Accountant – Theatricals

Concord Music Group, Inc. • New York, NY

28d • $67,000 - $85,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Concord is the world’s leading independent music company. The Company supports more than 125,000 artists and songwriters whose works are licensed, marketed, and performed globally. Concord's growing catalog of 1.3 million songs, compositions, sound recordings, films, plays, and musicals is one of the most impactful and culturally relevant collections of creative rights in history.
Concord is headquartered in Nashville with additional offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Berlin, Melbourne, and Miami.
Concord Theatricals is the world's most significant theatrical agency, compromised of R&H Theatricals, The Musical Company, Tams-Witmark, Samuel French and Dramatists Play Serivce.
Concord Theatricals is the only firm that provides truly comprehensive services to the creators and producers of plays and musicals under a single banner, including theatrical licensing, music publishing, script publishing, cast recording and first-class production.
As the Accountant - Theatricals, you'll be responsible for supporting the creation of accurate and timely financial records for Concord Theatricals worldwide.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, or related field required. Masters degree in accounting/business, a plus.
• Minimum 2-3 years of accounting experience in a corporate environment required, or at least 1 year in public accounting.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize a variety of projects in a busy department
• Strong organizational skills required, along with the ability to show initiative, take on new responsibility, and follow through on projects required
• Continuous improvement mindset; Ability to redesign close and transactional data and processes to meet evolving business demands and enhance automation and systems capabilities required
• High level of attention to detail required
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills required in order to work with others across the organization.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills required including VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables and advanced functions.

Nice To Haves

• Interest in pursuing CPA or accounting certification a plus.
• Prior entertainment industry experience a plus.
• Prior experience with banking portals or in NetSuite ERP or IBM TM1 Cognos EPM a plus.
• Interest in Theatre, Music or Performing Arts strongly preferred.
• Please include a cover letter with your application.

Responsibilities

• This position is responsible for maintaining an adequate system of accounting records and a comprehensive set of controls designed to mitigate risk.
• This position maintains the accuracy of the company's reported financial results and ensures that reported results comply with GAAP.
• This position specifically is responsible for reporting and efficient processing of Expenses and Payables, supporting the Worldwide Theatricals business and interfacing across Corporate and other divisions.
• This position is responsible for interfacing with vendors, issuing payments and clearing reconciling items.
• Review expense activity for accurate data integrity, accrual-based accounting and amortization; comparing monthly, quarterly and yearly results to budget, re-forecast and prior year
• Maintain balance sheet reconciliations for key accounts such as Prepaid Assets, Broadway Investments, Fixed Assets, Intangible Assets; Booking journal entries, setting up asset tables, performing investigation on stale items and clearing all items in a timely and accurate manner
• Maintain AP Aging, vendor accounts and process worldwide invoices and vendor bills, working with Theatricals business areas to ensure accurate coding and accrual based accounting
• Interface cross-divisionally with stakeholders across Concord Finance (Corporate, Concord Label Group Publishing, Originals, etc) to maintain intercompany balances and record activity for centralized functions such as Payroll/HR costs and Corporate Allocations
• Assist with review of vendor setup; create payments to clients/vendors (including check and ACH) in NetSuite and online banking platform. Reconcile payments with bank and compile reporting.
• Assists Corporate Accounting and Tax teams with regulatory deliverables, such as IRS forms 1099 and 104, sales tax, unclaimed funds/escheatment process, external audit, etc.
• Support Theatricals Accounting team and management with additional duties as assigned

Benefits

• At Concord, we offer comprehensive medical and wellness benefits, generous time off, parental leave, charity match, paid time off for volunteering, and other fun company perks.
• We have beautiful new offices and a culture committed to supporting everyone’s growth and development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees