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Philip Cross

Chief Accounting Officer at DreamWorks SKG
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Seasoned executive with over 40 years of experience in leadership and IT management.
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Location
Los Angeles, California, United States, US
Skills
  • Change Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Information Management
  • Performance Management
  • Team Leadership
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Philip Cross is a seasoned executive with over 40 years of experience in various leadership roles, including Chief Accounting Officer at DreamWorks SKG and Senior Partner at PwC. He has expertise in change management, stakeholder management, and strategic planning, with a strong background in IT management and leadership. He holds an MA degree from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK, and has worked with prominent companies such as PwC, DreamWorks SKG, and Computer Systems International.

Experience

  • DreamWorks SKG
    • Glendale, California
    • Chief Accounting Officer
      • May 2007 - Feb 2010
      • Glendale, California

      Responsible for a department of approximately 50 people with direct reports being controller, director of tax, director of SEC & financial reporting, director of budgets & planning, manager of insurance, and finance heads of home video and consumer products divisions.

  • PwC
    • Los Angeles, California
    • Senior partner
      • Sep 1971 - Jun 2006
      • Los Angeles, California

      Started my career with PwC in London in 1971 and transferred to LA in 1974. Became a partner in 1980 and retired in 2006. My specialty was the Media & Entertainment industry with clients in film and TV production and distribution, record and music publishing, book/magazine publishing, advertising agencies, sports franchises and related non-profit entities.

  • Computer Systems International
    • London, United Kingdom
    • Consultant
      • Feb 1969 - Aug 1971
      • London, United Kingdom

      CSI was a leading London based computer consultancy where I initially was a senior programmer working in COBOL and Assembler languages on various financial systems for manufacturing and service related organizations. Subsequently, I became consultant responsible for marketing CSI's services and lecturing on project management and programming skills/techniques.

  • Berger Jensen & Nicholson
    • Brentwood, Essex, UK
    • Programmer
      • Oct 1967 - Feb 1969
      • Brentwood, Essex, UK

      Joined BJN, a leading UK paint manufacturer.retailer, in their computer group and programmed in COBOL and Assembler in IBM 360 equivalent machines.

Education

  • 1964 - 1967
    Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK
    MA, Engineering

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