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Senior Production Accountant
AEG
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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AEG Presents, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, 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. AEG Presents' most recent tour roster includes The Rolling Stones, Enrique Iglesias & Pitbull, and Justin Bieber.
AEG Presents 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 Production Accountant is responsible for managing and controlling the financial aspects of project based budgets for AEG Live’s festivals. The job includes preparing schedules and budgets for productions and managing the day to day accounting financial reporting against the budgets.
Essential Duties:
1. Manage production costs, budgets and financial records across all festivals
2. Maintain budgets by reporting expenses accumulated to ensure that allocated budgets are not exceeded
3. Assist with implementation and provide feedback on development of Production Accounting Software
4. Focus on cost control and real time management
5. Provide regular reporting to management and finance team
6. Facilitate logging and coding of payments, purchase orders and contractual commitments
Required Qualifications:
1. A minimum education level of: Bachelor of Arts/Sciences Degree (4 year)
2. Year of related work experience: 4-5 years’ experience in managing Production Accounting budgets
3. Proficient in MS Office: Word, Excel and Outlook
4. Knowledge of basic accounting principles and practices
5. Strong attention to detail is required
6. Strong interpersonal skills
7. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
8. Excellent organizational skills
9. Music industry experience is preferred
10. Experience with Production Accounting Software is preferred