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Cineverse

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51 - 200 employees

📱 Media

Media • Entertainment • Technology

Cineverse is a next-generation entertainment studio focused on uplifting storytellers and entertaining fans through cutting-edge technology. It distributes over 71,000 premium films, series, and podcasts, engaging over 150 million unique monthly users across its vibrant network of fandom channels, delivering more than one billion minutes of curated content each month. With 25 years of media and entertainment innovation, Cineverse is dedicated to connecting fans with stories that resonate, offering a vast range of fan-driven channels and next-gen advertising solutions. It provides innovative streaming solutions through Matchpoint, AI-powered search with cineSearch, and offers curated merchandise collections. Cineverse is setting the stage for a new era of entertainment, blending storytelling with technological advancements to enhance the viewing experience.

📋 Description

• Lead and oversee all Accounting Operations functions, including Accounts Payable, Billing, Credit & Collections, Payroll, and Equity Administration. • Develop and maintain scalable processes, policies, and internal controls to support operational excellence and compliance requirements. • Manage the end-to-end accounts payable function, ensuring timely vendor payments, expense processing, and strong controls over disbursements. • Oversee customer billing operations, ensuring accurate and timely invoicing in accordance with contractual terms and company policies. • Lead the Credit & Collections team to optimize cash collections, minimize delinquent accounts, and improve Days Sales Outstanding (DSO). • Establish collection strategies, monitor key performance metrics, and provide regular reporting and forecasts to senior leadership. • Oversee payroll operations, ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing, tax compliance, reconciliations, and adherence to federal, state, and local regulations. • Manage equity administration through Certent, including stock option grants, vesting schedules, employee transactions, reporting requirements, and coordination with Legal, HR, and external stakeholders. • Ensure compliance with SOX controls, company policies, and applicable regulatory requirements across all accounting operations functions. • Partner with the broader accounting function to support month-end close activities, including reconciliations, accruals, reporting, and balance sheet account management. • Drive process improvement initiatives and automation efforts to increase efficiency, enhance controls, and improve stakeholder experience. • Lead the implementation, optimization, and integration of accounting systems and operational tools, including NetSuite, Certent, payroll platforms, and billing systems. • Develop and monitor operational metrics and KPIs to measure team performance, productivity, and effectiveness. • Mentor a high-performing accounting operations team with team members in the U.S. and India while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. • Serve as a key business partner to Finance, Human Resources, Legal, and Executive Leadership on accounting operation initiatives. • Support internal and external audits by ensuring accurate documentation, timely responses, and compliance with audit requirements. • Lead special projects including system implementations, acquisitions, integrations, process redesigns, and organizational scaling initiatives.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field required. • CPA strongly preferred. • Minimum 7-10 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, with significant leadership responsibility in accounting operations. • Demonstrated experience managing multiple accounting operations functions, including Accounts Payable, Billing, Credit & Collections, Payroll, and Equity Administration. • Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, internal controls, SOX compliance, and operational accounting best practices. • Direct experience administering equity programs and working within Certent (or similar equity management platform) considered a strong plus. • Experience leading payroll operations and partnering with HR on compensation, benefits, and compliance-related matters. • Experience with collections management, cash flow optimization, and customer account management strategies. • Experience in a publicly traded company environment. • Experience within media, technology, SaaS, advertising, or other high-growth environments. • Proven success leading large teams, building organizational capability, and driving measurable process improvements. • Strong systems expertise, including NetSuite, ERP implementations, automation tools, and operational workflow technologies. • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and strong familiarity with reporting and analytics tools. • Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with a focus on operational efficiency and continuous improvement. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization. • Demonstrated leadership presence, business partnership capabilities, and a customer-service-oriented mindset. • High integrity, sound judgment, and commitment to operational excellence and accountability.