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Your New Role :
Warner Bros Discovery is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film and streaming. The Studio Controllership Group is Warner Bros. Discovery’s global accounting team. The team serves to provide efficient and scalable global finance and accounting services to the Warner Bros. Discovery Group of Companies.
We are looking for a Senior Accountant to join the Global Studios Content Accounting team. The Global Studios Content Accounting team is responsible for global by title accounting and reporting accuracy and completeness of content costs across all Warner Bros. studios feature film and television content including amortization of capitalized film costs, participations, and residuals for all produced, acquired, co-financed, or distributed content.
The Senior Accountant, Global Studios Content Accounting will be supporting by title reporting and film cost accounting. The team is responsible for global by title P&L review and reporting, calculation of film cost accruals and balance sheet management across film/tv asset amortization, participations, and residuals. This role will ensure all deliverables are completed timely, accurately, and will sign off on necessary close requirements. The candidate must be proactive, able to critically think and work independently.
Your Role Accountabilities:
General Accounting Responsibilities
Support day-to-day general accounting and reporting activities
Prepare various reports to support internal and external reporting needs
Review participation statements and prepare accrual true ups analysis
Review residuals statements and prepare accrual true ups analysis
Review capitalized film costs and prepare necessary journal entries
Prepare audit and SOX documentation
Monthly/Quarterly Deliverables Responsible for certain month & quarter end close activities such as:
Prepare various monthly journal entries and accruals, including capitalized film costs, amortization, hedge gain/loss, cap interest, impairments, etc.
Prepare capitalized film costs schedules
Prepare participations and residuals liability balance schedules
Prepare P&L, footnotes, B/S flux, and other supplemental schedules as required
Make recommendations on process improvements and standardization to gain greater efficiency and effectiveness within the finance organization.
Other special projects as required.
Qualifications & Experiences:
Work Experience
3+ years previous work experience in an accounting or finance field.
Highly motivated, analytical, proactive, and self-sufficient
Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.
Must have the ability to communicate effectively and tactfully with people on all levels, in person, via email or other digital format and on the telephone.
Must have the ability to pay close attention to detail and understand written and oral instructions.
Must have the ability to organize and schedule work effectively.
Must have the ability to multi-task projects simultaneously and be able to prioritize.
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