
Senior Financial Analyst, Film & TV
Sony Music
Culver City, CAThis was removed by the employer on 11/24/2025 4:50:00 PM PST
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This is a Full Time Job
DESCRIPTION:
What you'll do:
Accounting & Financial Reporting
• Prepare journal entries, reconcile accounts, and support labels with revenue recognition and film cost amortization processes.
• Coordinate monthly close activities in collaboration with shared services and label finance teams.
• Own the preparation and refinement of the monthly reporting package for both Film & TV and Soundtracks, providing in-depth analysis of budget-to-actual variances and tracking critical KPIs to support business performance monitoring.
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
• Drive core FP&A activities, including annual budgeting, monthly performance reporting, and quarterly reforecasting cycles.
• Assist in preparing presentations and reports for executive leadership meetings.
• Partner cross-functionally with label finance teams to ensure forecasting accuracy and data integrity between planned and actual results.
Data Analytics
• Collaborate with the sales organization to develop and maintain advanced dashboards analyzing digital sales performance across key platforms.
• Provide actionable insights to senior leadership to drive strategic decisions around content investment and release strategies.
• Support management team and department heads with ad hoc analysis and reporting.
Revenue Processing and Accounts Receivable
• Partner with Legal and Sales teams to assess contractual terms and ensure billing readiness for license agreements, aligning invoicing timelines with deal execution and compliance requirements.
• Analyze and reconcile revenue data from incoming statements provided by sales agents and sub-distributor partners, ensuring accurate and timely revenue recognition.
• Collaborate with the Order-to-Cash (OTC) team to manage the accounts receivable ledger, proactively identifying and resolving outstanding payment issues to optimize cash flow.
Participations & Residuals
• Work with Royalty and Joint Venture Accounting teams to prepare participations and residuals reporting.
• Assist in maintaining accurate participations and residuals liabilities.
Who you are:
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; Big 4 or CPA preferred.
• 3-5 years of progressive finance and accounting experience, ideally with experience in the entertainment or media industry.
• Requires strong Excel skills; experience with SAP/BW a plus.
• Strong understanding of financial modeling, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Experience working in a fast-paced or entrepreneurial environment preferred.
• Detail-oriented with excellent analytical and organizational skills.
• Effective communicator and collaborator across departments and levels.
• Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable managing multiple priorities.
What we give you:
• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork, empowering you to bring your best.
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