Essential Functions:
- Performs diversified participation and other entertainment forensic assignments under minimum direction of a manager or partner.
- Demonstrates competency in technical skills, work quality, and application of professional and firm standards.
- Determines the extent of the sampling required in an audit and selects the transactions to be tested.
- Analyzes and creates claims relating to studio interest calculations.
- Performs analysis of participation breakeven calculations.
- Assists in litigation support projects as required.
- Prepares audit plan based on procedures outlined in engagement letter.
- Updates workpapers and procedure manuals that may serve as a guide to the Contact Compliance and Forensics department.
- Develops expertise for the assigned studios and demonstrates the ability to offer advice regarding such studios among the department members and clients.
- Reviews with manager or partner significant findings that raise questions involving technical matters.
- Prepares or reviews project reports.
Other Functions:
- Serves in educational programs as an instructor or discussion leader.
- Participates in firm's practice development efforts including expanding services to clients.
- Such other duties as may be assigned.
Experience, Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
- 4-5 years of experience in television and motion picture participation auditing.
- Meets time constraints, engagement budgets, and client deadlines.
- Directs and instructs staff, where applicable, in work to be performed and working paper review.
- Able to supervise staff, with minimal supervision from the manager and partner.
- Responsible for training and supervising the staff on the job.
- Able to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Able to communicate effectively with the team, the studio, and the client.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business.
- Current and valid certified fraud examiner’s (CFE) license.
- Minimum of forty hours of continuing education is required each year to maintain and develop technical and business skills, as well as to maintain license requirements.
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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).
