Senior Operational Accounting Consultant – Digital Content
Teleion is seeking a Senior Operational Accounting Consultant to join our team and deliver hands-on accounting expertise to our clients. In this client-facing role, you will embed within the Operational Accounting team supporting our client's digital content business, partnering on the team's month-end close process while also contributing to a range of accounting projects tied to new business initiatives. You will bring deep technical accounting knowledge—particularly around revenue recognition under ASC 606, royalty accounting, and subscription revenue models—to help the team maintain a clean, well-controlled close while scaling to support new product and business launches.
You will be a key contributor within the client's Operational Accounting organization, partnering closely with cross-functional business teams supporting the digital content business. The successful candidate is a seasoned individual contributor who is comfortable operating in the detail of the close while also contributing to broader process and systems initiatives, and who can flex between steady-state operational work and the ambiguity of supporting new business launches.

Responsibilities

Month-End Close & Operational Accounting

• Support the month-end close process for the digital content business, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and close checklist items.
• Apply ASC 606 revenue recognition principles to complex arrangements involving royalties, subscriptions, and digital content licensing.
• Prepare and review account reconciliations, identifying and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner. Prepare and review balance sheet account reconciliations, independently investigating and resolving reconciling items and aged balances.
• Partner with FP&A and business teams to explain close results and variances. Perform detailed month-over-month general ledger variance analysis, identify business drivers, investigate unusual fluctuations, and communicate results to accounting leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

New Business Support & Projects

• Support the accounting implications of new business launches, including onboarding new revenue streams, contract structures, and royalty/subscription arrangements into existing close processes. Ensure new revenue streams and business models are successfully integrated into existing accounting processes and reporting structures.
• Contribute to ad hoc accounting projects, including process improvement, systems work, and controls initiatives tied to the digital content business.
• Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for accounting system implementations, enhancements, and automation initiatives, ensuring solutions meet accounting and financial reporting requirements prior to production deployment.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (Legal, Product, FP&A) to ensure new initiatives are properly reflected in the accounting close.
• Help identify opportunities to streamline recurring close and reconciliation tasks. Continuously evaluate accounting processes to identify opportunities for standardization, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 6 years of progressive accounting experience, with strong exposure to month-end close in an operational or corporate accounting environment.
• Demonstrated experience applying ASC 606 to complex revenue arrangements; direct experience with royalty and/or subscription accounting strongly preferred.
• Proven experience preparing and reviewing account reconciliations in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
• Experience supporting new business launches or new revenue stream onboarding from an accounting perspective.
• Proficiency with ERP and reconciliation/close tools (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, BlackLine) and advanced Excel skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to integrate quickly into client teams.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills with the ability to identify root causes of financial variances and operational issues.
• Experience leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for accounting system changes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active CPA license (or international equivalent).
• Experience in digital content, media, or subscription-based businesses.
• Experience with automation of close or reconciliation processes.
• Direct, hands-on experience applying AI tools to accounting operations (e.g., automating reconciliations, close tasks, or exception identification).
• Familiarity with SOX controls in an operational accounting environment.