Full-Time

Senior Feature Production Financial Analyst

Posted on 1/24/2025

Sony Pictures Imageworks

Sony Pictures Imageworks

1,001-5,000 employees

Visual effects and animation studio

Design
Entertainment

Compensation Overview

CA$43.27 - CA$48.08Hourly

Senior

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Category
Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
Finance & Banking
Required Skills
SAP Products
Data Analysis
Excel/Numbers/Sheets

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Degree
Experience
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
  • 2-4 years of relevant accounting/finance experience (project accounting preferred)
  • Excellent project management, organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to prioritize effectively and meet all deadlines
  • Ability to successfully communicate with executive leadership and with cross-functional teams
  • Possess a “can-do” attitude for all situations, no task too big or too small to handle
  • Collaborative teammate and ability to flex style and approach
  • Think creatively & challenge status quo when required by highlighting new trends, improving existing processes or are open to sourcing those ideas from others
  • Excellent organization skills, thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess a high level of intellectual curiosity
  • A strong comfort level with analyzing large datasets and drawing meaningful conclusions/results that contribute to the business
  • Effective communicator - adept at writing, facilitating, and presenting analyses
  • Excellent organization skills, acute attention to detail
  • Strong follow-through on all projects; ability to bring projects to timely completion with consistent track record of meeting deadlines
  • Advanced MS Excel/PowerPoint preferred
Responsibilities
  • Assist with production tax credit audits and work closely with Imageworks' People and Organization (P&O) team on the British Columbia, Quebec, and Ontario Residency Tracking tool and perform stress tests to ensure the best production tax credit results
  • Conduct regular vendor assessment and review of studio production spend for tax credit eligibility in Canada (Quebec). This entails regular quarterly review meetings with tax consultants.
  • Provide recommendation(s) to ensure the studio is prepped for the best tax credit claim submission
  • Track and review overhead spend, including setting up vendors, invoice payment processing, and ensure any COS related expenses are reclassified to projects
  • Audit of monthly procurement card statements to ensure adherence to Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) policy
  • Consolidate, analyze, and summarize the monthly financial results for the Company against Forecast/Budget with variance explanations to present to Senior Management: Consolidated income statement, Gross Profit by project summary, Summary Overhead SG&A, Production SG&A, and detailed headcount report, Systems, Development, Procs & Disks detail by project and recoupment analysis
  • Prepare monthly Overhead project reporting and Artist GAP time analysis across all cost centers
  • Support Imageworks with artist labour tracking and analysis against projects
  • Prepare and review production journal entries for reclassification of expenses, weekly production fees, and general month-end project related journal entries
  • Provide project management/accounting support to Imageworks Technology team for various ongoing technology initiatives, including compile and track capital investment actuals against Budget/Forecast
  • Manage ongoing production capital investment projects, including studio builds in all locations
  • Prepare monthly sales and use tax reporting submission to corporate tax
  • Assist with ad hoc presentation decks and special projects
  • Review monthly Vancouver payroll register to ensure accurate and timely payroll postings to projects
  • Perform weekly update of artist rate cards as well as ad hoc ratecard analysis as needed by production
  • Update and maintain various SAP labour and rate tables, including correcting weekly payroll errors
  • Become the expert with internal labour tracking systems (UKG and Timekeeper), including providing labour tracking reports and troubleshooting timecard errors to ensure accurate financial reporting
  • Maintain WBS project listing for US and Canada and other data tables
  • Provide guidance and support to local Payroll Administrator
  • This position entails ongoing daily communication with various productions, SPE finance, technology, legal, tax, P&O, payroll contacts, and other 3rd party contacts
  • Run ad hoc analyses and reporting for leadership as needed
Desired Qualifications
  • Tech-savvy
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Advanced MS Excel/PowerPoint preferred
Sony Pictures Imageworks

Sony Pictures Imageworks

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Sony Pictures Imageworks creates visual effects and animations for the film and entertainment industry. They produce photorealistic live-action effects, dynamic character animations, and full computer-generated features. Their work includes contributions to major films like "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" and animated features such as "Across The Spider-Verse." The studio differentiates itself from competitors through its proprietary software and tools that solve industry challenges, allowing for high-quality visual output. Their goal is to deliver stunning visuals while maintaining a competitive edge through technological innovation.

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Culver City, California

Founded

1992

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What believers are saying

  • Expansion into Montreal enhances their North American market presence.
  • Increased demand for high-quality VFX boosts their project opportunities.
  • AI-driven animation tools improve workflow efficiency and creative possibilities.

What critics are saying

  • Competition from Montreal-based VFX companies may impact market share.
  • Relocation to The Post could lead to operational disruptions.
  • Departure of key personnel might affect ongoing projects and collaborations.

What makes Sony Pictures Imageworks unique

  • Sony Pictures Imageworks excels in photorealistic live-action visual effects and CG animation.
  • The company has developed proprietary software for cutting-edge visual effects production.
  • Their global presence includes facilities in Culver City, Vancouver, and Chennai.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Vacation

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