Senior Production Accountant

Job Description

As the Senior Production Accountant, you'll be business partnering with the Production Finance
Team, (Digital) Producers and Sr. Management to successfully execute Animation and VFX projects.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

Provide proactive, clear and concise, analysis and decision-making support to (Digital) Producers in Budgeting/Cost Tracking and (productivity) planning.
Provide insights into opportunities and risks on projects.
Perform complex financial analysis and translate this into concise and informative reports.
Explore and action opportunities to improve our current tools/reporting and processes.
Prepare/Review weekly Estimated Final Cost (EFC) reporting and artist productivity planning reports for Production and our clients.
Support Producers in the (re-)bidding process of projects.
Prepare/review month-end reporting (actuals/forecast).
Mentor Intermediate and Associate Production Accountants to help them grow in their role.
Part of the annual budgeting process for our projects and overall pipeline (capacity, rates, bidding strategy etc.).

Required Experience/skills

5+ years of Experience.

B.A./B.S. Finance/Accounting degree.
Excellent MS Excel skills.
VFX industry knowledge is an asset, but not required.
Strong analysis/interpretation skills.
Excellent communication, organizational and presentation skills.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced multi-show production environment.
Able to prioritize work and remain detail oriented.
Ability to collaborate with various stakeholders.
*Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-re19y8-3-16-81-94-42 in your application.