Senior Accountant, Accounts Receivable

Business Unit: Big Machine Label Group

Department: Finance

Reports to: Manager, Accounts Receivable

Location: Nashville, TN, Hybrid

Schedule: M-F, 9am-6pm, Occasional nights/weekends

Compensation: Full-Time | Salary | Exempt

Job Summary:

The Senior Accountant, Accounts Receivable plays a key role in managing and ensuring the accuracy of revenue recognition, customer invoicing, and the accounts receivable processes. This position is responsible for reviewing and processing inbound royalty statements, supporting financial close activities, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. Additionally, the role collaborates with internal stakeholders to drive process improvements and enhance financial reporting accuracy.

Essential Job functions:

• Become a subject matter expert in reviewing and processing inbound royalty statements, ensuring proper formatting and revenue recognition compliance
• Manage customer invoicing processes, ensuring timely and accurate account statements
• Preparing journal entries and reconciliations to support the monthly close process, ensuring accuracy and completeness
• Monitor and reconcile accounts receivable aging, investigating and resolving discrepancies
• Prepare bank deposits
• Act as the primary point of contact for customer inquiries, providing timely and professional support
• Provide timely support for all internal and external audit requests
• Assisting with initial internal control evaluations
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify and implement process improvements, automation, and best practices for accounts receivable and revenue recognition

Other duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time to reflect the needs of the business.

Required experience:

• At least 3 years of accounting experience in a corporate environment, preferably within accounts receivable or revenue accounting
• ERP systems experience, with a strong preference towards SAP
• Industry experience in the music, media, or entertainment sector preferred but not required

Required skills:

• Strong understanding of accounting principles and practices
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in analyzing large data sets and reconciling complex financial transactions
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to accuracy and integrity in financial reporting
• Ability to prioritize effectively, meet tight deadlines, and thrive in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
• Ability to work cross-functionally with finance, operations, and IT to enhance financial processes and reporting
• Ability to identify process improvement and automation opportunities to drive positive changes across the organization
• Strong computer skills and highly proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, Access) with advanced skills in Excel
• Good communication and effective interpersonal skills with the ability to present complex financial information clearly
• Strong customer service skills with proven ability to maintain positive client relationships

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• CPA or CMA certification a plus

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Travel Required:

0-5%

Big Machine Label Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.