Senior Accountant

UnitedMasters, Inc.

LOCATION – New York

# Who we are 

We are a well-established independent agency and thriving music business, built to help ambitious brands harness the power of culture to solve their biggest challenges. As a unique mix of experts in culture, technology, and storytelling, we are united by a passion to grow brands in ways that advertising alone can never do. 

We are an entrepreneurial business – not a traditional “ad agency.” That means we value resourcefulness and tenacity just as much as we value creativity and intelligence. We’re unapologetically ambitious, but we’re also a tight-knit crew. 

We are looking for a Senior Accountant to join UnitedMasters!

# What's the role? 

We are seeking a Senior Accountant to join our team in Brooklyn, NY. The role will report directly to the Controller and will have responsibility for a variety of accounting areas and financial close activities. The ideal candidate will be a natural numbers wizard with a strong working knowledge of GAAP to apply principles of accounting, analyze financial information and prepare financial reports to maintain appropriate compliance and governance for the organization. In addition to recurring accounting duties, this role will have a heavy focus on driving process improvements and collaborating with stakeholders from around the organization to scale our accounting processes as the company continues to grow.

# What You'll Do

• Perform month-end close responsibilities (journal entries, account reconciliations, reporting and analysis, etc.)
• Provide insight to other Finance partners regarding the accounting impacts of business decision
• Assist the Controller in developing annual budgets, compilation of information for tax preparation, and preparation of monthly and year-end close of financial reporting
• Oversee the organization’s time & expense policy 
• Assist with the annual audit process including the draft of the financial statements and related notes
• Apply ASC 606 guidance to new revenue streams and changes to existing contracts and clearly document assessment & conclusions
• Design, implement, and maintain controls throughout core business processes
• Drive process improvements that allow processes to scale with the growth of the company
• Lead and support business initiatives and finance projects
• Perform ad-hoc reporting & analysis 

# Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong understanding of accounting processes and internal controls, with an ability to identify and address weaknesses in controls

• Ability to apply U.S. GAAP accounting knowledge and research questions as they arise

• Attention to detail and an ability to understand complex business and financial matters

• Strong problem-solving skills including the ability to break down problems into critical components and influence others to drive actionable solutions

# Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance-related field

• At least 3 years of accounting experience

• Able to communicate complex, technical information, and key findings, including providing subject matter expertise and recommendations

• Self-starter and comfortable working in a fast-growing and team-first environment

# Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with a Public Accounting firm servicing large clients or industry experience with a publicly traded or large private company preferred

• CPA designation is strongly preferred

• Experience with ASC 606 – Revenue Recognition preferred

• Experience with NetSuite preferred but not required

About UnitedMasters 

UnitedMasters has over 1.5 million artists on its platform and is growing rapidly. Brands like Diageo, Ally, and ESPN come to UnitedMasters to partner with these artists and play a role in moving culture forward. In the past year, UnitedMasters subscribers have grown rapidly. With $170M raised to date and valued at $550M, UnitedMasters is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Apple, Alphabet (aka Google), and Disney amongst others. Over the last year, UnitedMasters artists have used our platform to land sync deals with major brands including the NBA, ESPN, Overtime Elite, Bose, Warner Brother Studios and in the NBA video game 2k. These deals give them additional money for their work and increase their exposure.

Salary Hiring Range: $100,000 - $120,000

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide (e.g. bonus, stock options, 401(k) match, etc.)

Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors. 

The range above is for the expectations as laid out in the job description, however we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated with you as a candidate.

The salary range above is for the NY/CA. As a company, we have a location based strategy, which means the salary range could be lower or higher than this if the role is hired in another location.

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