ACCOUNTING

In production, time is money—literally! When every minute costs, don’t wing it with your bookkeeper. Hire people who know what they’re doing, and buy yourself some time.

SYZYGY provides full-service accounting departments to creative studios, production companies, and advertising agencies. We ensure spotless bookkeeping, but more importantly, we’re financial storytellers who hold the key to insights for your company’s financial future.

Transactional

  • Protect your working relationship with clients and vendors by hiring a third party to manage payables and receivables. Count on SYZYGY to make you look good.

    • Prepare and submit customer billings

    • Follow up on overdue payments

    • Pay overhead and job-related bills to third-party vendors

    • Manage staff payroll

    • Prepare and submit annual 1099 reporting

    • Pay credit card bills and manage coding of activity

    • Pay retainers and commissions to sales reps

  • With several sets of eyes on your transactions, we ensure the fidelity of your cash, give you an accurate picture of your on-hand amounts, and alert you to any suspect charges before the bank releases payment. Cash management is paramount in production, and we treat it that way.

    • Reconcile banks monthly and review bank activity weekly

    • Release electronic payments and sign checks

    • Oversee cash flow

  • Everyone on the SYZYGY team is trained to understand the specialized needs of production and post-production. Every production lives its own life with us, and we see it through from beginning to end.

    • Facilitate urgent payments during production

    • Track income and job costs, both estimates and actuals

    • Actualize all projects against accounting records

    • Track and calculate director profit participation

    • Track and pay DGA PH&W contributions

CFO Consulting

In an ideal world every business would have a CFO, but in the real world a CFO is a luxury not available to most. In a niche industry, finding the right talent, and having the capital to afford them, is quite a challenge. That’s why we offer CFO consulting to all of our clients, so you can have a grown up in the room when you need one.

Each SYZYGY client has access to a seasoned and industry-knowledgeable CFO that understands the most sensitive parts of your business and can be your trusted advisor, confidant, and ally.

  • Reporting

  • Cash Flow Management

  • Quarterly Closes

  • Collaboration with Tax CPA

  • Ad Hoc Budgeting + Planning as needed