Management Accountant
Job Description
- Familiarity with commercial contracts
- Background in media
- Experience gained in a smaller production company and start-up experience
- Proactive, self-starter, willing to get stuck in
- Attention to detail and being a completer-finisher
- Team player when needed, able to understand the bigger picture and how Finance’s inputs and outputs can affect the business
- Enthusiasm in dealing with all functional departments
- Able to prioritise in a fast moving, dynamic environment
- NetSuite experience
- US GAAP experience
- Salesforce experience
- Business partnering with commercial finance, legal and production teams in order to accurately recognise revenue on a monthly basis.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Assistance with budgeting and forecasting across revenue streams, as required.
- Involvement in the annual audit process for the Group.
- Assist in preparing transfer pricing calculations
- Several years’ experience working in a dynamic Finance department.
- Articulate, confident, happy to communicate with senior team members and take direction when required.
- Part qualified ACCA or equivalent
About Moonbug Entertainment
Thank you for considering the Management Accountant role with Moonbug Entertainment, an award-winning global entertainment company inspiring kids everywhere to laugh, learn and grow. The company is behind some of the biggest kids’ entertainment brands in the world including CoComelon and Blippi. Moonbug believes every child should have access to our entertaining and enriching content, which is why our shows are available on more than 150 video platforms globally including Netflix, Disney+, BBC iPlayer and YouTube Kids. Moonbug is also a global leader in pre-school music and audio experiences, available on 100+ audio platforms globally. Moonbug brands extend far beyond the screen to include streaming music, toys, games, books, live events, and even theme park exhibits.
Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. By bringing together elite talent operating at the intersection of content, community, and commerce, it helps to position leading entertainment businesses for accelerated, sustainable growth in the current market and beyond.
The Role
Moonbug is seeking a Management Accountant 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 media industry.
You will be responsible for overseeing revenue streams including digital advertising, gaming and originals production for some of the biggest media brands in the world. Each revenue stream has a different business model and a corresponding, often complex contract so 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
- Business partnering with commercial finance, legal and production teams in order to accurately recognise revenue on a monthly basis.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Assistance with budgeting and forecasting across revenue streams, as required.
- Involvement in the annual audit process for the Group.
- Assist in preparing transfer pricing calculations
- Other ad-hoc tasks as and when these arise
Skills and Experience
- You are keen, flexible, yet thorough, with several years’ experience working in a dynamic Finance department. You will be articulate, confident, happy to communicate with senior team members and take direction when required. Experience gained in a smaller production company and start-up experience will be a huge advantage
- Part qualified ACCA or equivalent
- Other desirable attributes:
- Proactive, self-starter, willing to get stuck in
- Attention to detail and being a completer-finisher
- Team player when needed, able to understand the bigger picture and how Finance’s inputs and outputs can affect the business
- Have enthusiasm in dealing with all functional departments
- Able to prioritise in a fast moving, dynamic environment
- NetSuite experience would be a plus
- US GAAP experience would be a plus
- Salesforce experience would be desirable
