Sr. Manager, TV Content Accounting & Reporting

Job Description

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

Nearest Major Market: Los Angeles

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-36x6j9-216-73-216-42-42 in your application.