliations each period to ensure completeness, accuracy, and proper approval
• Monitor CTD reports and pending transactions; escalate issues as needed

Development & Payroll Oversight (US)

• Oversee payroll processing for development projects
• Review payroll coding, approvals, and posting reports for accuracy

Post-Production & Wrap

• Coordinate pre-wrap and wrap meetings with production and post teams
• Ensure final reports, filings, and reconciliations are complete and accurate
• Oversee return of production funds and closure of financial accounts

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 3+ years relevant and/or previous work experience in production finance or production accounting (preferred, not required)

Pay & Benefits

$83,300–$154,700/yr