Accounting Clerk

Job Description

Responsibilities

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we'll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

Job Description

The Production Finance Accounting Clerk supports the SVP Production Finance, liasons with film productions, and processes payments thru internal NBCU systems. The position deals with highly confidential financial and proprietary information and interacts with all levels of the Studio including Senior Management, Physical Production, Post-Production, VFX, Tax, Development, Business Affairs, Legal and other business units of the Company.

Essential Responsibilities:
• Prepare pre-production payroll and production prep period accounting documents
• Assist in the gathering and submission of tax documents necessary for vendor setup and proper tax reporting.
• Assist in forecasting production funding for Production Finance
• Reconcile cash actuals for Production Finance for submission to the FP&A group
• Update production incentive forecast and analysis for various projects
• Work with Comcast Treasury to open production bank accounts
• Establish foreign exchange spreadsheets, estimate FX currency gain/loss, coordinate forward currency purchases with Treasury
• Manage production wire transfers and various invoices with follow up and confirmation
• Maintain a log of all production wire transfers
• Establish new show accounting office set up
• Prepare and send new show production packets & system orders
• Interface with all production accounting offices
• Assist with update of Production Status Report
• Prepare journal entries for studio charges
• Research studio costs and obtain backup
• Distribute all incoming production accounting reports and related documents
• Update and distribute various internal Production Finance reports
• Serve as Studio point of contact for questions from production regarding general company policies and procedures
• Serve as a back-up for more sophisticated functions in the absence of the more senior Finance executives that it supports
• Organize travel and reconcile T&L expenses
• Provide administrative support to the VP Production
• General office maintenance, including filing of confidential documentation
• Assist and/or coordinate other special projects as required (for example: funding reconciliations, bank reconciliations, implementation of new procedures, etc)

Qualifications
• 2+ years of experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic and high volume administrative role within the entertainment industry, ideally with some analytical responsibilities
• Must be excellent and proficient with PC and Microsoft Office software is mandatory, including PowerPoint
• Candidates must be motivated, extremely organized and detail oriented, have excellent communication and organizational skills
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality for highly sensitive materials and details is key
• Strong follow through and able to anticipate issues before they arise
• Ability to multitask and juggle many competing priorities efficiently
• Excellent critical thinking skills

Eligibility Requirements:
• Must be willing submit to a background investigation
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States

Desired Characteristics:
• Bachelor degree preferred
• Previous Production Experience (television or film) preferred. Knowledge of any industry specific accounting or scheduling programs a plus.

Additional Requirements:
• Required On-Site: This position is required to be performed full-time from an NBCUniversal-designated worksite.
• Salary: $ 29.750/hour
• Must be willing to join the L174 union
• Must be 18 years or older
• Must be willing to work in Universal City, CA
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States

Additional Information

NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.

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