Matthew Klawitter
Financial & Legal Consultant @Resources Global Professionals
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WORK HISTORY
Financial & Legal Consultant @Resources Global Professionals
Culver City, CA, US
Sony Funimation / Crunchyroll – Deal Management & Finance• Provided database management support, contract review, overall deal assessment, and entry of Crunchyroll contractual documents.• Managed rights Direct-to-Consumer AVOD and SVOD media rights, MG, and recoupable costs, territories, dubs, and subtitles. • Maintained monthly bandwidth and advertising for Legacy Crunchyroll with the accounting division in forecasting systems on AVOD and SVOD.• Developed process improvements on the Crunchyroll and Funimation merger with pass-through revenues and royalty reporting with systems mapping into Anaplan, Rightsline, and NetSuite. Created consolidation and QoQ reports for quarterly efficiencies and variance review in Funimation. • Supervised streaming partnership revenue share reporting on Samsung TV, LG Electronics, VIZIO, and Nintendo Switch.• Worked on Sox design and flowcharts and narratives with processes and various systems to be in compliance with Sony.Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc - Domestic Television Productions, Financial Planning & Analysis• Maintained TV product ultimates primarily for Non-Scripted titles and Gemstone scripted titles while interacting with business affairs, production accountants, and executives for information flow. • Reviewed and monitored capital budgets on TV products, from pattern to EFC budgets, including network breakage.• Created ultimate models with partner, co-production and talent participations, capitalized overhead, and residuals estimates.• Prepared quarterly forecast, variance analysis, and cost driver review for TV Production operations.• Worked in Essbase for ultimates, P&L, amortization, cash forecast with excel, and financial modeling.
EDUCATION
Claremont McKenna College
Bachelor’s Degree, Economics - Government
USC Marshall School of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA
UCLA Extension
Entertainment Studies
ABOUT MATTHEW KLAWITTER
A seasoned professional with 18+ years of finance, operations, and accounting experience. Proven success in TV & Film Production Finance, Distribution Operations & Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis with skills in revenue optimization, budgets, cost reduction, greenlighting models, sales analytics, revenue optimization, SOX, internal controls, and audits. Implemented KPI revenue benchmarks with ultimate reporting processes, measuring performance and profitability. Worked with production accountants, production executives, legal, and co-production on Estimated Final Cost (\"EFC\") reporting. Expertise includes financial modeling, ultimates, P&L, amortization, dashboards, direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) strategies, growth strategies, AVOD & SVOD strategies, pricing strategies, tax incentives, and investment analysis. Earned a master’s degree from USC Marshall School of Business to sharpen my skillset and cement my brand in leadership, team building, negotiating, mentoring, and problem-solving. Extensive experience in the entertainment and media sector focusing on production finance and distribution finance and operations. I am seeking a management role in TV and/or Film Production Finance.
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