Prepare pre-production payroll and production prep period accounting documents
· Assist in the gathering and submission of tax documents necessary for vendor setup and proper tax reporting.
· Assist in forecasting production funding for Production Finance
· Reconcile cash actuals for Production Finance for submission to the FP&A group
· Update production incentive forecast and analysis for various projects
· Work with Comcast Treasury to open production bank accounts
· Establish foreign exchange spreadsheets, estimate FX currency gain/loss, coordinate forward currency purchases with Treasury
· Manage production wire transfers and various invoices with follow up and confirmation
· Maintain a log of all production wire transfers
· Establish new show accounting office set up
· Prepare and send new show production packets & system orders
· Interface with all production accounting offices
· Assist with update of Production Status Report
· Prepare journal entries for studio charges
· Research studio costs and obtain backup
· Distribute all incoming production accounting reports and related documents
· Update and distribute various internal Production Finance reports
· Serve as Studio point of contact for questions from production regarding general company policies and procedures
· Serve as a back-up for more sophisticated functions in the absence of the more senior Finance executives that it supports
· Organize travel and reconcile T&L expenses
· Provide administrative support to the VP Production
· General office maintenance, including filing of confidential documentation
· Assist and/or coordinate other special projects as required (for example: funding reconciliations, bank reconciliations, implementation of new procedures, etc)