Accounting Manager, TV Production Tax

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Your New Role
This position is responsible for managing the production incentive process for episodic television offered by domestic jurisdictions.
Your Role Accountabilities

• Provide guidance to budgeters on how to estimate the incentive for
  various jurisdictions and review the budget to ensure the incentive is
  calculated properly.
• Ensures a project will qualify for an incentive by researching all
  applicable rules, communicating to the stakeholders and monitoring
  compliance throughout the project's life cycle.
• Maintains and updates internal incentive tracking database.
• Prepares all necessary forms, applications and registrations necessary
  to qualify for various production incentive programs.
• Manage timing expectations from production incentive receivables
• Coordinates with internal departments (e.g. Finance, Tax, Legal,
  Business Affairs, Post, etc) in all aspects related to production
  incentives on project specific issues
  Provides guidance to Production Accounting on all incentive related
  matters.
• Liaise with international consultants and service providers on all
  production incentive related matters;
• Assists with ad hoc projects / analysis

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in accounting, tax or finance.
• Production accounting experience preferred.
• Bonus - Working knowledge of production incentives.
• Bonus - Working knowledge of the production process
• Bachelors Degree required. Degree in Accounting preferred
• College coursework in Accounting
• Communicate effectively and tactfully with all levels of personnel.
• Multi-task, to prioritize, and meet competing goals.
• Work well in a fast-paced environment.
• Work independently to meet deadlines.
• Analytical skills.
• Advanced excel skills
• Interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Experience with PSL, Smart Accounting, Vista a plus

How We Get Things Done...
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