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Senior Production Analyst

San Diego, Los Angeles or San Mateo, CA (this is an onsite position)

PlayStation Studios Creative Arts Music team is seeking a Senior Production Analyst. As a senior member of the Music team, you will be responsible for financial planning, forecasting, analyzing, and reporting across multiple projects. Duties will include identifying trends, recommending actions, and developing custom tracking and resource solutions while ensuring alignment with the Music team’s overall strategy and direction. The ideal team member will possess a strong accounting background and finance experience in the gaming or entertainment industries.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the music management team on budget, scope, resource management, and other related financial matters across the entire portfolio.
• Serve as a client-facing finance liaison with key partners to communicate project needs and changes, and to secure budget approvals.
• Maintain and track budgets and forecasts, proactively identify risks, offer solutions, and report to management.
• Maintain a constant awareness of development status across multiple projects.
• Build relationships across Creative Arts departments to foster a sense of community.
• Knowledge-share with other finance and production groups at SIE to build awareness, share best practices, and promote collaboration.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree, or greater, in accounting, finance, statistics, economics, business administration, or other related fields.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working in a financial environment with management reporting and budgeting/forecasting involvement.
• Effective time-management skills with a proven track record of meeting deadlines.
• Strong communication skills, both speaking and listening.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Self-starter with the ability to work in a fluid, fast-paced environment.
• Works well under pressure.
• Has a positive, friendly personality and demeanor.

Desirable Experience

• Experience with music production.
• Experience with video game production.

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