Senior Manager, Television Production Finance

Job title: Senior Manager, Television Production Finance

Company: MRC

Job description: Position: Senior Manager, Television Production Finance

Location: Beverly Hills, CA

Who We Are:

Media Rights Capital (MRC) is a diversified global entertainment company with divisions including Film, Television, Non-Fiction, and Live & Alternative, as well as joint ventures in data and publishing.

What You’ll Do:

MRC Television is seeking an experienced Senior Manager of Television Production Finance, to manage and maintain a variety of accounting and financial tasks, specifically related to all of MRC’s scripted, episodic, television series. This position reports directly to the SVP of Television Production Finance.

*Qualified candidates must have recent experience working with scripted, episodic television

Responsibilities

• Ensure production finance policies and procedures are current and effectively implemented on our productions
• Research, develop and test new technologies that provide the next generation of production finance tools and determine how and when to best incorporate into the production accounting workflow
• Manage the cash flow and funding processes
• Act as the prep/post accountant for shows and responsible for all matters prior/after accountant staffing.
• Review cost reports, trial balances, etc. prepared by show accountants.
• Manage show set-up of all shows by setting up production accounting systems (Global Vista, Smart Start, Smart PO), bank accounts and the set-up of CASHet purchasing cards for new productions.
• Work with Production/Post/Studio Executives and Production Accountants in handling, from an accounting perspective, the post process including records management and show turnover of post-production accounting.
• Work and provide assistance with/to show accountants and drive accurate, complete and timely cost reporting, protecting and managing show assets and supporting production.
• Work with physical production, postproduction, corporate finance, BA and creative in a collaborative environment
• Ensure that insurance claim costs are accurate and adequately supported by schedules, invoices and payroll documents
• Keep abreast of current and changing industry trends, evolving technologies, production incentives and changes in crew capacity and infrastructure support in the main worldwide production centers
• Potential travel to production locations where our shows are filming to audit, review workflows, organizational abilities and effectiveness of accounting staff
• Manage production tax incentives/tax credits (US and International) audits and various Guild audits (SAG-AFTRA, WGA, DGA, IA, MPI)
• Report to SVP, Television Production Finance in all matters related to external productions
• Manage various ad hoc projects

Qualifications/Required Skills

• Candidates must have 5-10 years in production finance, freelance and production accounting.
• Broad understanding of production tax incentives
• Scripted, episodic television experience is strongly preferred
• Solid understanding of payroll process, union labor agreements and tax requirements.
• Experience with Movie Magic Budgeting
• Strong MS Office skills required, with an emphasis on Excel; Vista and PSL accounting systems
• College degree in accounting or finance is preferred
• Must be detail oriented, organized, possess excellent organization skills and able to multitask
• Solution focused and problem-solving ability
• Ability to understand and articulate issues using creative, production or financial context.
• Ability to prioritize and respond effectively in fast paced environment, across shows in various points of production
• Strong understanding of production, budgeting, scheduling and cost reports
• Strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills
• Even-tempered, grace under pressure, discrete, high level judgement in absence of data
• Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with internal/external partners

About MRC

MRC is a diversified global entertainment company with divisions including Film, Television, Live & Alternative and Non-Fiction as well as joint ventures in data and publishing.

MRC Television is the largest and most award-winning independent TV studio in North America with a current slate that includes “Ozark” on Netflix, “The Great” on Hulu, the upcoming Amazon series “The Terminal List” starring Chris Pratt and for Apple TV+ “The Shrink Next Door” starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd and “Shining Girls” starring Elisabeth Moss.

MRC Live & Alternative is one of the largest global producers of live televised event programming, Tentpole live event series through its dick clark productions include the “Golden Globe Awards,” “Academy of Country Music Awards,” the “American Music Awards,” the “Billboard Music Awards,” “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,” “Streamy Awards,” and 16-time Emmy Award-winning series “So You Think You Can Dance.”

MRC Film is known for championing singular filmmakers and emerging directors to make high-quality distinctive films. Projects include one of the highest grossing original comedies of all-time, “Ted,” the Oscar and Golden Globe nominated “Knives Out,” written and directed by Rian Johnson and produced by Johnson and Ram Bergman, starring an ensemble cast including Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Jamie Lee Curtis, the Oscar nominated “Baby Driver,” Oscar winning “Babel,” and the comedy “The Lovebirds,” directed by Michael Showalter and starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae, currently on Netflix.

MRC Non-Fiction works with a diverse group of artists to develop, finance and produce feature documentaries and docuseries for global audiences. Projects includes; Edgar Wright’s debut documentary feature “Sparks Brothers” about the legendary American rock/ pop duo, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Focus Features; as well as “The Last Rider,” which chronicles the story of cyclist Greg LeMond, from acclaimed director Alex Holmes.

MRC and PMC have formed a publishing joint venture and a strategic content partnership with brands The Hollywood Reporter, Variety,Billboard, Rolling Stone, Vibe and Music Business Worldwide. MRC and PMC’s data venture brings together MRC Data, Alpha Data and Variety Business Intelligence. MRC owns a majority stake in Civic Center Media, A-Major Media and has minority investments in A24, Fulwell 73, Sugar23 and T-Street.

For more information on MRC Entertainment please visit:

No Phone Calls. No agencies please.

Due to the volume of resumes that we receive, only those candidates selected for consideration will be contacted.

MRC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, medical condition (including genetic characteristics), mental and/or physical disability or handicap, marital status, sex, age, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, political party preference, political belief, socioeconomic status, familial status, registered domestic partner status, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions and any other characteristic or activity protected by federal, state or local law

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Job date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 22:15:18 GMT


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