Sr Accountant – Financial Reporting

Company Information

For more than 20 years, AEG has played a pivotal role in transforming sports and live entertainment. Annually, we host more than 160 million guests, promote more than 10,000 shows and present more than 22,000 events around the world. We are committed to innovation, artistry, and community, and leverage the power of our 300+ venues, leading sports franchises, marquee music brands, integrated entertainment districts, premier ticketing platform and global sponsorship activations, to create memorable moments that give the world reason to cheer.

Our business is interwoven with the human mind and heart, and we strive to build a diverse and inclusive company that reflects the artists, athletes, and fans that we host; reach beyond traditional boundaries to support the communities in which we operate; and minimize our impact on the environment by adopting sustainable practices throughout our business operations. If you want to be challenged to up your game and make a difference, then join us in giving the world reason to cheer!

The Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting will perform professional level accounting work in the compilation, and the reporting of the Company’s global financial records.

• Identify cash vs non-cash items to properly prepare the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Cashflows. Note that the cashflow statement is a highly complex financial document, which requires certain advanced accounting knowledge to prepare the following schedules at high volumes and error-free with minimal supervision:
  Prepare Goodwill and Intangibles roll forward, Equity Method Investments roll forward, Debt roll forward, Notes Receivable roll forward, Taxes paid, Interest paid, and understand foreign currency impact.
• Prepare standalone financial statements utilizing One Stream reporting, including sub-consolidations for certain groups of entities with third party reporting.
• Provide significant support for the Company’s annual audit of its consolidated financial statements. Responsibilities include preparing requested and recurring schedules for auditors, and roll-forward and preparation of the financial statements, footnotes, supplemental schedules. Support is provided in the preparation of certain supporting schedules for the Company’s annual accounting memorandums
• Maintain financial records and recording monthly journal entries related primarily to intercompany positions and global sponsorship revenue recognition. It also includes a compilation of a high volume of submissions files from subsidiaries, support in the detailed preparation of US GAAP financial statements, primarily quarterly and semi-annual financial reporting procedures and report preparation.
• Run the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet in One Stream. Prepare reconciliation and recurring consolidating journal entries for the Company’s complex intercompany balances.
• Prepare journal entries needed for the global posting of Softrax-system sponsorship revenue activity and contract-based balances. These entries include costs of revenues and reclassification of intercompany accounts, once the system entries have posted twice per month.
• Compile a global accounts receivable aging analysis from subsidiary submissions. Assess submissions for completeness and appropriateness of responses. A draft memorandum to senior management with detailed supporting schedules, of accounts receivable balances, reserves, and aging explanations is prepared for review.
• Prepare Consolidated PPE roll forward & related capital expenditure reporting, using the Company’s One Stream financial reporting tool & Excel. This process involves coordination with all other departments across all of AEG and applying Excel macros skills to consolidate information to determine PPE additions, as well as determining cash vs non-cash additions.
• Prepare Census Filings on at least a quarterly basis and as needed/requested. Documents are to be performed and submitted with minimal supervision.
• Provide support by compiling various financial statements and perform analytical reviews for reasonableness and compliance with US GAAP (as applicable).
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