What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Accountant - Opry Entertainment Group position at Opry Entertainment Group & Ryman Hospitality...?
Support all Opry Entertainment Group (OEG) businesses and related growth initiatives, including retail, food and beverage, tickets, events, creative content, royalties, and licensing. Perform daily and monthly accounting and control procedures, including reconciliation of systems and funding, month-end close, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and assist in other month-end areas and on projects.
- Responsible for assigned month-end processes and internal key controls, including preparing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, checklist completion, and working with venues to review for completeness to ensure accurate results.
- Perform detailed review of general ledger for assigned transactions within assigned business units. Utilize knowledge of company policies and GAAP to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the general ledger. Exercise judgment to record reclass, prepaid, and accrual entries as necessary.
- Analyze revenue, costs, and expenses to ensure recorded appropriately on a monthly basis.
- Support various royalty and licensing agreements, including project tracking, reporting, journal entries, and reconciliation, and also work directly with our content teams on transactions and processes.
- Reconcile daily transactions related to funding, point of sale (POS), and ticketing systems,
including but not limited to sales, returns, refunds, cash, credit cards, and event receivables. Activities cover retail and food and beverage transactions and reporting from multiple systems. Work directly with venue staff and managers, IT, and Treasury for follow-up needed to ensure accurate reporting. - Prepare and complete funding journal entries and specific daily journal entries to record daily activities in the general ledger, including reconciling daily funding activities with Treasury.
- Prepare deposits for miscellaneous receipts and reporting in multiple systems.
- Responsible for compliance with GAPP and Sarbanes Oxley controls, including monthly close documentation. Assist in monitoring and reporting operations compliance with company policies. Support internal and external audit requests related to areas of responsibility.
- Maintain procedural documentation related to areas of responsibility.
- Continuously identify and implement improvements to processes.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education
- Associate's or Bachelor's in Accounting or equivalent additional experience required
Experience
- 2 years of experience in accounting
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills
- Ability to analyze and resolve complex problems
- Strong attention to detail, ability to manage work within deadlines
- Ability to learn multiple systems
- Strong MS Excel skills required
This position is based on-site in Nashville, TN
