Jacklyn Taylor Email & Phone Number

Burbank, CA

Universal City, CA

Greater New York City Area

• Primary finance lead for Oxygen development team by partnering with operators to track and analyze performance against budget
• Work closely with program strategy team to ensure consistent scheduling and budget assumptions
• Analyze program scheduling grids and communicating cost impact to upper management
• Support VP of program finance in financial planning, estimating, and financial close
• Evaluate show profitability regularly and managing communication with cable entertainment finance

Los Angeles

• Primary manager and point of contact for all production finance related processes, procedures and procurement
• Maintain production accounting ERP system and respective reporting and maintenance of accounts
• Partner with production team to create and implement process for budgeting, tracking costs, weekly reporting and projecting cash flows for various genres, verticals and work streams
• Work closely with Turner Broadcasting Systems to provide all capitalized procurement and deals including reconciling budgets versus actuals reporting, pipeline cost management and status reporting
• Process accounts payable, p-card, purchase orders, digital filings and payroll
• Manage the Merchandise business Profit & Loss statement with monthly P&L reporting by product

Universal City

• Primary analyst for $400MM project as part of the NBCUniversal Creative Department in assistance with budget baselines and financial analyses
• Complete monthly project cost reporting for Universal Studios Hollywood Park major attractions and distribute to management; work with project managers to update program budgets and communicate all issues via monthly.
• Month-end close requirements, including preparation of monthly project status and accrual reports, post project allocations and charge-outs while coordinating contract and purchase order receipts/accruals
• Create PowerPoint presentations for monthly review meetings and status updates for managing directors and executive teamSelected Project ExperienceWizarding World of Harry Potter June 2013 – November 2015
• Managed budget and cost reporting on entire project; distributed and reported monthly financials to directors and executive teamUniversal Studios Hollywood Plaza August 2012 – December 2013
• Presented new project plan and representation of Universal Central Plaza to finance department; created presentations for monthly review meetings and status updates for directors and executive teamMember of NBC Finance.

• Integral analyst managing costs and budget analysis for $450MM government program requiring Secret and Project Government Level Clearance – calculated, analyzed and provided financial metrics including cost and.
• Assisted Senior Financial Manager with Financial Planning – Long Range Plan Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 for the Aeronautics Company for the years 2010 – 2014 and various monthly reports
• Participated the Technical Development Courses under the Finance Leadership Development Program for Contracts, Pricing, Cost Management, Accounting, and Financial Planning

• Organized and planned press release junkets with directors and professional talent
• Coordinated publication of DVD releases for home entertainment
• Formulated and execute marketing strategy and select venue locations for new DVD releases
• Managed a research project that included developing ideas to publicize the release of The Scorpion King: The Rise of a Warrior, for a September 2008 release date and presented the ideas to Publicity Managers

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Administration And Management

Activities and Societies: Alpha Xi Delta, Financial VP- Sorority

Production Accounting For Film And Tv

Brand Management

Education record