Functional Experience

  • Private Equity
  • Due Diligence
  • Acquisition Integration
  • Financial Planning and Analysis,
  • Building, Training, Mentoring and Leading Teams
  • Contract Analysis and Negotiation
  • Management and Financial Reporting
  • US GAAP, IFRS, ASC 606, SEC Reporting
  • Film and Television Accounting, Production Accounting
  • SOX Implementation and Compliance
  • International Accounting and Operations
  • Restructuring, Process Improvement, Outsourcing
  • ERP Implementation, Software Upgrades
  • Demand Planning, Inventory Management
  • Cost Accounting, Consignment Inventory Processes
  • Trade Spend Analysis
  • Billing, Collections and Disbursements Processes
  • Tax Strategy
  • Post Cyber-attack financial reporting recovery

Example Industries

  • Consumer Products (eCommerce, brick & mortar)

  • Technology (media streaming, digital lockers, digital distribution, direct to
    consumer)

  • Media & Entertainment (Motion Pictures/Television Production and
    Distribution, Visual Effects, Studio Operations, Game Show Production and
    Distribution, Home Entertainment)

  • Manufacturing and Distribution

  • Restaurants

Mark Rudolph

PARTNER

Background

Mark is an experienced financial executive, equally comfortable in large and small company environments. His CSuite clients include private equity and founder-owned companies. At Sony Pictures, Mark built two finance departments at start-ups/acquired companies while leading the creation of the financial models for these new businesses as well as the integration of their financial operations into the studio infrastructure. He was a finance leader on system implementations including SAP and PeopleSoft, as well as collaborating on numerous legacy system upgrades and improvements. Mark has dealt with the SEC on structuring film financing arrangements and has worked separately with commercial and legal colleagues on contract review and negotiations. He is skilled at commercial and operational support of strategic initiatives, process improvement, department reorganizations and outsourcing initiatives. Mark’s consumer products experience encompasses the financial aspects of the entire manufacturing and distribution value chain, from creation of bill-of-materials, manufacturing, inventory costing, management and warehousing, to distribution, pricing and trade spend strategy and analysis.

Mark has extensive international experience, having led finance
teams in the US, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

 

Relevant Experience 

  • Interim CFO – Nixon, Inc.
  • Senior Vice President, Global Financial Operations – Sony Pictures Entertainment
  • Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller – Sony Pictures Entertainment
  • Vice President & Controller – Sony Pictures Imageworks
  • Senior Accountant – Litton Industries
  • Senior Auditor – Arthur Andersen & Co.

Education, Licenses & Certifications

  • Master of Business Administration – Anderson School of Management – University of California, Los Angeles, CA

  • Bachelor of Science, Accounting – University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

  • Certified Public Accountant, State of California – Active