Los Angeles, CA, May 13, 2024 -- SYZYGY has hired Dean Golder as its new Client CFO. As a trusted go-to accounting firm for many of the industry’s top production and post companies, SYZYGY is delighted to add Golder’s financial leadership expertise to its growing team.
With over fifteen years of experience in entertainment, VFX, and digital media, Golder’s track record of ensuring both creative excellence and profitability in every company he’s worked for precedes him. A proven leader through times of change and evolution, he’s been the driving force behind financial operations during acquisitions, equity raises, and significant business overhauls.
Prior to joining SYZYGY as CFO, Golder served as COO at global production studio Psyop, where he helped lead the company’s enhanced business structure that included a smart variable cost business model and expanded their global footprint by opening studios in Germany and Mexico City. He also managed international studios at Digital Domain as their Senior Director of Production Finance. Other positions Golder held in his career include Director of Finance and Digital Media at Intersection Co., Senior Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis, and Commercial Operations Finance Manager at The Mill, an award-winning VFX company.
Teaming up with SYZYGY's founders, Tyler Burr and Chris Walters, Golder’s unique perspective promises to benefit not just the SYZYGY team but also their clients. Aligning perfectly with Burr and Walters' vision to cater to the specific needs of individual arts entities and leaders, Golder's knack for crafting and executing custom financial strategies across various entertainment, production, and media platforms further solidifies SYZYGY's commitment to delivering top-notch accounting services tailored to the industry's demands.
“My reason for joining Syzygy was very simple,” says Golder. “The team Chris and Tyler have built is focused on providing their clients a first-class accounting and CFO advisory experience, while using enhanced workflows and technology to develop the effective, streamlined process needed to make accounting not just a reporting mechanism, but a critical strategic tool to help our clients reach their goals.”
Tyler Burr, COO and Co-Founder of SYZYGY, adds, “Dean’s body of experience offers a unique vantage point into the advertising industry that will create a ton of value for Syzygy’s clients. Having him join our team is an exciting step forward in service of delivering meaningful insight and true partnership to the companies we work with. More importantly, he meets our hiring criteria of being one of those rare accountants you’ll actually want to hang out with.”
About SYZYGY: The year 2020 brought a slew of new challenges for production companies to contend with. In addition to the existing chaos of production, business owners across the advertising industry needed to adapt – and fast – to the new reality of the world.
The role of an accounting department needed to shift too. The ordinary course of business had changed seemingly overnight as companies had to make decisions in real time that would affect their trajectories.
Slow, retrospective accounting was no longer relevant.
The industry needed a new approach to accounting, grounded in honesty and partnership, with an eye toward operational strategy. SYZYGY was born to address the changing concerns of owners and MDs in the advertising industry by offering a collaborative, process-oriented service. Our rigorous reporting is tailored to the unique business needs and concerns of our clients, in a language they actually speak. We believe that financials are the key to understanding your business and planning for its future.
With clear, concise, and timely financial information, we can help propel your business toward its goals, whatever they may be.