דרושים Manager Production Finance - Uk Series ב-Netflix ב-United Kingdom, London

About Production Finance:

The Production Finance Coordinator will be tasked with supporting our ever-growing slate on a day-to-day basis, and providing consistency for our internal and external partners.

Responsibilities:

• Comprehensive daily support for the Production Finance Team

• Partner with Production Finance Associates and Managers to process accounts payables, track project cash forecasting and funding, maintain multiple internal reporting tools and systems as well as general ad hoc projects

• Facilitate communication with external partners

• General show set up including working with payroll companies

• Inform internal cross-functional teams with project updates

• Workflow optimization

Requirements:

• A minimum of three years work experience in finance or accounting

• The ideal candidate must thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess a high level of intellectual curiosity, a focus on generating results and exhibit the highest personal and professional standards of integrity and ethics

• Candidates must be self-motivated, disciplined and highly organized

• Ability to multitask and prioritise effectively

• High aptitude and enthusiasm for complex problem solving and analysis

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Passion for entertainment and finance is a must

• Strong Excel or Google Sheet skills

• Develop and execute a comprehensive payments strategy for UK/Ireland, and drive innovation in payments by considering consumer needs, regulatory environments, and technological trends

• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with financial partners, including payment service providers, card schemes, and key institutions, while negotiating and managing contracts to drive payment performance and foster innovation.

• Own key payment metrics and market trends and derive actionable insights to improve customer experience and performance

• Lead complex, cross-functional payment initiatives (both internally and externally) that impact millions of members and deliver significant revenue streams

• Drive strategic payment innovation by partnering with key internal teams including Finance & Strategy, Payments Product Management and Engineering and Payments Policies to develop and implement cutting-edge payment solutions.

• Navigate the evolving regulatory landscape, including FCA & PSR initiatives around strong customer authentication, faster payments, open banking (e.g. 3DS, cVRP) and ensure Netflix's compliance while maintaining a frictionless member experience

• Represent the Payments team across the company and engage in strategic discussions with executives across domains

• 12+ years of experience managing payments at a large merchant, issuer, acquirer, payment service provider, or fintech company, with expertise in subscription-based and high-volume digital payments

• Deep understanding of current and future payment technologies

• Extensive network of relationships and proven track record of partnering with card processors, card schemes, banks, and fintechs, including product development and contract negotiation

• Visionary leader with a strategic mindset, able to translate abstract ideas into concrete action plans and drive complex initiatives in a global technology company

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize data from multiple sources and make strategic decisions

• Exceptional communication skills to articulate complex payment concepts to diverse audiences and stakeholders

• Collaborative and inspirational, with a history of building strong relationships across diverse cross-functional teams and influencing external stakeholders

• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, embracing failure as a learning opportunity

• Impeccable judgment and integrity, with the ability to make key decisions quickly and autonomously

• Willingness to travel as needed

Responsibilities include:

• Serve as a contact for below-the-line legal matters arising during development, pre-production, production, post-production, and launch.

• Ability to structure, draft, and negotiate below-the-line production agreements with moderate oversight, ensuring alignment with Netflix and industry standard and deal contexts (e.g., physical production department head agreements; casting director agreements; line producer agreements; short term production services agreements; vendor/rental agreements; equipment rental agreements; vehicle rental agreements; aviation, charter & drone rental agreements; watercraft agreements; location agreements; production office space/stage/facilities lease agreements; post-production agreements and visual effects agreements).

• During negotiations, clearly and succinctly communicate solutions to internal production and business partners as well as external producers and production personnel (e.g. Line Producer/UPM, Production Office Coordinator, Location Manager).

• Efficiently resolve issues without causing delays, adapting to the fast-paced nature of production legal work.

• Establish and maintain strong internal relationships with cross functional partners including Production Management, Post Production, VFX, Business Affairs, Labor, Finance, Health and Safety, Tax, Real Estate, Risk Management teams.

• Exercise sound judgment and curiosity regarding matters of first impression or complex issues.

Requirements:

The successful candidate will have an undergraduate degree (JD or Paralegal certification accepted, but not required) and at least 2 years of proven experience in a similar business/legal affairs role in the film or television industry. This candidate must also be able to work proactively and reliably on multiple projects under tight timeframes in a fast-paced production environment being able to quickly assess risk and exercise strong judgment in the face of ambiguity.

The successful candidate will also possess the following:

• Demonstrated leadership capabilities and a solutions-driven mindset.

• The ability to organize, clarify, and communicate complex ideas quickly, succinctly and accurately.

