Scott Shustak Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Santa Monica, California, United States

• Crafted comprehensive financial models to guide management decisions with greenlighting new scripted and acquisition series.
• Managed 3-year slate and tracked development and production timing for 15+ scripted series.
• Ensured accurate quarterly tracking, forecasting, and variance reporting for 30+ new and library television series.
• Collaborated cross-functionally with the business affairs, production, sales, and accounting teams to streamline internal business operations.
• Collected and reported quarterly financial and television operations data for senior management and the Board of Directors.
• Evaluated annual budget targets to ensure accurate forecasting of production and development spending across the $1B television division.

Santa Monica, California

Sherman Oaks, California

• Serviced $250M + in traditional and digital media campaign spending for the 2018 midterm elections.
• Drafted quarterly bank and expense reports for senior management and outside clients.
• Created sales analysis and planning models for media sales buyers to facilitate better spending decisions.
• Reduced time to receive overcharge reimbursements by proactively reconciling purchases in company’s ERP software.

Century City, CA

• Examined and tracked accounts receivable and payable to help forensic accountant track cash flows in a civil embezzlement and fraud case.
• Collected data and performed statistical analysis on commercial real estate leases for preliminary financial damages estimation.
• Reviewed and proofread expert witness testimony for economic and financial damage litigation.

London, United Kingdom

• Provided research and analysis for the CEO and senior management to for the Financial Times European Innovative Lawyers Report, 2015 Edition.
• Independently sorted and ranked legal case submissions for the Corporate Finance, Intellectual Property and Dispute Resolution sections.
• Interviewed corporate attorneys and their executive-level corporate clients in the U.S. and European markets for Financial Times staff journalists.

Answered phones to answer graduate students' inquiries; categorized emails to increase office efficiency; delivered mail to various university departments; assisted the vice provost with daily operations.

Corresponded with clients on various legal mattersStreamlined filing, spreadsheet, and data entry to increase business efficiencyCreated economic models for damage analyses in securities-related litigation casesFiled various court papers with state and federal courts

Master Of Science - Ms, Finance, General

Activities and Societies: USC Business of Entertainment Association (BEA) USC Marshall Interactive Gaming Association (MIGA)Graduated Cum.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics, 3.78

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society. Phi Sigma Kappa, Omega Deuteron ChapterGraduated Magna Cum Laude Initiated into.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Varsity Wrestling Team, Meals-on-Wheels of Greater San Diego