Senior Accountant

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Berwyn, PA

Hybrid

 

THE RUNDOWN

Playfly Sports is looking for a Senior Accountant to join our team in Berwyn, PA.

 

The Finance team supports Playfly Sports' various marketing and media divisions, collaborating with all organizational levels to assist with financial operations. This role will focus on general ledger and transactional accounting along with related functions such as treasury in partnership with the corporate finance and field operations teams.

 

The Senior Accountant will play a key role in multiple businesses, primarily within the company’s Tech division, by providing the opportunity for initiative and judgment in executing accounting processes, procedures and financial reporting that supports timely and accurate decision making.

 

WHAT YOU’LL ACCOMPLISH

• Ensure the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, and entering transactions
• Record bank transactions, deposits, transfers, payments, receipts, and interest
• Establish bank templates for wires and electronic payments
• Create/update monthly team statements
• Capture monthly ticket sales, subscriptions, media, valuation, and consulting revenue
• Review contracts for revenue and expense recognition
• Prepare, maintain and update multiple advanced revenue and deferred schedules
• Participate in department’s goal-setting activities, and month/year-end close processes
• Prepares and record assets, liability, revenue, intercompany, and expense entries for multiple business units by compiling and analyzing account information
• Maintain subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies
• Hold monthly meetings with business partners
• Analyze A/R aging reports across multiple business units
• Work with accounts receivable and payable departments to ensure invoices and bills are processed
• Post payroll, benefits, and miscellaneous entries
• Complete external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts and providing information for auditors
• Support and consult company personnel on accounting control procedures
• Ensure that accounting procedures comply with GAAP requirements
• Support business processes and accounting policies and prepare corresponding documentation
• Other ad hoc projects as assigned

 

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience
• Public accounting experience and/or CPA designation a plus
• Thorough knowledge of basic accounting processes and procedures (GAAP)
• Strong financial acumen and analytical skills
• Intermediate Excel skills with ability to use complex formulas
• Experience with accounting systems; NetSuite experience a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Strong critical thinking skills and the ability to exercise independent judgment

 

TRAVEL, LIFTING, PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS 

• This role is a sedentary role and takes place in a quiet-office setting

 

WHAT WE DO

Playfly Sports is the full-service, leading sports marketing and media company that enables brands to engage with sports fans on a local, regional, and national level through scaled linear, digital, and experiential assets. Playfly Sports drives outcome-based solutions into 90-million households via more than 7,800 live U.S. broadcasts of MLB, NBA, and NHL games; and influences sports fans of all ages through the management of college and high school multimedia rights, uniform branding, and high-profile sports sponsorship platforms. The company introduces high school and college students to career development opportunities in esports through Playfly Esports, operators of North America’s largest college esports league. Playfly Sports has the unique ability to partner, innovate, and advance the aspirations of athletes, brands, academic institutions, and sports fans across the U.S. Playfly Sports is Powered by Partnership. Visit Playfly Sports online at playfly.com

 

WHAT WE STAND FOR

At Playfly, we know that a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company is a more innovative and successful one, but more importantly, we believe it’s just the right thing to do. Through conversations, company initiatives, community events and partnerships, policy changes