Accounts Payable Specialist
About The Position
The Accounts Payable Specialist supports the Development Finance team by managing accounts payable workflows and processing payments to talent with active deals in development prior to production. The role is based in a fast-paced, results-oriented entertainment environment and requires strong verbal and written communication to work with a broad range of internal and external business partners. It offers exposure to development finance, talent payment processes, and automation and AI tools used in finance, and may be suitable for someone early in their career. The position is a contract role based in Culver City, California, and is fully onsite with a standard Monday-through-Friday schedule and five days per week in the office. The environment is fast-paced and collaborative, with daily interaction across creative, business affairs, legal, production finance, accounts payable support, and external talent and representatives. The role uses accounts payable platforms, the Payment Scheduler System (PSS), and reporting tools such as Quicksight. Contract extensions are not guaranteed but may be possible, and conversion may be possible depending on business needs and performance.
Requirements
- 12 years of experience in finance, accounting, accounts payable, or a related field; highly qualified new graduates may be considered.
- Hands-on experience with accounts payable systems and workflows.
- Proficiency in accounts payable, accounting, invoice processing, invoicing, purchase order handling, and data entry.
- Ability to communicate effectively with multiple teams involved in payment and development processes.
- Experience with financial reporting and dashboarding, including managing or interpreting metric dashboards.
- Knowledge of contracts and agreements and the ability to apply it in a finance and reporting context.
- General understanding of finance principles and financial reporting.
- Bachelor's degree (BA) or higher in any discipline.
Responsibilities
- Manage talent payee onboarding for development deals by collecting and validating payment information for writers, directors, producers, and rights holders.
- Maintain and improve accounts payable workflows to strengthen controllership, accuracy, and operational efficiency.
- Collaborate with Development stakeholders, including Creative, Business Affairs, and Legal, to track deals closing across movie and television development slates and help establish payment schedules in PSS in line with deal terms.
- Set up and monitor PSS payment schedules to ensure payments are processed accurately and on time according to contractual agreements.
- Respond to ad hoc inquiries from talent and their representatives and coordinate with AP FinOps Support to troubleshoot payment and onboarding issues.
- Manage payment metric dashboards in Quicksight to reinforce financial controllership and provide visibility to internal business partners.
- Produce Development Cost Reports from PSS data for Production Finance on active titles and for Legal on abandoned projects and in-development payables.
- Support end-to-end payment workflows using accounts payable, accounting, invoice processing, invoicing, purchase order, and data entry skills.
- Communicate across teams involved in payment processes to ensure alignment, clarity, and timely issue resolution.
- Apply knowledge of contracts, agreements, finance, and reporting to interpret deal terms and support accurate financial and payment reporting.
- Anticipate stakeholder needs and provide useful, timely information.
- Proactively identify issues or process gaps and take steps to address them quickly.
- Build trust with internal and external partners through reliable execution, attention to detail, and transparent communication.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Critical illness, accident, and hospital coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions
- Life insurance, including voluntary Life and AD&D coverage for the employee and dependents
- Short- and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time off/leave, including PTO, vacation, or sick leave
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Career Level
Entry Level
