Senior Accountant, Revenue

If you are driven to deliver exceptional fan experiences that are beyond anything possible elsewhere and interested in working alongside a team of innovators and enthusiastic over-achievers, you will enjoy working with us!

Position Overview: This role is a key financial accounting partner that performs general accounting tasks on a daily/monthly basis, provides reconciliation and analysis assistance, delivers accurate financial results and conducts accounting research. This position will be expected to gain a detailed understanding of accounting policies, P&L accounts, balance sheet accounts, and some complex accounting topics.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Responsible for performing complex accounting needs, such as –
• Working directly with third-party concessioner to record month-end estimates and actuals. Reviewing financial results and understand factors driving variances and if reasonable.
• Prepare and record barter and trade revenues, coordinating usage and contractual obligations with internal and external parties
• Overseeing radio and sponsorship revenues and expenses. This includes but not limited to:
• Contract review, including initial signing and amendments
• Billing and invoicing the corporate sponsors (customers)
• Ongoing communications with both internal corporate sponsors team and customers
• Daily and month-end duties such as revenue recognition, depositing payments and subsequent application to account, deferred revenue clearing, and expense and/or fee accruals
• Review of aged balances and coordinating payments with the customers
• Record ticket and other miscellaneous revenues
• Assume a leadership role, which can include managing accounting personnel in daily tasks and delegating financial responsibilities to the team
• Prepare journal entries, including recurring journal entries and month end accruals
• Maintain general ledger and subsidiary ledger accounts
• Work closely with multiple department leaders on their financial results
• Perform accounting research and assist with analytical review of financial results and understand factors driving variances
• Perform monthly balance sheet and account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance
• Monitoring and responding to internal departments and external customers via shared email inbox
• Contributing to the development and review of process documentation and internal controls
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity; Works quickly.
• Follow proper internal audit guidelines
• Prepare documentation and provide support for internal and external audits
• Actively supports and contributes to the department’s commitment to diversity and inclusiveness
• Other Ad Hoc requests from the business or finance leaders
• Perform other duties as required
  
  

The ideal candidate will possess:

• BS or BBA in accounting required
• Public accounting experience required
• CPA or CPA track not required, but highly preferred
• Experience with Workday highly preferred
• At least three years of accounting experience
• Customer service orientation
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, both orally and in writing
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (primarily Excel)
• Ability to prioritize and manage expectations
• Ability to work independently and in collaboration with others, in order to meet deadlines
  
  

The Atlanta National League Baseball Club, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. A diverse workforce representing varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences is key to delivering on our business promise to our fans and the communities we serve. All qualified candidates are welcome to apply.

If you are disabled as defined by the Americans With Disabilities Act and require a reasonable accommodation in order to complete your online application, including making a change to the application process, please contact our Human Resources team at PeopleCapital@braves.com