Sr. Manager, TV Content Accounting & Reporting (Santa Monica, CA, US, 90404)

Lionsgate

Salary: $120k - $130k
Experience: 8+ yrs
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Job type: Full-time

Required skills

SAP
Microsoft Excel

About the role

Summary of Position

This role will support close, reporting, audit, and content accounting processes across legacy entities, eOne US/UK/Canada entities, and the broader LGA division. The role requires someone who can work independently, review complex accounting support, provide review-level oversight, stabilize inherited processes, and operate effectively with limited transition of historical institutional knowledge. Key areas include entity-level close support, balance sheet analysis and reconciliations, SAP-related workflows, intercompany and foreign exchange activity, UK VAT support, royalties and participations accrual support, deferred revenue/backlog schedules, and production/content accounting analysis under ASC 926.

Responsibilities

Review and analyze production/content accounting activity under ASC 926, including production budgets, content agreements, delivery status, revenue recognition support, cost amortization, and related balance sheet impacts.
Review and support entity-level trial balances, balance sheet analysis and reconciliations, close schedules, and division-level reporting packages.
Support UK and Canada entity accounting processes, including intercompany activity, foreign exchange considerations, UK VAT-related accounting/reporting, and cross-entity reporting requirements.
Support consolidation inputs and tie-outs between supporting schedules, converter/tool files, SAP/GL outputs, and corporate reporting deliverables.
Maintain and improve complex Excel-based reporting, reconciliation, accrual, and converter/tool files; ensure formulas, assumptions, and tie-outs are documented and reviewable.
Evaluate show-level and entity-level accounting support for reasonableness, completeness, and consistency with established accounting policies and reporting requirements.
Document inherited processes, key assumptions, source files, tie-out procedures, and review controls to reduce key-person risk and improve audit readiness.
Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes across legacy, eOne US/UK/Canada, and LGA entities, including preparation/review of journal entries, accruals, deferrals, reclasses, and related support.
Recommend and support process improvements across close, audit support, division reporting, and handoffs between legacy workflows and SAP-based reporting.
Support deferred revenue, backlog, and delivery-related schedules required for division and corporate reporting.
Assist with revenue apportionment, tax support schedules, overhead allocations, and other recurring entity-level requests as needed.
Identify and resolve close issues in partnership with divisional accounting, production finance, corporate accounting, tax, treasury, and other stakeholders.
Prepare and review audit/PBC support across assigned entities and respond to internal and external auditor follow-up requests.
Use SAP and related reporting tools to research activity, support journal entry workflows, validate GL outputs, and tie out close schedules.
Prepare, review, or support royalties and participations accruals and related calculations using inherited schedules and supporting documentation.
Reconcile royalties/participations activity to the GL and assist with audit support, follow-up requests, and process documentation.
Review work prepared by accounting support resources and provide guidance on entity-level close, reconciliations, schedules, and documentation standards.
Coordinate priorities and handoffs with divisional accounting leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure deadlines and reporting requirements are met.

Qualifications and Skills

8-10+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience, preferably within media, entertainment, production, or content accounting environments.
Candidate must demonstrate strong technical accounting judgment and ability to operate independently.
Highly organized with ability to manage competing priorities and meet departmental objectives under tight deadlines.
Ability to build strong working relationships across divisions and functions, communicate risks and blockers clearly, and maintain confidentiality.
Strong familiarity with SAP required; experience with SAP journal workflows, GL research, reporting outputs, and close tie-outs strongly preferred.
Advanced Excel skills required, including ability to work with complex inherited files, formulas, pivot tables, lookups, and reconciliation workbooks.
Experience with multi-entity close processes, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany activity, foreign exchange, and complex close schedules.
Strong audit support, documentation, and controls mindset; ability to create clear support for recurring entries, schedules, assumptions, and tie-outs.
Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment, under pressure and with tight and multiple deadlines.
Excellent organizational, time management and prioritizing skills.
Attention to detail in all areas of work.
Ability to maintain confidentiality, deliver and follow instructions, and possess attention to detail and ability to work accurately.

Nice to Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.
CPA license strongly preferred; candidates actively pursuing CPA licensure may be considered.
UK/Canada entity accounting exposure, UK VAT familiarity, and international reporting experience preferred.
Strong knowledge of US GAAP; ASC 926/content accounting experience strongly preferred.
Experience with royalties, participations, deferred revenue, backlog reporting, production budgets, and/or content agreement analysis preferred.

About Lionsgate

Lionsgate (NYSE: LION) is one of the world’s leading standalone, pure play, publicly traded content companies. It brings together diversified motion picture and television production and distribution businesses, a world-class portfolio of valuable brands and franchises, a talent management and production powerhouse and a more than 20,000-title film and television library, all driven by the studio’s bold and entrepreneurial culture.

Our Benefits

Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and Dental
Work/Life Balance – generous sick days, vacation days, holidays, and Impact Day
401(k) company matching

Compensation

$120,000 - $130,000

EEO Statement

Lionsgate is an equal employment opportunity employer. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws. In addition, Lionsgate will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Lionsgate will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and federal law.

About Lionsgate

Produces and distributes motion pictures and television programming worldwide.

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