• Confidence in counseling business partners and making decisions that have legal & business impacts.

• The ability to remain flexible and respond positively to changes.

• Tech-savvy individual, including proficiency with Google Suite and cloud-based document and database systems.

• Ability to flourish in our unique ​​company culture, reflecting our values and leadership expectations.

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $70,000 - $350,000.

About the Role

In your role as Sales Partner, UK, you will contribute to the development and execution of the Agency Sales Strategy for the UK market. You will work closely with senior client team members, account planning stakeholders, traders, and investment directors within the largest UK Agency HoldCos. Building strong relationships with both media agencies and advertisers, you will pitch Netflix's ad offerings, become a product expert, and provide excellent customer service while navigating various priorities and time-sensitive requests.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver an agency-focused sales approach for the UK to meet and exceed revenue targets and client expectations/servicing.

• Build and maintain strong relationships within some of the UK’s top media agenciesto foster agency teampartnerships and drive revenue growth.

• Develop long-term relationships with key Clients within those portfolios.

• Develop sales strategies for the assigned Account portfolio

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful delivery of advertising campaigns.

• Leverage Netflix's unique audience insights and premium content offerings to drive revenue growth.

• Monitor market trends, competitor activity and identify opportunities for innovation and growth.

We’re Looking for:

• Approx. 5 years of experience in advertising or media (incl. sales) with a proven track record of delivering revenue growth

• Experience in TV and/or digital and programmatic advertising sales

• Understanding of the Media Agencies/Holding Companies and an established network of relationships within them is required

• A passion for entertainment and our Netflix product

• Fluent in written and spoken English

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Strong knowledge of marketing and communication objectives and pillars

• Ability to move easily from strategic thinking to operational tasks

• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively cross‐functionally

• Open to the challenge of starting a new business, comfortable with risk, uncertainty and ambiguity

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.

• Direct connection/association with our IP [integrations, extensions, or co-marketing]
• Custom content development
• Non-working investment [production, talent, event activation, etc.]
• Netflix ecosystem extensions [Consumer Product, Brand Partnership, Gaming, Experiences, etc.]
• Multi-year, standard & custom investment windows [ie, non-calendar/upfront year-based

• Collaborate with Brand Partnerships in developing holistic commercialisation strategies for our global, pan-regional and local priority titles and the roll out of go-to-market sales materials, guidance and training specific to EMEA.
• Partner with Finance & Strategy (F&S), Marketing Partnerships, Product and Revenue Yield Analytics (RYA) teams to forecast, price, and package advertising programs tailored to the EMEA region.
• Work with Legal, Business Affairs, and Content teams to stand up regional commercial sponsorship and integration models.
• Partner with the EMEA Sales team and Brand Partnerships to help inform account/advertiser opportunity prioritisation and GTM sales strategy
• Ensure yearly and multi-year sponsorship frameworks align with other regional and global approaches and priorities
• Collaborate with Ads Research and Consumer Insights to develop measurement and insights capabilities that support monetisation models.
• Develop, in conjunction with Business Operations and Marketing Partnerships, revenue and program tracking mechanisms to ensure annual objectives for the EMEA region are met or exceeded.
• Track and evaluate competitive offerings within EMEA to ensure Netflix provides best-in-class advertising solutions.
• Provide guidance and input on product capabilities as part of regular internal innovation initiatives.
• Work with Ads Marketing to ensure up-to-date and compelling case studies are available for use by sales teams in the market
• Partner with the Enablement team to ensure regular training and sales tools are available

• Experience: 7+ years of sales/monetisation experience, specific to integrated marketing, and/or sponsorship programming.
• Cross-Platform:Deep experience and understanding of both the traditional linear and evolving streaming/digital video space in addition to social, audio, event, and gaming.
• Regional Focus:Proven expertise within the EMEA market, with an understanding of the unique characteristics and opportunities of this region; multiple languages (French, German, Italian and/ or Spanish) a big plus.
• Collaboration:Ability to collaborate upstream with content and creative teams during the concepting and ideation phases of ad programs.
• Adaptability:Thrive in ambiguity and demonstrate a proactive, solutions-oriented approach to evolving challenges and opportunities.
• Curiosity:A deep sense of curiosity, with a passion for learning and exploring innovative advertising models and strategies.
• Client Insights:Deep understanding of how clients and agencies value and negotiate Integrated Marketing opportunities to inform Marketing and Sales initiatives.
• Innovation:Demonstrated track record of challenging the status quo and successfully implementing innovative approaches that drive revenue.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit:Comfortable in a “roll-up-your-sleeves” environment, with an entrepreneurial approach to building and developing new capabilities within a larger organisation.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Line Producers, Production Managers, accounting staff and the Netflix team to deliver the highest quality original entertainment content.

