Production Accountant
Our client, an entertainment-oriented company headquartered in Manhattan, seeks to hire a Temporary Production Accountant on a hybrid schedule of up to two (3) days in the office.
As the Production Accountant reporting to the Director of Finance you will handle all production accounting duties on a day-to-day basis, along with some General Ledger duties
Our client 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)
- 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
- 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
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
Key Skills / Experience
- Previous Entertainment or media industry experience
- Expert-level MS Excel skill set (v-lookups, pivot tables, IF formulas, data validation, reconciling, etc.)
- Previous exposure to QuickBooks software
- Experience working with a major cloud-based ERP system
- 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