Mark Grammatke Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

⚫︎ Services tailored to client needs -- operations strategy, financial analysis, accounting support, process transformation, and systems integration.

Universal City, CA

⚫︎ Reconciled general ledger accounts with participation statements, third party payments and amortization schedules and assisted with quarterly close.

Los Angeles, CA

⚫︎ Directed all financial strategy and supported business operations for Marketing and Distribution groups - oversaw annual budgets of $750M and Gross Box Office exceeding $1B.⚫︎ Led a 5-person team responsible for revenue and expense planning and forecasting, budget management, film ultimates, and operational finance support to facilitate the marketing.

Los Angeles, CA

⚫︎ Established budget approval policies and streamlined workflows to maintain accurate spend projections and minimize overages over 10%.⚫︎ Key contributor in the design and development of new systems and technology enhancements. Improved monthly preparation time by 50%.⚫︎ Advised on vendor agreements and contract negotiations, resulting in average cost.

Los Angeles, CA

⚫︎ Created financial modeling tool to accurately forecast revenues, costs and monthly accruals.⚫︎ Maintained monthly cashflow models and revenue and expense projections for all domestic theatrical releases.⚫︎ Tracked budgets & spending for creative advertising including all trailers, TV spots, radio spots and print materials.⚫︎ Facilitated the workflow for.

Universal City, CA

⚫︎ Originated abstracts and statements of production agreements to meet and exceed financial reporting obligations.⚫︎ Reconciled home video participation system and reports; analyzed home video profitability reports.

Universal City, CA

⚫︎ Prepared profit participation and co-production statements for all Universal motion pictures and television series.⚫︎ Compared financial statements against contracts for accuracy and consistency.

Santa Monica, CA

⚫︎ Completed underwriting analysis to determine value of commercial real estate properties using historical operating and income statements, projected and discounted cashflows and capitalized revenue.⚫︎ Collected data on real estate markets to make conclusions on rental rates, property costs and occupancy.