Concord is the world’s leading independent music company. The Company supports more than 125,000 artists and songwriters whose works are licensed, marketed, and performed globally. Concord's growing catalog of 1.3 million songs, compositions, sound recordings, films, plays, and musicals is one of the most impactful and culturally relevant collections of creative rights in history.

Concord is headquartered in Nashville with additional offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Berlin, Melbourne, and Miami.

Concord Theatricals is the world's most significant theatrical agency, compromised of R&H Theatricals, The Muscial Company, Tams-Witmark and Samuel French. Concord Theatricals is the only firm that provides truly comprehensive services to the creators and producers of plays and musicals under a single banner, including theatrical licensing, music publishing, script publishing, cast recording and first-class production.

As the Finance & Accounting Manager, you'll be responsible for the revenue and receivables reporting and operations for the North America division of Theatricals.

What you'll do:

This position is responsible for maintaining an adequate system of accounting records and a comprehensive set of controls designed to mitigate risk. This position maintains the accuracy of the company's reported financial results and ensures that reported results comply with GAAP.  This position specifically is responsible for reporting and efficient processing of Revenue and Receivables as well as dependencies on COGS and Royalties.  They are responsible for interfacing with customers on collections and outstanding invoices and closing collectible balances.

Outline of Specific Functions:

• Oversee the A/R Coordinator, assigning and review their work, ensuring team deadlines/workloads are met and career development and learning objectives are achieved. Maintain relationships with UK and German accounting teams to maintain consistency in worldwide revenue reporting, receivables and collections processes.
• Ensure the month-end close process runs efficiently and the team closes on time. Ensure that reported results comply with GAAP and financial activities (i.e. Revenue, A/R, Deferred Revenue, Reserves/Bad Debt, Cash, COGS, Royalties) are complete and accurate. Reconciles sales systems to financial systems, handle complex financial statement activities and clear issues found in a proactive and timely manner. Escalate potential issues to the Director,  Finance and Accounting immediately.
• Maintain responsibility for worldwide receivables and collections, ensuring efficient, accurate and timely communication and resolution with customers and licensing teams. Ensure compliance with Corporate, audits and regulatory requirements for customer management and collections. Maintain and enforce consistent procedures for customer collections, ensuring A/R Aging is accurate, balances or refunds are cleared and customers are handled with care.
• Work with Theatricals business owners to give insight and resolve issues on receipts, revenue, invoices, customers, collections, financial policies, deadlines, banking and internal processing.
• Completes monthly/quarterly/annual reporting and analysis, as necessary, including balance sheet reconciliations and comparisons to prior year, budget and forecasts.
• Enhance matching capabilities over customer balances and receipts, improve banking and system interfaces, confirm data integrity against chart of accounts & financial policy, and increase use of automated processes, ensuring tight coordination and communication with Licensing teams. Maintain a continuous improvement mindset, working with Corporate, IT and Theatricals systems teams to create process efficiency and bring in new automations/tools/systems/policies.

What you'll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, or related field required
• Minimum 3-5 years of accounting experience required; Revenue and Accounts Receivables experience a plus
• Entertainment industry experience preferred. Ability to multitask and prioritize a variety of projects in a busy department required
• Strong organizational skills required, along with the ability to show initiative, take on new responsibility, and follow through on projects required
• Continuous improvement mindset: Ability to redesign close and transactional data and processes to meet evolving business demands and enhance automation and systems capabilities required
• High level of attention to detail required
• Excellent written and oral communication skills required
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills required, including VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables and complex formulas. Prior experience with Righstline, Netsuite ERP and IBM TM1 Cognos EPM a plus
• Prior managerial or supervisory experience preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills required in order to work with others across the organization.
• Strong knowledge of and interest in Theatre, Music and Performing Arts preferred

Salary Range: $90,000-$100,000

*This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days minimum on-site.

At Concord, we offer comprehensive medical and wellness benefits, generous time off, parental leave, charity match, paid time off for volunteering, and other fun company perks. We have beautiful new offices and a culture committed to supporting everyone’s growth and development.

Concord is an equal opportunity employer. We employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We believe that diversity, inclusion and equity is paramount for the creation of music, theater and film that celebrates and empowers all cultures.