Production Accountant

Confidential; Los Angeles, California (CA, MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Confidential, a leading entertainment company based in Los Angeles, is seeking a Production Accountant to support a fast-moving, creative environment where financial precision drives film and television. This hands-on role serves as the primary liaison between internal teams and external partners, ensuring the financial engine behind production runs smoothly and accurately.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of production accounting experience with familiarity in guild agreements, residuals, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production accounting experience within film/TV.
• Familiarity with guild agreements, residuals, and the production accounting lifecycle.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Cost Reporting: Prepare, maintain, and deliver accurate production cost reports with current spend visibility.
• Vendor Payments: Process and manage vendor invoices and payments, ensuring timely and properly coded disbursements.
• Residual Payments: Oversee calculation, processing, and tracking of residuals per guild agreements and contractual obligations.
• Internal & External Liaison: Serve as financial point of contact between internal teams and external partners.
• Budget Tracking & Variance Analysis: Monitor budgets vs. actuals and explain variances to leadership.
• Process & Documentation: Establish financial workflows and documentation across productions.

Skills

Production accounting

Budget tracking

Cost reporting

Vendor payments

Residuals tracking

Stakeholder liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Excel

Production accounting software

Job description

Are you an experienced production accountant ready to bring your expertise to a dynamic entertainment company?A leading entertainment company based in Los Angeles is seeking a Production Accountant to support a fast-moving and creative environment where financial precision meets the world of film and television. This is a hands-on role with real cross-functional visibility where you'll serve as a key liaison between internal teams and external partners, keeping the financial engine behind production running smoothly and accurately. This position is fully remote, working PT hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Cost Reporting: Prepare, maintain, and deliver accurate and timely production cost reports, ensuring leadership has clear and current visibility into project spend at every stage of production.
• Vendor Payments: Process and manage vendor invoices and payments, ensuring all disbursements are properly coded, approved, documented, and paid on schedule.
• Residual Payments: Oversee the calculation, processing, and tracking of residual payments in accordance with applicable guild agreements and contractual obligations.
• Internal & External Liaison: Serve as the primary financial point of contact between internal production teams and external partners including studios, vendors, guilds, and payroll services, keeping all parties aligned and informed.
• Budget Tracking & Variance Analysis: Monitor production budgets against actuals, flag variances early, and provide clear explanations and recommendations to production leadership.
• Process & Documentation: Establish and maintain clear financial workflows and documentation practices that support consistency and accountability across all active productions.

What We're Looking For

• Experience: 5+ years of production accounting experience within film and/or television required. Familiarity with guild agreements, residuals, and the full production accounting lifecycle is essential. Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.
• Technical Skills: Strong command of production accounting software and tools. Proficiency in Excel and comfort navigating multiple systems and platforms. Experience with cost reporting and budget management at the production level required.
• What Sets You Apart: A highly organized and deadline-driven professional who can manage multiple productions simultaneously without losing accuracy or attention to detail. A clear and confident communicator who builds strong relationships across both creative and financial teams, and brings a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset to every challenge.

We will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.