Financial Planning for an Animation Studio

The Task

Build a financial system that shows investors the team knows how to plan its work and report on progress regularly.

What We Did

• Broke costs down by category: payroll with taxes, marketing, PR, festival participation, HR services, subscriptions. Payroll accounts for 75% of the budget: that fact is documented and explained, not hidden.
• Built a monthly plan of investment tranches and spending with a running balance for each month. Every month the studio can compare actuals to the plan.
• Prepared a staffing schedule for 24 positions: management and creative staff. Structured a register of civil contracts with 50+ contractors: the investor sees structure, roles, and a contract base.

Result

• The studio can report monthly

  There is a plan, there are actuals, there is a balance. The investor gets a table with numbers for each month, not verbal explanations.

• The team looks like a business, not a project

  A staffing schedule, civil contracts, a structured budget: documents of mature management. They show the investor: this team knows how to manage, not just create.