Line Producer, Scripted

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**Primary **Purpose of Position**:
The Line Producer, Scripted is responsible for overseeing the production elements of the scripted slate. This includes providing clear financial, logístical, OHS, legal & safety direction in line with programme creative & financial objectives and the Company’s requirements.

**Position Responsibilities**:
Financial Requirements
- Preparing accurate scripted budgets, or reviewing and negotiating scripted budgets for submittal to broadcast partners by liaising with the:

- Head of Scripted to ensure creative requirements are met and the budget is at an hourly cost that is in line with market expectations;
- Director of Finance to ensure the project budget, margin and recharges meet Company expectations;
- Director of Legal to ensure the budget captures any third-party fees as required by existing agreements (e.g. format fees, story rights etc.); and
- Supervising Production Executive to ensure recharges, margins and other WB line items are accounted for.
- Preparing finance plans for submittal to all financing parties by liaising with the:

- Director of Finance to ensure rebate calculations are maximized and correct;
- Head of Scripted for distribution and broadcaster estimates (and that they are in-line with SPA requirements); and
- Executive Business Director on anticipated finance body / third-party investor estimates and overall position and expected financing.
- Negotiate funding as required and in accordance with the finance plan (on instruction from the Executive Business Director and in consultation with the Head of Scripted).
- In partnership with the Director of Finance, maintain up to date knowledge on available financing options such as location rebates, producer offset, PDV rebates etc. and ensuring these are accounted for in each finance plan.
- Distribute finance plans to all parties and negotiate final positions (including with broadcaster, distributors, state bodies and third-party funders). In consultation with the Head of Scripted on strategy.
- Hand over each production budget to Line Producer. Providing clear guidelines and expectations on relevant lines.
- Oversee the Production Manager on all cost reporting. Setup and attend fortnightly cost report meetings with your team and analyse each cost report, ensuring you are comfortable that the current and projected positions are accurate.
- Oversee distribution of all cost reports as per investor guidelines and schedules.
- Seek overage approvals from the Executive Business Manager.
- Work with your Production Manager (and where necessary, Executive Producer) to provide suggestions and feedback on when overages can be clawed back via creative or logístical changes
- Always staying an arm’s length ahead of any financial position to predict future issues and provide guidance to the Production Managers on mitigating overages
- Review and sign off on investor cost reports when required. Provide to investors in a timely manner in accordance with the contract requirements. Provide commentary and feedback where necessary
- Fortnightly updates to the Supervising Production Executive and Director of Finance on budget position and forecasted finish.
- Manage costs and the cost report during pre and post production when the Production Manager is not on board

HR Requirements
- Negotiate all senior contracts for each program (Heads of Department where the LP hasn’t started) ensuring rates and deals are in line with WB rate card, previous show expectations, creative involvement and experience.
- Consult with the Head of Scripted on rate expectations and deliverables.
- Consult with HR on award advice if required. All back-end or points-based deals to receive Director of Legal approval.
- Review and sign off on all other crew contracts.
- Provide and receive regular feedback to production on financial, OHS, legal, creative requirements of the show.
- Compose the relevant Participant Duty of Care docume