Creative Vision Demands Financial Infrastructure

Strategic financial leadership for ambitious media companies, production labels, and entertainment enterprises ready to scale.

With over two decades navigating entertainment finance across major production hubs, I have structured the back-end realities of growth—larger slates, multi-entity corporate structures, complex debt/equity stacks, and multi-jurisdictional tax incentives.

The companies that scale successfully do not rely solely on creative momentum. They build the corporate architecture, capital strategy, and financial discipline that turn creative output into sustainable enterprise value.

Strong financial infrastructure does not constrain vision—it capitalizes it. It gives founders, producers, and executives the leverage to focus on creative deal-making while their organization operates with institutional-grade control, compliance, and capital efficiency.

If your enterprise is preparing to capitalize its next slate or restructure for growth, let’s build the infrastructure to support it.

Services

Capital Architecture & Financing Strategy

Structuring capital stacks that maximize leverage, protect equity, and satisfy institutional lenders and equity partners.

  • Senior debt, gap financing, and mezzanine structure modeling

  • Lender-ready capital packaging and cash flow drawdown schedules

  • Investor return modeling and term sheet advisory

  • Slate financing models and Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) setup

Production Budgeting & Financial System Design

Granular financial modeling engineered for greenlight approvals, incentive optimization, and operational efficiency.

  • Comprehensive script-to-budget financial modeling

  • Custom fringe, union rate application, and incentive-aligned cost coding

  • Operational workflow design, software integration, and financial process automation

  • Diagnostic operational audits to identify financial blind spots before cameras roll

Tax Credit Monetization & Strategic Tax Planning

Executive-level financial leadership for media companies, production labels, and IP holders scaling beyond founder-led management.

  • Cross-border entity structuring and profit-sharing model architecture

  • M&A readiness, enterprise valuation support, and investor reporting

  • Strategic growth planning, corporate expansion, and capital allocation strategy

  • Board-level financial oversight and operational risk mitigation

Strategic CFO & Corporate Advisory

Production Accounting & Crew Payroll Execution

Precision day-to-day cost control and payroll processing that keeps your live production aligned with its financing strategy.

  • Real-time cost reporting and multi-currency management

  • Complete crew payroll processing across union and non-union agreements (IATSE, DGA, DGC, SAG-AFTRA, ACTRA, WGA)

  • Weekly cash flow forecasting and variance analysis

  • Production audit preparation, cost isolation, and final delivery reporting

Proactive tax architecture and incentive capture. We evaluate domestic and international incentives, construct audit-proof calculation models, and monetize credits to fund your production.

  • Pre-production tax credit assessments and multi-jurisdictional comparisons

  • Incentive application and modeling across federal, state, provincial, and global regimes

  • Tax credit loan packaging, lender compliance, and interim financing execution

  • Audit defense, interim certificate tracking, and final monetization support

Corporate Accounting & Governance

Enterprise-level accounting and multi-entity consolidation designed for regulatory compliance and corporate clarity.

  • Corporate bookkeeping, general ledger management, and monthly close

  • Multi-entity SPV oversight, intercompany accounting, and IP royalty tracking

  • Financial statement compilation and audit readiness

  • Corporate tax compliance, CRA/IRS filings, and internal control implementation