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Corporate Controller
Entertainment & Media Industry Company
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Company Live, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based Company, is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance: touring, one-offs, sponsorship, festivals, and special events with seventeen+ regional offices and over thirty-seven-state-of the-art venues. Company Live’s most recent tour roster includes The Rolling Stones, Enrique Iglesias & Pitbull, and Justin Bieber.
Company Live is also the largest producer of music festivals in North America from the critically acclaimed Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival to Stagecoach Country Music Festival and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
The Corporate Controller is responsible for:
-Corporate compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and maintaining a documented system of accounting policies, internal controls and procedures.
-Supervising performance of corporate accounting tasks including the corporate consolidation, allocation of expenses, recording of revenue, accrued expenses, payroll, intercompany, fixed assets, cash related entries and reconciliations, and the generation of various reports for management use.
-Supervising all treasury and cash management functions, corporate accounts receivable functions, and corporate accounts payable functions, preparation of the monthly management reports, audited financial statements, external audit preparation, internal audit coordination, corporate tax compliance.
Essential Duties:
-Maintain chart of accounts and verify compliance with accounting standards
-Review balance sheet and monitor required reconciliations of various general ledger accounts on a monthly basis, including cash, receivables, payables, fixed assets, intercompany, prepaids, accruals, deferred revenue, etc.
-Primary point of contact for all internal and external audit functions.
-Monitor compliance with external tax filing requirements and provide information to parent company for consolidated tax filings.
-Monitor compliance with other required governmental filings.
-Oversee corporate treasury functions and monitor cash position
-Approve wire transfers
-Oversee preparation of consolidated monthly financial statements.
-Oversee head office accounting
-Oversee purchase price, intangibles, goodwill, and long-lived asset accounting.
-Monitor fixed asset activity and automatic depreciation generation.
-Oversee performance of the corporate accounts payable department and compliance with policies and procedures. Monitor compliance with ImageNow and Concur policies and procedures.
-Oversee performance of the corporate accounts receivable department and compliance with policies and procedures.
-Oversee royalty reporting and compliance with policies and procedures.
Supportive Duties:
In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be required to perform a combination of the following support functions based upon the particular requirements of the company.
-Automate and streamline accounting processes and functions where appropriate
-Take the lead role in enhancing the existing functionality utilized in JDEdwards or other company-wide accounting systems.
-Collaborate on the development of new policies and procedures as needed with other accounting and finance staff.
Job Knowledge, Skills and Ability:
The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and ability:
-Considerable knowledge of basic accounting principles and accounting functions.
-Considerable knowledge of complex accounting principles
-Excellent organizational skills.
-Proficient with Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
-Strong analytical skills
-Strong organization, communication and problem solving skills
-Ability to work independently and proactively
-Ability to handle multiple and changing priorities
-Ability to identify unique situations that would require the attention of senior management
Qualification Standards:
Education:
Minimum Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field.
Experience:
At least 10 years of progressively responsible accounting experience for a major company or division of a large corporation. Working with complex computer systems/financial applications, especially JD Edwards experience is a plus. Big 4 experience preferred.
Licenses or certificates:
CPA preferred and/or Masters in Accounting