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Manager, Accounting – Digital Media, Licensing and Financial Systems
A+E Networks
New York, NY, United States
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Job Description
The purpose of this position is to perform accounting functions in the Digital, Licensing revenue and Financial system areas in support of the Sr. Director, Accounting and Financial Systems and Assistant Controller. This will include performing accounting responsibilities specific to the job as well as providing assistance to the Sr. Director, Accounting and Financial Systems and Assistant Controller in the performance of their responsibilities.
Financial system support:
• ECC/ BPC master data maintenance: Maintain chart of accounts (i.e., create/block accounts, profit center, cost centers, internal orders) and custom tables. Test new company set up, update and publish master data forms. Communicate creation to all parties impacted (A/P, Payroll, IT, Financial reporting). Delegate portion of the process to Senior Accountant and review maintenance work and sign off.
• BPC work status maintenance for forecast and budget processes: request, review and compile workflow changes, submit these IT and confirm they were processed correctly, assist users during forecast/budget process.
• Monthly report distribution maintenance: Review and compile monthly report distribution requests sent by accounting representatives; submit request to IT, verify they were processed properly; coordinate report requests to IT when new cost centers are created or discontinued; review periodically existing monthly report distribution to make sure it is up to date and accurate.
• ECC and BPC Training and user support: conduct JE upload template, GL and master data request training sessions; ensure that the training material is updated, troubleshoot issues reported by users and coordinate solution with IT.
• Assist in ECC and BPC system upgrades, new modules implementation and existing modules maintenance, testing new functionality or defect fixes.
• Approve ECC and BPC user requests and review quarterly user list provided by IT
• Assist with month-end and budget/forecast system processes.
Digital Media Division:
• Review for accuracy the monthly accruals received from the budget managers book entries to the G/L, analyze financial performance versus budgets and re-forecasts to identify areas of change and/or concern; present the variance explanations to the Sr. Director; oversee the preparation of custom financial report packages for Digital Media management to assist them in effectively managing the business and controlling spending; meet with Digital Media management on a monthly basis to communicate variances from budgets and re-forecasts so that they are able to react in an appropriate manner; perform trend analysis; provide training and continuing support to those in operations in the areas of general accounting (accruals, budgets, forecasts, interpretation of financial reports, expense tracking, etc.); oversee the monitoring of prior year accruals. Assist Digital Media group in meeting their required deadlines.
• Ensure that the monthly financial results for the Digital Media area are accurately stated
• Direct, administer and review the budget and re-forecast processes for Digital Media; provide support and training in the purpose and use of our budgeting/forecasting tools and ensure budgeting/forecasting deadlines are met; reviewing the uploading of data into BPC and understand changes from prior budgets/forecasts.
• Collect data pertinent to future operating needs via interaction with the budget managers and identify trends or changes in business needs; use this information to assist in developing and translating data into financial goals.
• Provide financial road map to accomplish goals and control spending so that it is kept at reasonable levels.
Licensing Revenue Accounting:
• Review payment detail on incoming payments from various licensees.
• Ensure that licensing payments are included in royalty statements for quarterly statement preparation.
• Manage unidentified SKUs research efforts.
• Review SKU detail prepared by Senior accountant and provide it to Residuals and Participations department.
• Calculate monthly effective sales commission
• Perform Royalty expense and liability analysis
• Work with Residual and Participations department to revamp process and improve processes.
Other:
• Compile information for each audit as needed
• Provide other support, as needed, to Sr. Director, Accounting and Financial Systems and Assistant Controller (i.e. special projects, system projects, etc.)
• Review balance sheet reconciliations prepared by Senior Accountant
Qualification Requirements
• Advanced Excel, Word, SAP General ledger / SAP Budget and Consolidation systems / Financial System implementation
• Accounting Experience (6-10 years)
• Strong Communication and Assertive Interpersonal Skills. Multitask and juggle multiple projects
Desired
• Financial system experience
• Cable TV, entertainment industry experience.
Educational Requirements
B.S. in Accounting
Desired
MBA or CPA, B.S. in Computer Science / Information Systems
Company Overview:
At A+E Networks, we are passionate about programming that brings human stories to life, knowing that it is in life itself that those stories originate. We are committed to empowering our people, strengthening our partnerships and engaging audiences across the globe. We’re a global entertainment media company with six original brands: A&E®, HISTORY®, Lifetime®, H2®, FYI™ and LMN®. We reach 330 million people worldwide, can be found in eight out of 10 American homes and have 500 million digital users. The best part? We did it our way.