Production Accountant for Warner Media

Job Position(s): Production Accountant

Company Overview

Every great story has a new beginning. We’re excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros. Discovery. WBD is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. We’re home to the world’s best storytellers, creating world-class products for consumers. From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers and beyond, join us as we step into the next chapter.

Summary Of Position

The Production Accountant prepares and maintains all cost managers for pilots and series. Position is responsible for the correct allocation of costs, between schedule codes and projects.

Job Responsibilities

Receives and reviews all invoices for productions, matches to purchase orders, ensuring genuine show cost, and maintains compliance with company policy.

Posts invoices into PSL with schedule code and verifies all production approvals.

Receives payroll timecards and breakdown hours ensuring compliance with all labor laws noting any penalty costs and overtime.

Reviews Excel cost manager and process internal recoveries (Shed Internals, Rebel billings) into PSL

Prepares production accounting reports (Bible hot costs) and recodes costs if necessary.

Reviews payroll edits to ensure accurate GL coding, correct classification of workers comp and calculation of workers pay.

Reconciles production AMEX and Mastercard credit cards ensuring all receipts and back up are received and that costs incurred are compliant with company policy and coded to correct schedule code. Post entry into PSL.

Keeps a schedule of all cash advanced to production personnel and vendor deposits and ensures that it is properly accounted for. Tracks and administers deposit receivables accounts when appropriate.

Processes all petty cash expenses and ensures all receipts are compliant with company policy and show costs.

Creates customer invoices to networks and ensures billings are made timely and accurately.

Monitors and allocates costs that pertain to any network requirements or expenditures (breakage costs, tax incentive costs) during production and post production.

Monitors and allocates all costs that pertain to any insurance claims incurred. Prepares a complete cost report and supplies all cost backup, including call sheets, production reports, and above-the-line contracts for Financial Managers, Insurance Department and claims adjuster.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Experience

Three years production accounting, payroll processing and cost reporting experience.

Location experience would be a plus.

Education, Professional Training, Technical Training or Certification

High school or equivalent and college preferred.

Knowledge/Skills

Knowledge of basic accounting principles.

Must be able to create and revise reports on a PC using Excel software.

Must be able to interpret contracts and deal memos in order to assess validity of costs.

Must be familiar with all aspects of TV production sufficient to understand costs.

Must be familiar with foreign currency.

Must be familiar with preparation of cash flow.

Management has the right to add or change duties and job requirements at any time.

The Perks

• Exclusive WarnerMedia events and advance screenings
• Paid time off every year to volunteer for eligible employees
• Access to well-being tools, resources, and freebies
• Access to in-house learning and development resources
• Part of the WarnerMedia family of powerhouse brands

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.