Production Accountant

Job Title – Production Accountant

Location – Mid-Wilshire

Pay Rate - $80,000-$100,000/year.

Job Status (Direct Hire/Temp) – Direct Hire

Job Site Status (Onsite/Hybrid/Remote) - Our client has a hybrid schedule of up to two (2) days in the office.

Job Description - Our client, an entertainment-oriented company headquartered in mid-Wilshire, seeks to hire a Production Accountant on a direct hire basis.

The hired candidate will handle all production accounting duties on a day-to-day basis, along with some General Ledger duties and a smattering of non-accounting tasks.

You will report to the Director of Finance.

Culture/Environment – Our clients has created an interactive, creative, and relaxed environment to allow their professionals to produce a high-quality work product.

DUTIES OF THE PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT

Production Accounting

· Manage all financial accounting records during entirety of the production (pre-production, production, post-production, and wrap-up)

· Work with all production staff and producers (line/supervising)

· Coordinate monthly accounting for production and program costs by event

· Assist in all Estimate to Completion (ETC) and Estimate to Final Cost (EFC) figures, actuals, accruals, and amortization of expenses

· Analyze project costs (budget variance analysis) for overruns

· Suggest process improvements

· Assist with weekly freelance payroll approval process on each event

· Work with Production Finance and third-party vendor to ensure timely and accurate review, payment, and funding of freelance payroll

· Assist with monthly cost reports, revenue review, and flash reporting

General Ledger (G/L) Accounting

· Input journal entries, including accruals, adjustments, prepaids, and reversing journal entries, if necessary, in accordance with GAAP

· Prepare reconciliations (account and bank)

· Help execute all month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closings of the accounting books

· Maintain financial schedules

Operational Accounting

· Review all expenditures for hospitality and ticketing

· Reconcile credit card expenses

· Review all expense accounts

· Review invoices

· Track and follow up on all outstanding invoices

· Respond to payment inquiries by vendors

Miscellaneous

· Review contracts

· Assist with audits (external and internal)

· Assist with internal controls compliance

· Accept any other ad-hoc projects as necessary

QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT

Required

· Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance or an equivalent major

· At least three (3) years of production accounting experience with appropriate progression in your career

· Production accounting and/or job costing experience

Preferred

· A CPA

· Entertainment or media industry experience

· Entertainment payroll experience

SKILLS OF THE PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT

Required

Technical

· Expert-level MS Excel skill set (v-lookups, pivot tables, IF formulas, data validation, reconciling, etc.)

· Experience working with a major cloud-based ERP system

Interpersonal

· Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with little supervision

· Attention to detail

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify accounting issues and make all necessary changes

· Superior communication skills

· Team Player

Preferred

Technical

· Sage Intacct

If you are interested, submit your resume in MS Word format to me. I will hold all inquiries in the strictest confidence.