Production Finance, Originals, ROW Local Originals
Amazon•Published 17 hours ago•First seen 2 hours ago
The Amazon Prime Video team is shaping the future of digital video entertainment. The Original Content group focuses on ensuring we invest in the most promising original content for our customers and invent and implement policies and procedures to protect the investment of Amazon in original content. We are seeking to fill a Production Finance to manage the original content production in Brazil.
This position involves many ad hoc projects, and therefore a successful candidate will have the ability to tackle multiple projects and efficiently execute deliverables. The right individual will have exceptional Finance skills and strong understanding of Finance & Accounting principles, solid leadership skills and firm business judgment capable of driving an organization to the right results.
He or she will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment, and have the ability to influence the decisions of senior business leaders through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning, and the presentation of alternatives. The successful candidate must be able to think and act both strategically and tactically. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements and prioritize.
The team needs a self-starter, who is able to work effectively autonomously and drive projects with the team and cross-functionally with other teams including Development, Production & Operations, Legal and Business Affairs, Finance and Accounting. The candidate will need to able to collaborate with business partners across the globe and must display strong initiative for anticipating and meeting the business demands of senior-level business managers. The ideal candidate will understand the television and original production business and be able to liaise between the Amazon business teams and local producers.
The position will be inside the LatAm Finance Production team and would be full dedicated to Brazilian production projects and their control.
Key job responsibilities
· Serve as point of contact between multiple original television productions and Amazon Studios finance team
· Partner with other members of the Prime Video LatAm team and third party local production services companies
· Review production budgets, cost reports, trial balances and petty cash reconciliations prepared by show accountants
· Hire talented production accounting teams with the skill set to provide the highest level of production accounting support on shows that are both ambitious and complex
· Work with show accountants on a day to day basis to drive accurate, complete and timely cost reporting, protecting and managing show assets and supporting production
· Collaborate with Line Producers, Production Managers, Production Accounting Staff and the Amazon Production team to prepare all financial reports, ensure proper reconciliation of accounts, and ensure production's cash flow and payment needs are met
· Work closely and collaboratively with Amazon Studios’ teams including Legal, Tax, Business Affairs, Production, Finance and Accounting
· Manage production incentive workflow and ensure receipt of tax credits or cash. Manage cash flow and funding processes
· Develop/improve financial reporting processes, controls, and policies
· Create and drive innovative solutions that will enable the finance org to maintain effective controllership in a high growth business
This position involves many ad hoc projects, and therefore a successful candidate will have the ability to tackle multiple projects and efficiently execute deliverables. The right individual will have exceptional Finance skills and strong understanding of Finance & Accounting principles, solid leadership skills and firm business judgment capable of driving an organization to the right results.
He or she will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment, and have the ability to influence the decisions of senior business leaders through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning, and the presentation of alternatives. The successful candidate must be able to think and act both strategically and tactically. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements and prioritize.
The team needs a self-starter, who is able to work effectively autonomously and drive projects with the team and cross-functionally with other teams including Development, Production & Operations, Legal and Business Affairs, Finance and Accounting. The candidate will need to able to collaborate with business partners across the globe and must display strong initiative for anticipating and meeting the business demands of senior-level business managers. The ideal candidate will understand the television and original production business and be able to liaise between the Amazon business teams and local producers.
The position will be inside the LatAm Finance Production team and would be full dedicated to Brazilian production projects and their control.
Key job responsibilities
· Serve as point of contact between multiple original television productions and Amazon Studios finance team
· Partner with other members of the Prime Video LatAm team and third party local production services companies
· Review production budgets, cost reports, trial balances and petty cash reconciliations prepared by show accountants
· Hire talented production accounting teams with the skill set to provide the highest level of production accounting support on shows that are both ambitious and complex
· Work with show accountants on a day to day basis to drive accurate, complete and timely cost reporting, protecting and managing show assets and supporting production
· Collaborate with Line Producers, Production Managers, Production Accounting Staff and the Amazon Production team to prepare all financial reports, ensure proper reconciliation of accounts, and ensure production's cash flow and payment needs are met
· Work closely and collaboratively with Amazon Studios’ teams including Legal, Tax, Business Affairs, Production, Finance and Accounting
· Manage production incentive workflow and ensure receipt of tax credits or cash. Manage cash flow and funding processes
· Develop/improve financial reporting processes, controls, and policies
· Create and drive innovative solutions that will enable the finance org to maintain effective controllership in a high growth business
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
- Experience managing time efficiently, meeting personal goals, and working effectively with internal, partner, and customer teams
- Experience in entertainment, brand or production entity
- Speak, write, and read fluently in English
- Experience in production finance/accounting and an analytical frame of mind
- Solid entertainment deal making, representing or working for a major scripted production company, studio, network, record label, or music publisher experience
- Speak, Write and Read fluently in Portuguese
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in requirement gathering and ability to write clear and detailed requirement document, or experience reading and writing procedures, technical documents, and engineering drawings
- Experience in solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits), or experience in Excel (macros, index, conditional list, arrays, pivots, lookups)
- Experience managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior management