Director of Content Accounting

About Crunchyroll

WE HELP EVERYONE BELONG. IT’S OUR PURPOSE.

Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave.

Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love.

Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!

About the role

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on accounting professional to lead the content accounting team, managing our sub-ledgers and all related systems and activities for a catalog that includes thousands of distinct titles.

Licensed content is life of our organization, representing the single largest expense item and asset on our P&L and balance sheet, respectively.

As such, the Director of Content Accounting is a visible position with frequent interactions with senior leadership, and requires the ability to translate often complex or technical matters to non-accounting stakeholders.

You will have experience in media, dealing with royalties / participations in a high volume, data intensive environment.

Key to success in this role will be the ability to quickly comprehend and assess the capabilities of the teams, identify opportunities to improve current processes, and identify and implement any changes to systems to improve efficiency and accuracy.

A day in the life of our Director Content Accounting

• Lead the content accounting team, with initial oversight of two dedicated team members, managing a catalog of 3,000+ unique titles.
• Lead the design and implementation of a system to help automate all content related accounting calculations (accruals and actuals), partnering with our internal systems team and other stakeholders to assess existing needs and capabilities, and identification of an external vendor / software that can deliver a solution meeting all requirements.
• Oversee and maintain the content accounting policy for the global organization, including related asset capitalization, amortization, impairment / write-off process and methodology, partnering with our parent company technical accounting team to ensure alignment with company policy.
• Build all relevant SOX compliance controls.
• Review all monthly / quarterly content JEs and supporting documentation, including accruals and subsequent true-ups of COGS, assets and liabilities.
• Lead the preparation and presentation of content accounting matters, including impact of any material adjustments, explanation of period over period variances or deviations from forecasted expectations, to all all partners.
• Partner across multiple departments to identify any process improvement projects of all content related financial information, and strict adherence to internal controls.
• Review any content related intercompany transactions / entries and ensure understanding across domestic and international teams.
• Partner with FP&A team to build content related budget / forecast projections.
• Lead effort to align accounting policy, process and systems across all subsidiary locations, domestic and international, including existing subsidiary finance teams and any subsequently acquired entities.
• Responsible for all content-related reporting requirements, including standard monthly / quarterly deliverables and supplemental information as needed by our publicly traded parent company.
• Lead the response to any external auditor requests as required.

In the role of Director of Content Accounting, you will report to the Global Controller.

We are considering applicants for the location(s) of Dallas, San Francisco and Culver City, CA.

About You

We get excited about candidates, like you, because...

• You have a bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting or Finance.
• You are a CPA with Big 4 accounting firm (or similar) experience.
• You have a minimum 10 years of relevant accounting experience, with a preference for royalties / participations experience.
• You have experience with IFRS accounting standards.
• You have experience working with Netsuite or other large scale ERP software
• You have experience working in a SOX 404 compliant environment.
• You have Media or Tech industry experience.
• You have accounting and finance system implementation experience, including design and testing.
• You have advanced Microsoft Excel skills (Index Match, sumifs, pivot tables, etc).

About the Team

The Crunchyroll accounting team is made up of 60+ professionals across 13 offices in 9 countries. While we have experienced organic growth across the past few years, our organization is also comprised of a collection of previously standalone entities with distinct content libraries and related accounting systems, policies and methodologies.

This combination of factors necessitates the automation of previously manual processes, alignment of policies methodologies across all global subsidiaries and someone to drive this transformation to facilitate and support the growth aspirations of our leadership.

Why you will love working at Crunchyroll

In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks :

• Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.
• Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
• Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
• Health Saving Account HSA program
• Health care and dependent care FSA
• 401(k) plan, with employer match
• Employer paid commuter benefit
• Support program for new parents
• Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!

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Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.

Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.

Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.

Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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