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Interim Director – Lead Production Accountant – A+E Factual Studios
Interim Director – Lead Production Accountant – A+E Factual Studios
Summary
The role can be executed in person at one of our offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, or New York City, on a hybrid basis or can be considered fully remote from a list of approved states. The Interim Director – Lead Production Accountant role will be charged with leading a remote-based production accounting team of 5-6 staff/freelancers, responsible for managing all aspects of accounting, reporting and compliance.
Category
Accountant
Location
Remote Location
Time Period
Unknown
Posted Date
Nov 16, 2023
Start Date
N/A
End Date
N/A
Job Description
The Interim Director – Lead Production Accountant role will be charged with leading a remote-based production accounting team of 5-6 staff/freelancers, responsible for managing all aspects of accounting, reporting and compliance. The role will partner with Physical Production, Creative, Business Affairs, Corporate Accounting, Treasury, FP&A and Senior Management for the development, production, and delivery of premium unscripted content. The ideal candidate will have both production accounting experience and exposure to working with corporate accounting and finance teams and have experience managing a high-volume slate of shows and development projects for internal A+E Networks and outside third parties. This assignment is slated to last 7-10 months. The role can be executed in person at one of our offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, or New York City, on a hybrid basis or can be considered fully remote from a list of approved states.
Primary Responsibilities (Non-Exhaustive):
Primary Responsibilities (Non-Exhaustive):
- Financial management and cost reporting for show productions and development.
- Manage a remote-based team of professionals.
- Set-up shows within A+E’s production accounting ecosystem.
- Hire and manage show accountants as needed.
- Manage general ledgers, cost reports and trial balances for all productions.
- Review and post general ledger entries, reclasses, etc.
- Prepare monthly bank reconciliations and distribute month-end close packages to Corporate Accounting and FP&A
- Distribute and reconcile petty cash.
- Review and approve invoices, wire transfers and production p-card transactions, including detailed management of Cashet accounts.
- Manage production payroll through multiple staffing agencies, while ensuring proper labor documentation and compensation rates are provided to and from both the production crew and the employment agency of record.
- Update show cost reports and general ledgers on a regular cadence and as agreed with Corporate Accounting, FP&A and Physical Production.
- Serve as key liaison between Production Accounting and FP&A.
- Proactively be informed and knowledgeable about industry trends and news relating to production and production accounting.
Technical Skills & Systems Knowledge:
- Expertise with the full suite of Entertainment Partners products and services (Smart Accounting, Movie Magic, etc.).
- Intermediate or advanced Excel knowledge, including complex modeling.
- Experience with payroll providers (EP, Atrium, etc.).
- SAP experience is ideal, but not critical.
Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum of a BSBA degree (ideally in accounting, business, math, etc.) – MBA, CPA or other graduate degree is a plus - but not necessary.
- 10+ years of production accounting experience in television or film.
- Solid leadership experience and, at the same time, comfortable working as an individual contributor.
Other Desired Experience:
- In-house studio experience.
- Experience working with unscripted productions.
- Experience working with a remote team in multiple states and time zones
Job Type
Full Time
Temporary
Weekly Limit
N/A
Shift
Day
Attached Files
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