Coordinator, Contract Administration

Full Time Job
Coordinator, Contract Administration, Original Studio Film

The Role:

- The Contract Administrator will have a strong emphasis on organization and a high level of attention to detail. You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, be able to juggle multiple responsibilities at the same time, and be self-motivated, quick-thinking and adaptable to change. You must have the ability to work proactively, independently and reliably under tight time-frames in a fast-paced environment. You will work closely with the Netflix Production Finance team, in addition to Labor Relations, Content Accounting, Content Acquisition, production accountants, and other cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively review and evaluate the contractual - financial - obligations of agreements and deal memos for talent - (Actors, Writers, Producers, Executive Producers, Directors, etc.) and rights
• - Prepare payment authorizations and payment schedules for above-the-line talent and rights, then facilitate timely and accurate payments as they come due
• Prepare payment authorizations and payment schedules for Overall/Term Deals (including overhead, support staff, etc.) and facilitate timely and accurate payments as they come due
• Create and maintain? film payment summaries, including organization and upkeep of all payment requests and back-up within a cloud-based document management system
• Liaise with productions regarding delivery of key documentation to ensure payments are made in a timely fashion
• Act as internal - and external - point-of-contact? for all talent payment related questions
• Ensure above-the-line payroll start paperwork is received, complete? and accurate
• Willing to tackle matters outside area of expertise
• Assist in researching?, developing? and testing? new technologies that provide the next generation of - contract administration and - production finance tools and determine how and when to best incorporate into the production accounting workflow

Experience:
• Candidates must have 5 years in production payroll, business affairs, legal or contract administration at a major studio or entertainment company
• Solid understanding of the payroll process and relevant provisions of above-the-line union agreements (e.g., DGA, WGA, SAG-AFTRA)
• Ability to - read and - understand - legal contracts - and articulate issues providing creative, production or financial context