What You'll Do:
- Own the monthly close process and prepare journal entries, accruals, account reviews and balance sheet account reconciliations.
- Track and reconcile project-level costs, labor allocations, and vendor activity.
- Support vendor and customer workflows including expense reports, A/P, and A/R processes.
- Ensure accuracy and compliance with internal controls and accounting policies.
- Assist in preparing monthly and quarterly financial statements and dashboards for internal and external stakeholders.
- Analyze trends in project revenue, expenses, and margins, providing insights to help guide decision-making.
- Proactively raise questions or inconsistencies to ensure clarity and accuracy in reporting.
- Collaborate with project managers and other teams to ensure project costs and revenue are accurately captured.
- Support financial reporting and review, annual audit, and tax return preparation.
- Other ad hoc projects as assigned.
What We'll Love About You:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
- 3+ years of relevant accounting experience, ideally in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP.
- Experience using multiple financial and non-financial systems (e.g., QuickBooks Online, Concur, PipeDrive, Monday, Slack, Looker Studio, etc.).
- Proven ability to perform high-quality, detailed work with minimal supervision.
- Strong Excel and analytical skills; ability to work with large data sets.
- Project accounting experience is preferred.
- Comfortable asking questions, flagging issues, and contributing to process improvements.
- Mindset for continuous improvement - you’re always learning and looking for a better way to do things.
- The ability to connect the dots across data and systems.
- A natural curiosity and a collaborative spirit.
- Accountability - you take ownership and pride in your work.
- Clear communication skills, both written and verbal.
What You'll Love About Us:
- Competitive salaryHealth, vision, dental insurance
- Unlimited PTO
- Robust 401k with company-matching
- Flexible working schedule + a hybrid friendly environment
- Frequent team activities to keep spirits high
- Professional growth + internal educational events
- Dog-friendly office
Bonus Points
- Knowledge of GA+ film tax credit laws
- Masters Degree
- CPA
Top Skills
What We Do
Ideas United (iU) is a creative studio and production company that specializes in original and branded content creation, campaign development and execution, and in-person and virtual event production. Founded on the belief that everyone has a story to tell, we’ve grown from a fledgling band of artists and innovators to partnering with some of the most influential brands, nonprofits, and universities in the world.
Our unique model allows our team to take an unconventional approach – by finding and fostering emerging talent through our iU Community, a global talent network of 3,500 storytellers, that works alongside over 50+ in-house creatives.
At iU, we rethink and shape experiences with a mission to speak to new audiences across key categories that include campaigns, content and experiences that creates change through authentic storytelling.
Why Work With Us
At iU, we are a team-first culture that ensures every team member has the opportunity to grow and learn. We promote from within, provide professional development support and work with team members to achieve their full career potential. Without failure innovation doesn't exist.
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