Senior Content Accountant

Netflix • Los Angeles, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At Netflix, the mission is to entertain the world by pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom, and making the unimaginable a reality. The company is a dream team focused on merging creativity, intuition, and cutting-edge technology. This opportunity is for individuals curious about how content is accounted for in financial statements, interested in contributing to automated accounting workflows, and who enjoy reviewing and analyzing large data for critical business decisions. The role offers a chance to join a team committed to transforming entertainment perception through the Netflix service, with continued investment in original productions, content licensing, and international expansion. This position is based in the Hollywood office and reports to the management team in Content Accounting.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience under your belt backed by a bachelor's degree in accounting and/or finance.
• Attention to detail and a love for data, including scrutinizing numbers for accuracy, using spreadsheets and system data to reconcile accounts, solving problems, and being comfortable with Excel pivot tables and large data sets.
• Enthusiasm for designing and building new accounting systems and making improvements to existing systems.
• Prior work with contract review (revenue, leases, or other complex documents), data entry and analysis, research, and other problem-solving tasks is helpful.
• Curiosity and passion, including asking probing questions, challenging the status quo, making changes to improve processes, a positive attitude, and never settling for “good enough”.
• Strong communication skills (both written and oral) and viewed as a strong cross-functional business partner.
• Strong accounting background and comfortable navigating technical accounting guidance.
• Ability to collaborate inclusively, partner with team members, authentically recognize, understand, and appreciate differences, and connect across these differences by being mutually adaptive.
• Adaptable and comfortable in an ever-changing ecosystem of content, finance, and accounting issues and projects.
• Embrace and advocate the Netflix culture and long-term view.

Nice To Haves

• On track for completion (or already completed) in obtaining a CPA license or a post-graduate degree.

Responsibilities

• Part of the team responsible for the financial integrity of the company's content commitments, assets (capitalization), liabilities (payments), and expenses (amortization).
• Prepare and review monthly accounting entries, reconciliations, CFO metrics, and other ad hoc analyses.
• Management and accounting (in proprietary systems) of content license contracts and understanding the full cost of each produced show, with a focus on ensuring appropriate accounting by researching guidance.
• Analyze content agreements and transactions (e.g. licensing contracts, talent deals, etc.), to interpret contractual terms and understand the application of our accounting policies.
• Identify and drive process improvements and own projects such as accounting policy review.
• Manage cross-functional relationships with teams outside of Content Accounting, including those across finance and content acquisition organizations.

Benefits

• Health Plans
• Mental Health support
• a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
• Stock Option Program
• Disability Programs
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Family-forming benefits
• Life and Serious Injury Benefits
• paid leave of absence programs
• flexible time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior