Production Finance Manager

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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. This role partners closely with freelance production accounting teams, production teams, corporate accounting, treasury, tax, and digital systems to ensure financial accuracy while supporting productions in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.

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

Partner with Centers of Excellence (Tax, Treasury, Digital Systems, Payroll) to ensure aligned execution

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 as required

Oversee Cashet / Cashet Pay setup, approvals, and ongoing account maintenance

Cost Reporting & Cash Flow Review weekly, monthly, and quarterly cost reports for accuracy and completeness

Validate trial balances, ETCs, variances, and supporting documentation

Ensure cost report totals are properly “tick‑and‑tied” to system‑generated reports

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

Ensure financial records are properly filed and maintained for audit readiness

Coordinate A/R setup, recharges, and journal entries as required

Digital Systems & Access Controls Manage provisioning and deprovisioning of production accounting staff system access with digital systems

Perform quality control checks to ensure proper segregation of duties

Oversee access to production systems (e.g., Cashet, Smart Accounting, Smart PO, SmartTime, SharePoint, BOX)

Ensure workflows and approvals remain compliant throughout the production lifecycle

Development & Payroll Oversight (US) Oversee payroll processing for development projects

Review payroll coding, approvals, and posting reports for accuracy

Coordinate SAP journal entries related to payroll and development costs

Ensure development accounts remain compliant with studio standards

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

Support audit readiness through final compliance checks

Qualifications & Experience

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