Entertainment Industry Specific
In addition to the general business services particular to most ventures, we specialize in the requirements and issues particular to the Entertainment Industry. Whether film, television, consumer products, digital, new media, theater, or gaming, we bring a combined 30+ years of experience in every area from executive reporting to on-the-ground production.
- Interim or virtual CFO, Controller, Accounting/Finance Executive, Administration Manager
- Cash requirement and cash flow analysis, liability, and multi-year projected earnings for television & film production contracts
- Oversee and track production budgets including vendor selection, payroll, location staffing & remote costs, union requirements, equipment rentals, and all
other in-production accounting requirements & issues from development through post
- Development deal contract breakdown, cost tracking, GAAP treatment
- Interface with executive management from development through wrap including budgets, marketing, sales, and overhead allocations
- All relevant accounting functions/entries and GAAP compliance.
- Analysis of element breakdown, co-financing shares, participant shares, license fees, and production funding
- Create and manage by-title ultimates for all media
- Ultimate cost amortization
- Determine and manage tax credit opportunities
- Interface with corporate tax to provide all necessary documentation for tax benefit opportunities
- Liaison with auditors at all levels: Corporate, participations, development, production, tax credit compliance
- Manage all DVD/Blu-ray/Digital business and distribution accounting & finance functions including revenue recognition, COGS, marketing, rebates,
MDF, co-op, sales discounts, segment reporting, budgets, forecasts, variance analyses
- FCC and other government compliances
- Ad sales support
- Commission calculations
- Pacing, under-delivery analysis, cost analysis
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