Manager, Accounting And Financial Systems
A+E Networks
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This position is primarily responsible for managing the activities of the senior accountants in administering SAP, our financial system, which includes ECC, BPC and the Fixed Assets sub-ledger. This will include master data maintenance, budget and forecast work status maintenance, supporting new users and testing enhancements and upgrades. This person will also be responsible for overseeing the staff in doing the financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, accounting and analysis for Digital Media, Merchandise, Fixed Assets, Information Technology and Licensing revenue
Financial system support:
• ECC/ BPC master data maintenance: Maintain chart of accounts (i.e., create/block accounts, profit center, cost centers, internal orders) and custom tables. Test new company set up, update and publish master data forms. Communicate creation to all parties impacted (A/P, Payroll, IT, Financial reporting). Delegate portion of the process to Senior Accountant and review maintenance work and sign off.
• BPC work status maintenance for forecast and budget processes: request, review and compile workflow changes, submit these to IT and confirm they were processed correctly, assist users during forecast/budget process.
• Monthly report distribution maintenance: Review and compile monthly report distribution requests sent by accounting representatives; submit request to IT, verify they were processed properly; coordinate report requests to IT when new cost centers are created or discontinued; review periodically existing monthly report distribution to make sure it is up to date and accurate.
• ECC and BPC Training and user support: conduct JE upload template, GL and master data request training sessions; ensure that the training material is updated, troubleshoot issues reported by users and coordinate solution with IT.
• Assist in ECC and BPC system upgrades, new modules implementation and existing modules maintenance, testing new functionality or defect fixes.
• Approve ECC and BPC user requests and review quarterly user list provided by IT
• Assist with month-end and budget/forecast system processes.
Digital Media Division:
• Review and approve monthly accruals entries booked to the G/L by senior accountants, review analysis of financial performance versus budgets and re-forecasts to identify areas of change and/or concern; review the variance explanations and present to the Sr. Director; oversee the preparation of custom financial report packages for Digital Media/Merchandise/IT divisions' management to assist them in effectively managing the business and controlling spending; meet with Digital Media/Merchandise/IT management on a monthly basis to communicate variances from budgets and re-forecasts so that they are able to react in an appropriate manner; perform trend analysis; provide training and continuing support to those in operations in the areas of general accounting (accruals, budgets, forecasts, interpretation of financial reports, expense tracking, etc.); review the monitoring of prior year accruals. Assist all divisions in meeting their required deadlines.
• Ensure that the monthly financial results for the Digital Media area are accurately stated
• Direct, administer and review the budget and re-forecast processes for all divisions; provide support and training in the purpose and use of our budgeting/forecasting tools and ensure budgeting/forecasting deadlines are met; reviewing the uploading of data into BPC and understand changes from prior budgets/forecasts.
• Collect data pertinent to future operating needs via interaction with the budget managers and identify trends or changes in business needs; use this information to assist in developing and translating data into financial goals.
• Provide financial road map to accomplish goals and control spending so that it is kept at reasonable levels.
Fixed Assets:
• Review all monthly fixed asset activity in the fixed assets sub-ledger posted by Senior Accountants.
• Review monthly asset transfers and disposals in the fixed asset sub-ledger by Senior Accountants.
• Review monthly GL to sup-ledger reconciliation prepared by senior accountants to ensure that gross assets, accumulated depreciation and depreciation expense are correctly stated in the General Ledger.
• Assist Senior Accountants in preparing forecast and budget spreadsheets and review risk/opportunity analysis.
• Review roll forward and other reports required by auditors.
Licensing Revenue Accounting:
• Review payment detail on incoming payments from various licensees.
• Ensure that licensing payments are included in royalty statements for quarterly statement preparation.
• Manage unidentified SKUs research efforts.
• Review SKU detail prepared by Senior accountant and provide it to Residuals and Participations department.
• Calculate monthly effective sales commission.
• Perform Royalty expense and liability analysis.
• Work with Residual and Participations department to revamp process and improve processes.
Other:
• Compile information for each audit as needed.
• Provide other support, as needed, to Sr. Director, Accounting and Financial Systems and Assistant Controller (i.e. special projects, system projects, etc.)
• Review balance sheet reconciliations prepared by Senior Accountant.
Qualification Requirements
• Advanced Excel, Word, SAP General ledger / SAP Budget and Consolidation systems / Financial System implementation
• Accounting Experience (6-10 years)
• Strong Communication and Assertive Interpersonal Skills. Multitask and juggle multiple projects
Desired:
• Financial system experience
• Cable TV, entertainment industry experience.
Educational Requirements B.S. in Accounting
Desired:
MBA or CPA, B.S. in Computer Science / Information Systems Company Overview:
A E Networks is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans