# Netflix Partner Help Center: Financial Reporting Instructions (VFX, Flow Production Tracking)

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- categories: T04 · tags: level:advanced, kind:vendor-process-documentation, task:cost-reporting, task:vfx-finance, ecosystem:flow-production-tracking, ecosystem:shotgrid
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:22:22.672Z
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Source: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360062185433-Financial-Reporting-Instructions

Related existing records: shotgrid-python-api (Flow Production Tracking API). Intended audience is Netflix show-side teams and VFX vendors.

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    "ref": "Article without a date; mentions ShotGrid renamed Autodesk Flow Production Tracking as of April 2024",
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  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "usefulness": "How Show Side teams report VFX finances to Netflix VFX Title Management inside Flow Production Tracking (formerly ShotGrid): Locked Budget, Cost Report, Projected Costs and variances; per-vendor payment schedules and contract trackers in contract currency; projected tax incentives; change orders and an exposure report. Shows how a studio structures vendor cost control.",
  "source_type": "tutorial",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Netflix, Inc.",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "known_limitations": [
    "Describes Netflix's own VFX-vendor reporting process in a specific tool; vendor-specific, not an industry standard.",
    "The Partner Help Center landing page says some content has moved to Partner Hub (stated for Globalization); other categories (Gen AI, Production Context) redirect to studiopartner.netflix.net, a script-driven page that returned only a 'Knowledge Hub' heading, so those articles were not read.",
    "The tutorial links a contract tracker workbook and sample screens that were not opened."
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Evidence claims:
- [upstream_claim] Financial Reporting yields Locked Budget, Cost Report, Projected Costs and the variances between them. · locator: 'What data does financial reporting provide?' · source: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360062185433-Financial-Reporting-Instructions
- [upstream_claim] Show Side teams report to Netflix VFX Title Management through Flow Production Tracking. · locator: 'What is financial reporting?' · source: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360062185433-Financial-Reporting-Instructions
- [upstream_claim] Each project vendor gets a payment schedule completed in the contract currency. · locator: 'Payment schedule' · source: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360062185433-Financial-Reporting-Instructions
- [upstream_claim] Tax incentives are entered per applicable vendor in a Projected Tax Incentives widget. · locator: 'Where to begin' step 8 · source: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360062185433-Financial-Reporting-Instructions
- [upstream_claim] Payment milestone percentages must total 100% or the sheet flags the mismatch. · locator: 'Payment schedule' (series) · source: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360062185433-Financial-Reporting-Instructions
- [upstream_claim] Netflix VFX Title Management enters Locked Budget and Cost Report figures; reporting parties enter projected costs. · locator: 'Where does the data come from?' · source: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360062185433-Financial-Reporting-Instructions
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

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- documentation: license=unknown hosting=unknown redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · Page footer: 'Netflix, Inc. All Rights Reserved'. Netflix Production Services terms state Netflix owns the service and its IP and that it is protected by copyright; no reuse licence located. · evidence: https://help.netflix.com/legal/prodsvcsterms, https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/360062185433-Financial-Reporting-Instructions

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