Senior Associate, Content Accounting

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Overall Purpose of the Role

Responsible for day-to-day accounting activities of acquired programming and original production cost recognition and amortization, intercompany transactions, and month end close of HBO APAC entities.

Areas of Responsibility

MAJOR ACTIVITIES

• Download titles from iBroadcast to Programming Subsystem, update exhibition dates and compute License Fee.
• Preparation of journals for programming, inventories, and accruals.
• Analyze Indies and Specials expense variance.
• Perform monthly Programming and Original Production related Balance Sheet and P&L analysis.
• Prepare Programming Audit schedules.
• Prepare monthly close entries.
• Balance sheet reconciliations.
• Manage intercompany transaction disputes and confirmation.
• Support internal and external audit requests.
• Work in collaboration with Finance, Business, LOB, GBS on cross divisional initiatives and handle reporting requests/questions received from various stakeholders.
• Responsible for monthly foreign exchange revaluation and translation process.
• Responsible for month end close processes and deliverables.
• Perform ad hoc analysis for Sr. Manager as well as work with different departments and handle queries within the organization.
• Coordinate with other team members to reconcile identified variance, adjustments to be made.
• Assist in various global/department initiatives, such as system migration and Account Reconciliation Harmonization.
• Ensure licensed programming costs are accurately computed, capitalized and amortized according to accounting standards.
• Ensure Original Production costs are accrued timely and accurately.
• Responsible for the computation of film cost amortization and prepare amortization journals for posting.
• Responsible for intercompany cost recharge for Production entities.
• Liaise with Finance and Business stakeholders to ensure Production and acquired content costs are accrued timely and accurately.
• Prepare monthly P&L and Balance Sheet flux explanation.

Areas of Accountability

• Regular interaction with various accounting groups in a matrixed organization.
• Participate and support global transformation project to move from various legacy ERP systems into one consolidated system, such as S4 migration.
• Participate in process improvements and standardization to gain greater efficiency and effectiveness within the region.

Selection criteria

Essential:

• Preferred fully qualified Accountant – CPA.
• Strong technical experience including experience of month end management accounting for revenue and cost.
• US GAAP reporting and SOX experience.
• Experience of multi-site and multi-currency reporting.
• Minimum 1-3 years of experience in accounting.
• High level interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.

Desirable:

• Experience in Integrated finance applications/information systems e.g. SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle.
• Experience working with outsourced financial functions.

Competency assessment

• Attention to detail, but also able to take a strategic view of data and highlight salient facts for discussion.
• The ability to plan and prioritize workloads to meet deadlines as well as effective time management of workflow to meet accounting deadlines.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking and technical accounting skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks with changing priorities, communicating changes in scope and schedule to all parties concerned.
• Able to work under pressure/time constraints.
• Proactivity – display strong initiative and ability to identify and rectify issues. Propose solutions rather than come with problems.
• Ability to build relationships at all levels of the business.
• Ability to communicate effectively and tactfully with all levels of personnel.
• Able to work flexible hours, including possible overtime, when necessary.
• Able to organize and schedule work effectively.
• Service-oriented.
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team.

Additional Information

Management has the right to add or change duties and job requirements at any time.

How We Get Things Done…

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