Staff Accountant

Title: Staff Accountant
Company: Entertainment Industry
Compensation: $35-40/hr DOE

About the Company

This organization operates within the broader entertainment sector and is known for its collaborative culture and focus on operational excellence. The team values accuracy, innovation, and accountability, and is committed to supporting continued growth through strong financial stewardship.

The Opportunity

The Staff Accountant plays an essential role in overseeing daily financial activities and supporting core accounting functions, including budgeting, reporting, general ledger maintenance, accounts payable, accounts receivable, audit coordination, and royalty-related processes. This position requires a detail-driven, highly organized professional with strong analytical capabilities. The role reports directly to the Controller.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain and update accurate financial records, including ledgers, invoices, and expense reports
  
• Process invoices, payments, and receipts promptly and accurately
  
• Assist with preparation, monitoring, and analysis of budgets
  
• Prepare journal entries and complete balance sheet reconciliations for year-end close
  
• Reconcile bank accounts, credit card accounts, pension accounts, and prepaid expenses; code expenses to the general ledger
  
• Manage royalty systems, including onboarding new licensees, supporting licensees with reporting, and reconciling royalty submissions with payments
  
• Participate in annual audits, including walkthroughs and preparation of required documentation
  
• Support licensee audits by gathering historical data, agreements, and necessary approvals
  
• Contribute to process improvements aimed at streamlining and automating manual workflows
  
• Assist management with special projects, ad-hoc reporting, and additional tasks as assigned
  
• Collaborate with Finance team members and cross-functional partners to ensure accurate financial statements
  
• Manage accounts payable, including vendor setup and payment processing
  
• Support accounts receivable through collections efforts and accrual processes

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited institution required
  
• Public accounting or corporate finance experience preferred
  
• Experience with QuickBooks Online or NetSuite
  
• Strong verbal, written, analytical, organizational, and critical-thinking skills
  
• Exceptional attention to detail
  
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to explain accounting concepts to non-finance colleagues
  
• Self-starter with the ability to form conclusions and present insights
  
• Team-oriented mindset with the ability to work independently and take initiative
  
• Professional, tactful, and respectful communication style; dependable and follow-through oriented
  
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment
  
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency
  
• 2-5 years of experience in public accounting or within a mid- to large-scale, high-growth organization
  
• Ability to think creatively, adapt quickly, and learn in an evolving environment
  
• Licensing experience
• Advanced Excel skills
  
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt

Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal .

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

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Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

• California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here .
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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

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