Production Finance Manager

Troll Visual Effects; Tampere; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Troll Visual Effects in Tampere, Finland seeks a Production Finance Manager to own project finances, budgeting, and cash-flow visibility within an international VFX environment.

You will build, forecast, and monitor budgets, ensure profitability, and support producers in budgeting and bidding while developing scalable financial processes for growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in project finance, controlling, or financial management.
• Strong budgeting, cash flow, and profitability understanding.
• Ability to identify financial risks early and communicate them.

Responsibilities

• Build, track, and forecast project budgets.
• Monitor production profitability and variances.
• Forecast and report cash flow for projects.
• Control budgets for purchases, freelance costs, and resource allocation.
• Support producers and management in budgeting and bidding processes.
• Develop financial processes as the studio grows.

Skills

Project finance

Budgeting

Cash flow forecasting

Financial reporting

Profitability analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Do you want to help build international film and television productions while ensuring that large-scale VFX projects remain financially under control?

We are looking for a Production Finance Manager to take ownership of the studio’s project finances, budgeting, and cash flow visibility within an international VFX environment.

Responsibilities

• Building, tracking, and forecasting project budgets
• Monitoring production profitability
• Cash flow forecasting and reporting
• Budget control for purchases, freelance costs, and resource allocation
• Supporting producers and management in budgeting and bidding processes
• Developing financial processes as the studio grows

What we’re looking for

• Experience in project finance, controlling, or financial management
• Strong understanding of budgeting, cash flow, and profitability
• Ability to identify financial risks early
• Comfort working across numbers, productions, and people
• Fluent and natural English communication skills. Our clients are international companies, and key members of the team come from international backgrounds.

Experience in media, VFX, animation, gaming, or other project-driven businesses is considered a strong advantage.

What we offer

• A key role in an international VFX studio
• An opportunity to shape the studio’s financial processes and growth
• Competitive compensation
• The chance to work on world‑class productions

“Does the budget support this decision — and do we know for sure?”

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.