FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCERS
Production Moves in Days. Approvals Can't Take Months.
When funds are locked behind internal sign-off, vendors wait, crew schedules shift, and productions lose momentum. CMS streamlines your production back office, helping you process payments faster than traditional 30-day cycles—so your team can keep projects moving without unnecessary delays.
TRUSTED BY THE WORLD'S LEADING AGENCIES, BRANDS & PRODUCERS
THE REALITY
The shoot is ready to move. The money isn't.
Production runs on production time. Corporate finance runs on corporate cycles. When those two calendars collide, you are the one caught in the middle, fronting costs and chasing sign-offs while the clock runs.
Funds Trapped Behind Approvals
A vendor needs a deposit to hold your date. The PO is sitting three people deep in a sign-off chain. The shoot can't wait, so you improvise.
Finance Has Bigger Fish to Fry
Your internal team runs the whole company's books. Your shoot competes with quarter-end close, and urgent rarely gets treated as urgent.
Net-60 Meets Pay-Me-Now
Standard corporate payment terms were not built for production. Rental houses and crew expect to be paid fast, and they remember who made them wait.
You End Up Fronting the Risk
When the approval won't land in time, the cost falls to a personal card or a producer's goodwill. That is not a system. That is exposure.
Every New Market Adds Friction
Different union locals, tax rules, and payroll requirements in each market mean more setup, more sign-offs, and a slower start every time you cross a line.
Compliance Doesn't Pause for Sign-Off
Union contracts, workers' comp, residuals, vendor onboarding. The paperwork keeps coming and lands on someone who is already stretched thin.
THE SOLUTION
A back office that runs at production speed.
CMS plugs in as a seamless extension of your team, handling every back-office function from pre-production through final wrap. Your funds move when the shoot needs them, not when the next approval cycle allows.
Production Accounting
Every dollar tracked from pre-production through post, budgeted vs. actual, in real time. Full cost reports and wrap reconciliation delivered cleanly.
Crew & Talent Payroll
Accurate, on-time payroll for all union and non-union projects. Timesheets, W-2s, I-9s, and state compliance all handled within union guidelines.
Cash Flow Management
We monitor all incoming and outgoing funds, keep your budget reconciled in real time, and flag overages before they spiral.
Vendor & Supplier Payments
Fast, accurate payments to vendors, rental houses, and location owners, keeping your partners paid and ready for the next job.
Insurance Coverage
General liability, workers' comp, E&O. We help your production secure the right coverage for every job with no in-house expertise required.
Onboarding in Hours, Not Weeks
Our streamlined setup process gets your entire back-office infrastructure in place before pre-production kicks off. No waiting, no red tape.
How It Works
Up and running before your shoot. Wrapped cleanly after.
Getting CMS on board is simple. Here's what the process looks like from first call to final wrap.
Tell Us About Your Production
Share your project scope, timeline, budget, and back-office needs. We assess what support makes sense and give you a clear plan.
We Onboard in Hours
Our streamlined setup process gets your accounting, payroll, and cash flow infrastructure in place fast, before pre-production kicks off.
We Run Your Back Office
CMS handles payroll, vendor payments, cost tracking, insurance, and more while your team focuses on producing great content.
Clean Wrap, Fast Close
We deliver complete cost reports, reconcile all accounts, and ensure your books are audit-ready so you can wrap and move on quickly.
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