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Financial Analyst
Sony Pictures
Culver City, CA, United States
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Financial Analyst - Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) Finance is seeking an analyst to work in the financial operations team. The role of the analyst will primarily manage retail and digital accounts assigned. The financial operations team works closely with several departments within SPHE (e.g., Tradespend, Sales, Customer service) to insure complete resolution of customer claims.
Responsibilities:
Account Management
• Provides clear, concise, and timely communication to internal and external stakeholders
• Provides effective efforts in securing payments on or before due date
• Prepare and perform cash application ensuring accurate posting of cash, deductions and credits in accordance with the customer’s check remittance
• Research and resolve payment discrepancies
• Ad-hoc request and projects as needed
Claims and Deduction Management
• Removes all impediments to payment of outstanding invoices by resolving customer claims and/or deductions in a timely manner
• Performs regular review of open deductions on each customer’s account
• Analyze and reconcile deductions to the proper credit memos and offset the deductions with the matched credits
• Providing management with accurate, timely status updates on each accounts assigned
• Escalates issues, or disputes to management for resolution
• Recommends accounts receivable for bad debt write-off
• Contributes to the completion of weekly/monthly Recons and Aging
• Perform documentation review to initiate settlement processes with customers
• Interface with other departments within SPHE to ensure efficiency is created within the deduction management process
• Makes recommendations for process improvements
• Maintain large volume of data in various programs, spreadsheets and systems
• Assist with month-end close process, including account reconciliations and journal entries
Assist in audits
• Pulling supporting documentation for audits
• Creating Horizon reports for post audit claims
Requirements:
• 2 – 3 years of relevant work experience is required, entertainment industry experience is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or economics
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills, attention to detail
• Strong written/verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, SUMIFs, etc.)
• Knowledge of SAP, Business Objects/Insight, and/or JD Edwards would be a plus
About Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company. Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE’s global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. For additional information, go to http://www.sonypictures.com
*Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.
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