Sr Accountant, CBS Studio Finance

Job Description

CBS Studios Controllership is seeking a highly motivated Senior Accountant that is a self-starter and teammate. You are detailed oriented, organized, and possess good interpersonal skills. This position will work with other departments and divisions within the corporation.
Overview and Responsibilities:

Key responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:
• Accurate and timely accounting and financial reporting of assigned business units and the consolidation of those results. Includes monthly, quarterly, and annual preparation and presentation to management.
• Perform financial statement variance analysis and deliver results to management.
• Assist with quarterly internal / external audit requests.
• Reconciliation, mapping, and upload of external accounting files for CBS Stages and other partnerships.
• Monthly Inventory analysis and quarterly five-year analysis and rollforward.
• Perform controls testing to ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley regulations.
• Preparation of ad-hoc reports and special projects.
• Submission of financial statements to corporate.
• Preparation of inventory schedules, including variance analysis from plan and prior month or quarter.
• Preparation of the monthly balance sheet as well as quarterly supplemental balance sheet rollforwards and other supporting schedules.
• Performing accounting and financial reporting system implementation and enhancement testing and continuously looking to identify process improvements.
• Preparation and input of journal entries necessary for month/quarter/year end accruals and recurring journals.

Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 3-5+ years of comprehensive accounting experience

Additional Qualifications:
• Entertainment industry experience a plus
• CPA preferred
• SAP experience a plus
• Cognos experience a plus
• Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Strong work ethic that takes ownership of assigned areas and can perform a variety of time sensitive tasks
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Works well in a team-oriented environment
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint) and able to learn other software applications
• A mix of public and private industry preferred

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gp0wz4-216-73-216-177-42 in your application.