Senior Accountant for Award-Winning Film Production Company

6 days ago


Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada MNP Executive Search & Professional Recruitment Full time

Farpoint Films is a renowned film, television, and digital media production company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

**Job Summary:**

We are seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to join our team. As a key member of our finance department, you will be responsible for providing financial leadership and ensuring the accurate and timely preparation of financial statements, reports, and analyses.

The ideal candidate will have a strong balance of education and relevant experience, ideally with 7-8 years in a similar position. While a formal accounting designation is not required, experience with relevant accounting courses is highly preferred due to our complex organizational structure.

**Key Responsibilities:**

  • Review and process all financial transactions on a timely basis, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with policies and procedures and regulatory requirements.
  • Maintain monthly financial records, ensuring balances are accurate.
  • Reconcile accounts weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly, and loan accounts monthly.
  • Manage Accounts Receivable for all overdue accounts.
  • Ensure timely and accurate reporting for Accounts Payable and accrued liabilities.
  • Perform monthly prepaid expense analysis and adjustments, and maintain the prepaid asset continuity schedule.
  • Responsible for monthly capital asset analysis and adjustments and maintaining the capital asset continuity schedule.
  • Review repairs and maintenance schedule monthly as well as small equipment purchases to ensure accurate coding.
  • Ensure all deferred development financing and expenses are maintained accurately.
  • Review credit card summaries for accuracy.
  • Prepare and assist with the year-end non-consolidated and consolidated review engagement financial statements, including preparing supporting documents and working papers.
  • Coordinate the year-end audit process including the review and/or preparation of working papers, schedules, analyses, and other required documentation.
  • Collaborate and work with assistant accountants on reconciliations, providing support where needed.
  • Complete month-end closing procedures on assigned financial statement items.
  • Ensure financial reporting and procedural compliance with all applicable regulations.
  • Recommend and implement changes as appropriate to improve internal controls and efficiencies.
  • Assist in development, maintenance of effective financial operations, systems, and procedures.
  • Maintain effective and efficient accounting systems, processes, and practices based on recognized accounting principles, policies, procedures, and guidelines while ensuring compliance.

**Skills and Qualifications:**

We are looking for a candidate with a strong analytical mindset, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work independently and effectively in a team environment.

  • Post-secondary education in accounting; accounting designation is not required.
  • Minimum of 7 to 8 years of financial accounting experience in a similar role.
  • Experience in the entertainment industry would be an asset.
  • Able to work independently and effectively in a team environment.
  • Strong communication and organizational skills.
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, detail-oriented, and able to meet deadlines.
  • Strong computer and administrative skills.

**Salary Range:** $80,000 - $110,000 per year, depending on experience.



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