A private, global entertainment company is seeking a Global Accounting Manager to take ownership of key accounting, consolidation, and reporting activities across an organization operating in more than 30 countries. This is a high-impact opportunity for an accounting leader who wants to do more than maintain existing processes—you’ll help strengthen the global finance function, modernize reporting, and work directly with senior leadership.
The Global Accounting Manager will oversee global close and consolidation activities, lead complex intercompany accounting, and serve as a key resource to finance teams across Europe and Asia. The role manages a Senior Accountant and provides significant exposure to the CFO and other senior leaders.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead global monthly, quarterly, and annual close and consolidation activities
- Own and resolve complex intercompany accounting and reconciliation issues across international entities
- Review consolidated financial results and investigate significant variances and accounting issues
- Provide guidance to regional finance teams on reporting, consolidation, accounting treatments, and close requirements
- Support executive, Board, shareholder, lender, and management reporting
- Oversee audit support, tax compliance, transfer pricing, and related global accounting activities
- Lead implementation of new AI-driven financial reporting tools and other automation initiatives
- Develop and improve global accounting policies, controls, and reporting processes
- Manage and develop a Senior Accountant while providing leadership to global finance teams
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 6+ years of progressive accounting, audit, consolidation, or financial reporting experience
- Strong international consolidation and intercompany accounting experience
- Experience working within a global or multinational organization
- Advanced Excel skills required; Power BI experience strongly preferred
- Strong interest in AI, automation, and modernizing financial reporting processes
- CPA or equivalent professional designation preferred
- Big 4 or large CPA firm experience preferred, but not required with strong global accounting experience
- Strong leadership, analytical, and communication skills with the ability to work effectively across countries and time zones
Why Join?
- Own global accounting and reporting for a company operating across 30+ countries
- Opportunity to fix and take ownership of complex intercompany and consolidation processes
- Play a key role in introducing AI-driven financial reporting tools and modernizing the finance function
- Direct exposure to senior finance leadership and the opportunity to manage and develop a Senior Accountant
- Collaborative finance team with a leadership style that values ownership and autonomy
- Four weeks of vacation from day one
- Hybrid schedule with Fridays working from home
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- 6+ years of progressive accounting, audit, consolidation, or financial reporting experience
- International consolidation and intercompany accounting experience
- Experience working within a global or multinational organization
- Advanced Excel skills
- Power BI experience
- Interest in AI, automation, and modernizing financial reporting processes
- CPA or equivalent professional designation
- Big 4 or large CPA firm experience
- Strong leadership, analytical, and communication skills, including effectiveness across countries and time zones
What We Do
GHJ is an accounting and advisory firm that specializes in nonprofit, food and beverage, entertainment and media and health and wellness companies. Previous recipient of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Employee Champion For Life Work Harmony Award and named a “Best Places to Work” by the Los Angeles Business Journal eight times since 2008, GHJ is passionate about helping clients and its people #BeMore by focusing on building thriving businesses and creating a better future. GHJ works as a business advocate for its clients — providing personalized service and building long-term relationships to help position our clients for growth. Through its affiliation with HLB International, a global network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers, GHJ is able to partner with other top firms across major cities throughout the U.S. and the world. GHJ’s audit, tax and advisory teams leverage the HLB network to better serve its clients and give clients access to member firms in over 158 countries across the globe and over 775 offices worldwide. Also ranked as a top-20 largest accounting firm on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Book of Lists, GHJ has 15 partners and more than 160 staff members that serve over 3,000 clients. GHJ is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC), the California Society of CPAs and the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofit).
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