Content Senior Accountant

This is a Full Time Job

About The Role:

In the role at Crunchyroll as a Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for the accurate record keeping of our growing number and value of content assets and related liabilities under the applicable IFRS standards and Crunchyroll/Sony accounting policies.

Reporting to our Senior Manager, Content Accounting, you will be heavily involved in month-end close activities such as content data report preparation, journal entry preparation, and reconciliation preparation. You will help resolve complex accounting issues, working cross-functionally with royalty, deal, and FP&A teams, and responding to internal and external inquiries.

A day in the life of our Content Senior Accountant:

You will be a part of the team responsible for the financial integrity of our content commitments, assets (capitalization), liabilities (payments), and expenses (amortization) and while ensuring the connectivity and consistency of our reporting among other related groups (such as the royalty reporting team (FCR) and deal management team).

The Senior Accountant will work closely with the Content Accounting team to ensure the accuracy of records that are maintained in our financial ledgers (NetSuite) as they pertain to Content Accounting related accounts.

Some of the responsibilities include:
• Preparing monthly and quarterly close journal entries accounting for all content assets and liabilities acquired in the period
• Preparing quarterly royalty expense and liability calculations based on the performance of titles
• Developing a deep understanding of our content data in order to analyze and reconcile monthly, and proactively resolving issues through cross-functional collaboration
• Performing detailed financial statement analyses, including discussions on various issues, analysis, preparation, and review of account reconciliations
• Collaborating with Deal Management and Business Affairs (as needed) to understand proper accounting treatment for content agreements and transactions (e.g. licensing contracts, co-production deals, etc.)
• Supporting FP&A team by providing accurate financial data to assist with their budget vs. actual analysis
• Partnering with the Senior Manager, Content Accounting to ensure timely completion of ad hoc financial analyses, and prioritize process improvement initiatives within the team
• Participate in system implementations/upgrades, and various process automation projects by performing user acceptance testing and other reviewing tasks
• Assist in establishing and documenting internal control policies, procedures, and control activities to support future compliance and governance initiatives
• Meaningfully and proactively engaging in internal projects to help drive successful implementation

About You:
• 5 years of accounting experience
• B.S. in Accounting with working knowledge of US GAAP and/or IFRS
• Public accounting experience (preferred, but not required)
• CPA designation (preferred, but not required)
• Experience with SOX controls and internal control environment
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel skills (Index Match, sumifs, pivot tables, etc.)
• Demonstrated understanding of accounting principles and its application on practical data
• Research and documentation skills on complex technical accounting matters
• A curiosity mindset to understand how our team supports and is supported by other teams
• A “kaizen” attitude to improve and enhance existing processes to anticipate the needs of the future and increase operational efficiency
• Proven ability to prioritize, and drive accountability across multiple workstreams
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret large volumes of financial data and identify trends, anomalies, and actionable insights

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