Staff Accountant

Job Description

Summary of Position

Lionsgate has an immediate opening for a Staff Accountant to support the Company's Corporate Finance and Accounting department.

This role is remote, but will occasionally need to come into our North Hollywood office.

Responsibilities
• Record, verify, and post routine financial transactions, journal entries, and adjustments in the general ledger.

• Process purchase orders, invoices, expense reports, vendor payments, and credit card charges in the general ledger; follow up with internal departments and external vendors on any missing documentation.

• Perform reconciliations for various general ledger accounts including credit card statements.

• Analyze production budgets to prepare, process, and track billbacks to numerous production entities on a monthly or as-needed basis.

• Track, analyze and record back-end royalties in accordance with relevant contracts, agreements, and statements.

• Assist in preparing quarterly and annual financial statements and supporting schedules.

• Coordinate with external auditors by providing requested documentation, analyses, and schedules.

• Work with internal departments and external vendors to resolve billing, payment, or collection issues.

• Participate in special projects, conduct ad hoc reporting, data gathering, and analyses as needed to support the Accounting and Finance team or other departments.

Qualifications and Skills
• Minimum 3+ years of relevant Accounting or Finance experience.

• College Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field, preferred.

• Exceptional analytical and Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, SUMIFs, etc. (comfort with large datasets).

• Ability to multitask, work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy.

Nice to Haves
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact at all levels of the organization.

• Strong work ethic, initiative and self-motivation, requiring minimal supervision.

• Proactive approach to problem solving.

• Experience with QuickBooks and or SAP preferred.

• Willingness and ability to be adaptable/flexible and demonstrate a desire to operate in a dynamic environment.

• Entertainment accounting experience preferred.

Compensation

$60,000 - $70,000

EEO Statement

Nearest Major Market: Los Angeles

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g6m0mj-18-191-156-74-42 in your application.