Production Accounting Analyst

TPC; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Collaborative team culture

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

TPC is seeking a Junior Production Accounting and Audit Analyst to join the Commercials division. The role focuses on processing and analyzing commercial incentive documentation for state submissions, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery across multiple projects.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and eager to grow within a finance-focused production environment. Hybrid work arrangements and a collaborative team culture are offered along with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of production accounting experience as a 2nd Assistant Accountant.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel (formulas, lookup, pivots, large datasets).
• Working knowledge of film production cost reports, payroll, and accounts payable.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Georgia-based preferred.
• Familiarity with film accounting software (GreenSlate, SmartAccounting, PSL, Luca, Wrapbook).
• Experience with Film Production Incentives or incentive filings in relevant states is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Process and organize commercial production incentive documentation with internal automation while meeting deadlines.
• Compile and manage tax docs, invoices, payroll reports, timecards, residency docs, vendor agreements, and proofs of payment.
• Reconcile expenditures against budgets, cost reports, and general ledgers.
• Prepare complete submission packages for audit or state film offices, noting missing or inconsistent documentation.
• Analyze expenditures to distinguish qualified vs. non-qualified spend with the audit team.
• Maintain workbooks and tracking methods for ongoing state filing deadlines.
• Track deadlines and keep submissions on schedule across multiple projects and jurisdictions.
• Assist in evolving internal accounting processes and technologies.
• Familiarize with new state qualification elements for incentive programs.
• Collect quarterly withholding reports.

Skills

Production accounting experience

Excel proficiency

Cost reports & payroll knowledge

Multitask / manage multiple projects

Georgia-based

Tools

GreenSlate

SmartAccounting

PSL

Luca

Wrapbook

Job description

COME JOIN OUR TEAM!

TPC is an international premier debt financier in the film and television industry offering an array of complementary services including tax credit advisory, brokerage, legal delivery, and post-production accounting. We make content creators’ ideas a reality by leveraging our exceptional services in support of their creative projects.

We are currently in search of a Junior Production Accounting and Audit Analyst to join our Commercials division. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, who can multi-task and stay organized across a variety of tasks and deadlines.

WHO WE ARE

TPC’s Commercials division is the recognized leader in obtaining and managing production incentives for corporate advertisers, TPC Commercials has built an unmatched track record of delivering measurable financial value to some of the world's most prominent brands.

To date, TPC Commercials Division has:

• Partnered with over 180 brands across the advertising industry
• Supported more than 1,000 commercial production projects
• Secured over $120 million in production incentives on behalf of our clients

Our deep expertise at the intersection of finance, production, and advertising gives us a unique and powerful position in the marketplace — one we are actively expanding through new service offerings, new technology, and a bold new brand identity. This is an exciting moment to join our company and to help tell that story.

TPC Commercials’ offerings are interrelated with a unified goal of reducing friction in the creative supply chain that supports a corporate marketing organization. Our purposefully curated service lines will be supported by a custom-built, best-in-class platform — all of which will be rebranded to reflect our unique and evolving position in the advertising space.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking an Accounting and Audit Analyst to join the Project Management team. This role is responsible for processing, analyzing, and preparing commercial incentive documentation for state submission while maintaining continuity through the end-to-end process.

This role suits a candidate who loves the details, thrives on solving puzzles, works quickly and efficiently, and wants to grow with a company.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Process and oversee organization of commercial production incentive (Film Production Tax Credit) documentation, supported by internal proprietary automation while adhering to strict deadlines
  • Purchase orders, invoices, payroll reports, timecards, tax documentation, residency documentation, vendor agreements, and proofs of payment, etc.
• Reconcile and tie out all expenditures against production budgets, cost reports, and general ledgers
• Prepare complete, detailed and accurate submission packages for audit and/or state film offices including identifying missing or inconsistent documentation
• Provide analysis of expenditures to determine qualified versus non-qualified spend under different state incentive program rules, in collaboration with the audit team
• Maintain detailed workbooks and create methods of tracking on-going state filing deadlines
• Track deadlines and keep submissions moving on schedule across multiple projects in all jurisdictions
• Assist in evolution of internal technology and accounting processes
• Familiarize yourself with any new state qualification elements/requirements with commercial incentive programs
• Collect quarterly withholding reports

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE

Someone passionate about the advertising industry! The ideal candidate for this role is analytical and creative, detail-obsessed, organized, efficient, collaborative, flexible to multitask/switch between projects, and loves a challenge.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• At least 1 year of production accounting experience as a 2nd Assistant Accountant
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g. formulas, lookups, pivot tables and large-dataset reconciliation)
• Working knowledge of film production cost reports, payroll, and accounts payable
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines at once
• Preferred: Georgia based
• Preferred: familiarity with film accounting software (e.g. GreenSlate, SmartAccounting, PSL, Luca, Wrapbook)
• Preferred: experience with Film Production Incentives (commercial knowledge preferred), or film incentive filings in Illinois, Georgia, Texas or Hawaii

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary of $65,000 - $70,000 annually, commensurate with experience
• Full-time position with hybrid work schedule
• Collaborative, supportive team culture with opportunities to grow
• Comprehensive benefits package