Director, Stage Plays Accounting

The Director Stage Plays Accounting will be responsible for the operational and consolidation accounting for Studio Group’s live theater/ stage plays business (“Stage Plays”) which includes productions such as Wicked (Broadway, London, US & international tours), Death Becomes Her (Broadway, US tour), and more. The role will perform accounting functions relating to monthly and quarterly close including journal entries, account reconciliations and recurring and non-recurring analyses and reporting tasks. Responsibilities will include maintenance of appropriate processes and internal controls to support the integrity of the financial statements. This individual will need to be both extremely detail-oriented as well as able to think strategically and critically about the high-level complexities of Stage Plays accounting. The role will work closely with the independent Stage Plays Finance team, which is responsible for all non-Controllership Finance matters relating to Stage Plays. The position is within the Consolidation and Reporting team within NBCU’s Studios Segment Global Controllership organization. The reporting line for this role is into the VP leader of Studios Consolidation and Reporting. Responsibilities: Execution of monthly and quarterly close including journal entries, quarterly financial statement true-ups and adjustments, monthly account reconciliations and recurring and non-recurring analyses and reporting tasks. Capable of managing multiple open periods when required. Maintenance of appropriate processes and internal controls to support the integrity of the financial statements. Consolidation of all Stage production financials from multiple sources (including Broadway, London, and domestic and international tours) and entity setup. Adjusts any inconsistencies from sources in order to create uniform consolidated financial statements. Identify and participate in process improvement initiatives and opportunities to build efficiencies into existing processes and reporting routines; this includes documenting processes. Similarly seek and implement standardization where appropriate to do so. Driving proficiency within the parameters of NBCUniversal policies and technologies. Review and identify financial statement and process impacts of new internal and external contracts. Implement requirements to appropriate capture in Stage Plays results. Perform technical accounting research as required, assist in providing technical guidance to and work with business units to implement new standards as necessary. Ability to question (critical thinking skills) and flag transactions from both a technical accounting and operational viewpoint. Perform and manage internal controls, certification, quarterly reviews, annual audit and statutory audits. Assist with ad-hoc projects as needed. Support external and internal audit requests. Engagement in Finance team professional and social activities beyond the scope of recurring work, including those relating to developing and maintaining our corporate and functional culture and relationships with internal and external stakeholders and communities.