• Working within the UK Production Finance team to lead on Series Commissions (both Self Produced and Partner Managed) with the support of a Production Finance Associate.

• Working closely with Production Management, Business and Legal Affairs, and Post Production teams to ensure shows deliver within budget and on schedule.

• Work with internal development teams to research, test and develop new technologies that provide the next generation of finance tools and determine how and when to best incorporate them into the production accounting workflow.

• Hire the most talented production accounting teams with the skillset to provide the highest level of production accounting support on shows that are some of the most ambitious and complex to be ever produced. Accounting teams must be self–motivated, resourceful, dedicated, hard-working, focused and strive for only the highest level of professional ethics, consistent mathematical accuracy and completeness, and embody the Netflix ethos.

• Liaise with Labor Relations, Content Accounting, Internal Audit, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Treasury, Tax, Finance and IT to ensure production finance policies and procedures are current and effectively implemented on our productions.

• Prepare, or supervise the compilation of initial production budgets.Manage production incentive workflow and align with the Production Tax team to ensure receipt of tax credits or cash.

• Work with the production accounts teams to ensure that insurance claim costs are accurate and adequately supported by schedules, invoices and payroll documents.

• Oversee the cash flow and funding processes.

• Review production budgets, cost reports, trial balances and petty cash reconciliations prepared by show accountants.

• 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.

• Develop relationships with Film Commissioners, CPA audit firms, Accountants, Producers and Payroll Companies to build resources and networks from which to poll industry information and help ensure all production finance processes are current, reasonable and timely.

• Facilitate the training and mentoring of junior production accounting staff on Netflix shows with the goal of increasing the pool of loyal “star” accounting candidates for future Netflix productions.

• Keep abreast of current and changing industry trends, evolving technologies, production incentives and changes in crew capacity and infrastructure support in the main worldwide production centres.

• Travel to production locations where our shows are filming to audit, review workflows, organisational abilities and effectiveness of accounting staff.

Requirements:

• Candidates to have significant experience in scripted television production accounting, to lead accountant level.

• Good understanding of UK production incentives.

• Solid understanding of payroll process, Union agreements and tax requirements.

• Expert skill level of Movie Magic Budgeting and PSL or other recognised production accounting systems.

• Proven people management experience.

• Solution-focused.

• Ability to understand and articulate production finance issues to non-financial stakeholders.

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Platform managers are responsible for live event coverage, whether that’s on the ground capture at a physical event like a premiere, or virtual clipping for the latest WWE event.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead @NetflixUK on Facebook and Instagram. Lead on the UK contributions to global YouTube channels, including Netflix, Still Watching Netflix, and Netflix Sports.

• Set the strategy for the above channels, considering how they fit into the wider business strategy

• Manage the publishing schedule for each of the above channels

• Co-manage the retained reactive agency relationship - setting context, briefing them, and feeding back on their creative assets in real-time.

• Be a creative partner to the Title Social Managers, supporting them with reviewing creative ideas and edits for campaign assets that will run on your channels

• Jump into Netflix events, marketing activations, and industry events (i.e. London Film Festival, BAFTA) to support on covering them across our channels

• Share your knowledge of the channels and audiences with cross-functional teams. Be

  the
  expert on your audiences and platforms.

• Be a relentless champion of audience growth. Share your wins and fails, always seeking to maximise engagement and brand love.

• Keep a particularly close eye on titles that don’t have Marketing support. Sometimes under-the-radar titles pop unexpectedly, and we need to pivot in at speed.

• Try new things. Use the features of the platforms or habits of the audiences to create bold, exciting moments.

• Stay alert to social trends, with consideration for how we stay industry leading in our approach to social media. Consider other platform opportunities and how we engage fans across the internet

Background and skills:

• 8+ years experience running social channels at a brand or publisher

• 8+ years experience of community management and audience development at a brand/publisher.

• A strong eye for creative, understanding what maakes online audiences laugh, cry, debate, and ultimately share

• Passion for entertainment.

• Deep understanding of internet culture, and the distinct demands of different social platforms.

• Strong local culture and consumer expertise.

• Experience in partnering with creatives.

• Ability to work cross-functionally, with the confidence to argue your point of view and sell your vision.

• Excellent organisational skills.

• Spirit of curiosity - an obsessive interest in what other brands and publishers are doing in the space.