Management Accountant

About Moonbug Entertainment:

Moonbug is a next generation entertainment company that has cemented itself in the children's media space. Would you like to be part of the next frontier of inspiring and engaging stories to kids around the world?

Founded in 2018, with primary offices in London and Los Angeles, Moonbug creates, produces and publishes thousands of minutes of video and audio content every month with the goal of teaching compassion, empathy and resilience. We are a fast-paced global company, and have already grown to become the largest kids’ entertainment company on digital platforms in the world. Some of our existing titles include global sensations CoComelon, Blippi, Little Baby Bum, Morphle, Supa Strikas, ARPO and many more which are available in 32 languages and can be viewed on more than 100 platforms globally.

Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. Candle is run by leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone’s flagship private equity business.

This role reports onsite in our London office full time. 

📍London, Camden | Office based | Benefits including Free Private Healthcare, Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave, matched 5% pension scheme, free yoga/fitness wellbeing classes, free weekly lunch and Friday drinks @ 4pm ✨

The Role:

Moonbug is seeking a Management Accountant focused on revenue and cost of sales to support the growing Finance team. This role is based in our London office in the heart of Camden Town. At Moonbug, you will be working with some of the biggest brands in family entertainment; this is an exciting role and opportunity for someone looking to enter the media industry.

You will be responsible for overseeing some of  our revenue streams which can include VOD services, Music platforms and productions. Each revenue stream has a different business model and a corresponding, often complex contract any familiarity with commercial contracts would be hugely beneficial and highly regarded. Every day is different in Moonbug. To thrive, you will have a flexible, can-do mindset, always looking at how to improve processes and do more with less to improve the speed and accuracy of revenue transactions. A background in media would help, but more important is the ability to deal with ambiguity, and a truly fast paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Drive revenue accounting month-end close processes by creating and validating accruals, preparing and posting journal entries whilst ensuring policy compliance, all to agreed timelines.
• Creation of accurate invoice requests and working collaboratively with other functions to resolve any billing discrepancies/customer inquiries related to invoices whilst streamlining the billing process
• Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations, mainly accrued revenue, deferred revenue and accrued expenses.
• Document sales contracts and related revenue accounting treatment in accordance with company policies.
• Gain a solid understanding of business transactions and accounting flow, whilst identifying and recommending continuous improvement initiatives related to revenue processes, championing any new processes which support the departmental and organisational objectives.
• Business partnering with commercial finance, legal, and sales teams in order to accurately recognise revenue on a monthly basis.
• Assistance with budgeting and forecasting across revenue streams, as required.
• Involvement in the annual audit process for the Group.
• Other ad-hoc tasks as and when these arise.

●     You are keen, flexible with several years’ experience working in a dynamic Finance department

●     Attention to detail and being a completer-finisher with a proactive mindset

●     The ability to understand the bigger picture and how inputs and outputs from the Finance team can affect the business

●     Able to prioritise with enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, dynamic, and results-oriented environment

●     Being a team player with strong interpersonal skills to contribute to company values and team culture

●     Advanced Excel skills are required 

●     Strong written and verbal communication skills

●     Experience with audit processes

●     Previous experience in the media industry is preferred

●     Experience working with USGAAP as well as UKGAAP would be a bonus

●     Experience working with Netsuite and / or Salesforce would be a bonus

Qualifications

●     ACCA / CIMA qualified part qualified or equivalent - required