Accountant

Accountant PPCJP00000572 Hourly pay: $60/hr Worksite: Leading digital streaming network ( Los Angeles, CA 90038

• Onsite) W2 Employment, Group Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement Savings Program, PSL 40 hours/week, 9 Month Assignment, Possible extension/conversion A leading media and entertainment company seeks an Accountant to support international and domestic theatrical accounting. The role focuses on journal entries, reconciliations, analytics, and reporting. Accountant Responsibilities: Perform monthly and quarterly journal entries in support of close and carry out feature film accounting activities. Entries include 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. Complete monthly reconciliations, including Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt maintenance, prepayments, and gross-to-net deals, while reconciling sub-system feeds to the G/L and monitoring and clearing suspense accounts for multiple interfaces. Prepare the quarterly results package, P&L and Balance Sheet variance analysis, quarterly roll forward and supplemental schedules, and lead schedules and support for international territory statutory filings. Prepare management reporting and analysis focused on global film performance, and support in-territory business decision support personnel with ad-hoc reporting and analysis. Review contracts and propose accounting treatment, and support special projects as requested by management. Accountant Qualifications: 3-4+ years of related experience, including a minimum of 2 years with a Big Four CPA firm. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. Experience with financial analysis and US GAAP. Experience with SAP and Business Warehouse (BW). Comfort working through change, including an upcoming ERP system implementation. CPA or CPA in progress is preferred. Strong Excel skills, including lookups, nested formulas, and modeling, is preferred. Experience with Hyperion, Essbase, and Oracle EPM is preferred. International accounting or IFRS experience is preferred. Experience with ERP implementation is preferred. Ability to research and apply advanced financial and accounting concepts is preferred. Ability to prioritize a high-volume workload, handle multiple tasks simultaneously, and meet strict deadlines is preferred. Self-starter with the ability to proactively identify issues and propose resolutions, strong attention to detail, and a results-driven work ethic is preferred. Strong oral and written communication skills is preferred. Entertainment industry experience is preferred. Shift: 8:00 AM start. 10-15 hours of overtime expected for about 2 weeks each quarter.