Manager, Global Accounting

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the monthly accounting close for Consumer Platforms & Services and Experiences, including preparation and review of journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations, ensuring compliance with SOX controls and timely reporting to management, Corporate, and external auditors (PwC).
• Prepare and post month-end journal entries, including accruals, intercompany transactions, consolidations, and elimination entries, ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial results.
• Perform analysis of actual results to most recent budget and forecast estimates – preparing appropriate variance explanations thereon and highlighting issues to management.
• Perform comprehensive analysis of the financial records, identifying discrepancies and driving timely resolution to align with company standards.
• Prepare and deliver corporate reporting packages (monthly, quarterly, and annual), ensuring compliance with corporate policies, reporting requirements, and deadlines
• Collaborate with IT and cross-functional teams to maintain and enhance system interfaces, ensuring accurate and efficient data flow across accounting systems.
• Review, interpret and summarize contracts with appropriate application of accounting policies.
• Oversee royalty accounting processes, including review of calculations, accruals, and reporting, in coordination with Participations.
• Continuously monitor financial processes and make recommendations for improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and transparency.
• Aid in preparing accounting documentation and memorandums for management and audit review/approval.

Requirements

• 6+ years of strong accounting experience (Big 4 a plus)
• Entertainment industry experience is preferred
• Hospitality or Retail industry experience is preferred
• BS degree, preferably in Accounting or Finance
• Direct experience with complex ERP systems and General Ledger postings (SAP a plus)
• Strong MS Excel skills required (Modeling, VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, Macros, etc.)
• Experience working with offshore personnel and providing oversight and review of their deliverables
• Strong time-management skills, ability to handle multiple projects and priorities simultaneously in a fast, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to quickly grasp new concepts and problem solve with reasonable independence
• Ability to self-review and produce accurate, reliable and high quality work in an efficient manner
• Strong initiative, ability to work independently and meet deadlines while understanding when to update and seek guidance from management
• Ability to lead/follow-through with co-workers on projects/tasks by setting guidelines, timetables and clear sense of expectations
• Strong level of communication (written and verbal) and excellent interpersonal skills
• High emphasis on team work, collaboration, critical thinking, process innovation while maintaining a positive attitude
• Ability to develop presence and become a key “go-to” person within the department
• Ability to prepare and present issues/projects/presentations to co-workers and senior management
• Comfortable working and navigating in different systems
• Change agent and champion mindset