Assistant Accountant-Merchandise

This is a Assistant Accountant-Merchandise role with Sony Music Entertainment based in Sydney, NSW, AU
== Sony Music Entertainment ==

Role Seniority - junior

More about the Assistant Accountant-Merchandise role at Sony Music Entertainment

Join our wonderful Finance team in Sydney as a Merchandise Accounting Assistant, supporting the fast-growing merchandise arm of our business – Ceremony of Roses.  As demand increases for artist-branded merchandise to complement our Artist's digital, CD, vinyl products - especially tour and E-commerce offerings - this role plays a key part in ensuring financial accuracy and operational efficiency.

Reporting to the Merchandise Accounting Manager, you'll be instrumental in assisting the end-to-end financial deliverables and accounting entries related to our merchandise business. You will be responsible for preparing client-facing royalty statements on a quarterly basis and upon completion of artist tours. Once statements are approved, you will manage their distribution to clients and ensure timely follow-up for invoicing and payment settlement.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a creative, fast-paced environment where music meets commerce.

If you're ready to bring precision and passion to the numbers behind the merch, we'd love to hear from you.

 What you'll do:

•    Assist in the end-to-end accounting and reporting for the Ceremony of Roses (COR) merchandise business.
•    Assist preparation of artist accounting summaries/statements for online, tour, and pop up sales in accordance with contractual terms.
•    Ensuring all royalty statements are delivered to artists in accordance with their contractual deadlines.
•    Alongside the Finance team, helping to maintain an organised and up-to-date database of royalty statement schedules across all relevant channels.
•    Collaborate with COR finance teams in the UK and US to ensure timely global consistency of Merch accounting.
•    Accurately account for merchandise production, freight, and touring expenses.
•    Performing analytical reviews to identify and investigate financial irregularities, and seeing them through to resolution.
•    Streamline accounting processes and identify efficiency opportunities.
•    Code bank receipts using backup sales documentation.
•    Process merchandise settlement invoices and ensure correct coding.
•    Reclass journal entries in SAP to maintain accurate financial records.
•    Liaise with COR teams to resolve artist-related merchandise queries.
•    Assist in identifying and developing process efficiencies to expedite accurate and timely reporting.
•    Assist in implementing new reporting, systems and accounting tools.
•    Touring Profit Share Calculations.
•    E-comm Quarterly Statements.
•    Day to day financial operations.

Who you are:

•    A degree in Finance or Accounting is preferred.
•    Experience in merchandise royalty accounting and or music royalty accounting is also preferred.
•    Solid understanding of accounts payable and receivable functions.
•    Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
•    Experience with SAP (preferred).
•    Profit Share, JV Accounting, P&L and/or royalty accounting experience.
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
•    Strong attention to detail and time management.
•    Detail-orientation with a passion for data analysis and accuracy.
•    Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
•    Ability to effectively manage priorities during peak periods.

What we give you:

•    You join a global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day.
•    Hybrid-working.
•    Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community.
•    The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt and create what happens next. We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
•    We provide an excellent range of benefits like private health benefits, life insurances, inclusive paid parental leave, emergency back-up childcare, LinkedIn Learning, Novated car leasing options plus loads of industry discounts & perks

Equal Opportunities As an active part of a culturally and socially diverse society, Sony Music's aim is that our workforce is diverse and inclusive. Sony Music is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. We employ, retain, promote and otherwise treat all employees and job applicants according to their merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We apply this policy without regard to any individual's sex, race, religion, origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition or disability. Privacy Policy Please click here to read our privacy policy before beginning the application process as you will need to agree to the terms of the policy before submitting your information.

Before we jump into the responsibilities of the role. No matter what you come in knowing, you'll be learning new things all the time and the Sony Music Entertainment team will be there to support your growth.

Please consider applying even if you don't meet 100% of what's outlined

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting in accounting and reporting
• Preparing artist accounting summaries
• Ensuring timely delivery of royalty statements

Key Strengths

• Finance or Accounting degree
• Merchandise royalty accounting experience
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Experience with SAP
• Profit Share and JV Accounting experience
• Excellent communication skills

Why Sony Music Entertainment is partnering with Hatch on this role. Hatch exists to level the playing field for people as they discover a career that's right for them. So when you apply you have the chance to show more than just your resume.

A Final Note: This is a role with Sony Music Entertainment not with Hatch.

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