Job Sr. Manager, TV Content Accounting & Reporting

Sr. Manager, TV Content Accounting & Reporting

This role will support close, reporting, audit, and content accounting processes across legacy entities, eOne US/UK/Canada entities, and the broader LGA division. The role requires someone who can work independently, review complex accounting support, provide review-level oversight, stabilize inherited processes, and operate effectively with limited transition of historical institutional knowledge. Key areas include entity-level close support, balance sheet analysis and reconciliations, SAP-related workflows, intercompany and foreign exchange activity, UK VAT support, royalties and participations accrual support, deferred revenue/backlog schedules, and production/content accounting analysis under ASC 926.

Responsibilities include:

• Review and analyze production/content accounting activity under ASC 926
• Support UK and Canada entity accounting processes
• Support consolidation inputs and tie-outs
• Maintain and improve complex Excel-based reporting
• Evaluate show-level and entity-level accounting support
• Document inherited processes
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
• Recommend and support process improvements
• Support deferred revenue, backlog, and delivery-related schedules
• Assist with revenue apportionment, tax support schedules, overhead allocations, and other recurring entity-level requests
• Identify and resolve close issues
• Prepare and review audit/PBC support
• Use SAP and related reporting tools
• Prepare, review, or support royalties and participations accruals
• Reconcile royalties/participations activity to the GL
• Review work prepared by accounting support resources
• Coordinate priorities and handoffs with divisional accounting leadership and cross-functional stakeholders

Qualifications and Skills include:

• 8-10+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience
• Strong technical accounting judgment
• Highly organized with ability to manage competing priorities
• Strong familiarity with SAP
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience with multi-entity close processes
• Strong audit support, documentation, and controls mindset
• Excellent organizational, time management and prioritizing skills
• Attention to detail in all areas of work

Nice to Haves include:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• CPA license
• UK/Canada entity accounting exposure
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP; ASC 926/content accounting experience
• Experience with royalties, participations, deferred revenue, backlog reporting, production budgets, and/or content agreement analysis

About Lionsgate

Lionsgate (NYSE: LION) is one of the world's leading standalone, pure play, publicly traded content companies. It brings together diversified motion picture and television production and distribution businesses, a world-class portfolio of valuable brands and franchises, a talent management and production powerhouse and a more than 20,000-title film and television library, all driven by the studio's bold and entrepreneurial culture.

Our Benefits

Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and Dental

Work/Life Balance – generous sick days, vacation days, holidays, and Impact Day

401(k) company matching

Compensation $120,000 - $130,000

EEO Statement

Lionsgate is an equal employment opportunity employer. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws. In addition, Lionsgate will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Lionsgate will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and federal law.