Duration: 9+ Months Contract (Possibility of Extension)
Pay Range: $55/hr. - $58/hr. on w2
Job Description:
This position is responsible for various accounting and reporting matters in support of Client’s (International and Domestic) with a focus on Journal entries, reconciliations, analytics and reporting.
Responsibilities to include, but not limited to:
- Perform monthly and quarterly journal entries in support of close, including, but not limited to: revenue and distribution cost accruals; barter and gross-to-net transactions; sub-distributor receivables and cash application; royalties and participations; title allocations, and bad-debt allowance.
- Prepare quarterly results package, P&L and Balance Sheet variance analysis
- Prepare lead schedules and support for international territory statutory filings
- Prepare management reporting and analysis focused on global film performance
- Review contracts and propose accounting treatment
- Reconcile sub-system feeds to G/L
- Support in-territory Business Decision Support personnel with ad-hoc reporting and analysis
- Prepare quarterly roll forward and supplemental schedulesMonitor and clear suspense accounts for multiple interfaces
- Perform accounting activities related to Feature Film accounting
- Special projects as requested by management
Qualifications/Skills:
- Bachelors in Accounting or Finance
- Minimum 3-4 years related experience
- Minimum 2 years’ experience with a big four CPA firm
- Experience with financial analysis, US GAAP
- Experience with SAP and Business Warehouse (BW)
Desired skills:
- Strong excel skills including lookups, nesting formulas and modeling
- Entertainment industry experience preferred
- Experience with SAP, Hyperion & Essbase, and Oracle EPM
- Ability to research and apply advanced financial and accounting concepts
- Ability to prioritize a high-volume workload and handle multiple tasks simultaneously and meet strict deadlines
- Self-starter with ability to proactively identify issues and propose resolutions
- Strong attention to detail and results-driven work ethic
- Strong oral and written communication skills