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Manager Financial Planning
Paramount Pictures
Hollywood, CA, United States
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Overview and Responsibilities
Reporting to the VP, Motion Picture Planning & Deal Analysis, the Manager Motion Picture Planning will help to build financial models to project film profitability, support Business Affairs in negotiating talent participation and co-financing deals, and aid in the process of greenlighting films.
Responsibilities to include, but not limited to:
• Creating profit & loss scenarios for prospective films by projecting ultimate revenues and costs as well as modeling talent participation deals as requested by Business Affairs
• Coordinate with Corporate and the distribution groups in the preparation and ‘what if’ analysis
• Analyze the impact of film performance scenarios – analyze impact vs. plan and estimates
• Contextualize data, balancing historical performance with future segment projections
• Foster and maintain relationships with senior management and key Paramount business groups including all areas of distribution and production
• Collaborate with various groups at the studio including Production, Distribution and Legal to collect estimates ensure sign off on deals
• Leverage relationships within the entertainment industry to stay abreast of trends
• Maintain current knowledge of the entertainment landscape including shifting market trends and business models across all platforms, current knowledge of key talent, and product releases
• Keeping updated on market trends and updating generics accordingly to ensure accuracy in estimates
• Ability to stay connected with key Paramount finance leaders to ensure accurate and timely forecasting
• Complete various ad hoc reports, analyses, and special projects as needed
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics or Accounting
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience
Additional Qualifications
• MBA preferred
• Excellent communication skills and able to interface with all levels within the organization
• Must be highly organized, analytical and detail-oriented
• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Basic familiarity with talent participation deals a plus
• Self-motivated, highly organized and flexible
• Ability to take ownership of a process and drive results
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Excellent organizational and project management skills, along with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Film experience preferred but not required
• Attention to detail and strong oral and written communication skills Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, prioritize workload efficiently and meet strict deadlines to complete tasks/assignments
• Ability to turn around work in a timely and error proof fashion