Accountant

Accountant PPCJP00000572 * Hourly pay: $60/hr * Worksite: Leading digital streaming network ( Los Angeles, CA 90038 - Onsite) * W2 Employment, Group Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement Savings Program, PSL * 40 hours/week, 9 Month Assignment, Possible extension/conversion A leading media and entertainment company seeks an Accountant to support international and domestic theatrical accounting. The role focuses on journal entries, reconciliations, analytics, and reporting. Accountant Responsibilities: * Perform monthly and quarterly journal entries in support of close and carry out feature film accounting activities. Entries include revenue and distribution cost accruals, barter and gross-to-net transactions, sub-distributor receivables and cash application, royalties and participations, title allocations, and bad-debt allowance. * Complete monthly reconciliations, including Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt maintenance, prepayments, and gross-to-net deals, while reconciling sub-system feeds to the G/L and monitoring and clearing suspense accounts for multiple interfaces. * Prepare the quarterly results package, P&L and Balance Sheet variance analysis, quarterly roll forward and supplemental schedules, and lead schedules and support for international territory statutory filings. * Prepare management reporting and analysis focused on global film performance, and support in-territory business decision support personnel with ad-hoc reporting and analysis. * Review contracts and propose accounting treatment, and support special projects as requested by management. Accountant Qualifications: * 3-4+ years of related experience, including a minimum of 2 years with a Big Four CPA firm. * Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance. * Experience with financial analysis and US GAAP. * Experience with SAP and Business Warehouse (BW). * Comfort working through change, including an upcoming ERP system implementation. * CPA or CPA in progress is preferred. * Strong Excel skills, including lookups, nested formulas, and modeling, is preferred. * Experience with Hyperion, Essbase, and Oracle EPM is preferred. * International accounting or IFRS experience is preferred. * Experience with ERP implementation is preferred. * Ability to research and apply advanced financial and accounting concepts is preferred. * Ability to prioritize a high-volume workload, handle multiple tasks simultaneously, and meet strict deadlines is preferred. * Self-starter with the ability to proactively identify issues and propose resolutions, strong attention to detail, and a results-driven work ethic is preferred. * Strong oral and written communication skills is preferred. * Entertainment industry experience is preferred. Shift: * 8:00 AM start. * 10-15 hours of overtime expected for about 2 weeks each quarter.