Senior Manager of Accounts Receivable, Billing & Cash Collection

Who are we hiring? The Senior Manager of Accounts Receivable, Billing & Cash Collection will lead daily operational, accounting, and certain financial reporting activities for the Company, reporting directly to the Vice President of Corporate Accounting. The Senior Manager is responsible for the centralized oversight of Company-wide billing, cash collection, cash application, and appropriate recording of consolidated accounts receivable, including analysis and recording of the Company’s bad debt reserve. The Senior Manager will actively manage and oversee a team of senior and staff accountants. Additionally, the Senior Manager will be responsible for process enhancement and documentation thereof, identifying key areas to further leverage automation and project management thereof, performance and documentation of SOX controls, supporting external and internal audit requests, certain quarterly and year end disclosure deliverables for MSG Entertainment’s Form 10-Q and 10-K, and other projects as assigned by the VP of Corporate Accounting. What will you do? · Oversee Company-wide billing activities. Take ownership and collaborate with internal account management teams to ensure timeliness of invoicing activities and communication thereof with the Company’s customers. · Lead cash collection efforts. Key responsibilities include establishment of communication process and protocol with customers, including periodic communication of open account balances, timely follow-up with customers for late payments, incorrect payment rates, etc. Actively coordinate with internal account management teams. Provide recommendations for involvement of collection agencies as needed. · Responsible for oversight of the application of cash. Ensure all unapplied transactions, overpayments etc. are appropriately resolved. Ensure adequate segregation of duties between invoicing, cash application, and bank reconciliations. · Oversee the maintenance of ERP subledger and the general ledger ensuring all reconciling items are identified and appropriately resolved. · Responsible for the proper recording of consolidated accounts receivable balances of the Company. · Review bad debt reserve calculation, make recommendations and enhancements where necessary and ensure compliance with company policies. · Assist with managing the month end close process, performing and reviewing various month end close activities while ensuring the accounting records are complete, accurate and recorded on a timely basis. · Responsible for the oversight of monthly reporting requirements & quarterly and year end disclosure requirements for Concentrations of Risk, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, and Revenue for the Forms 10-Q and 10-K. · Responsible for maintaining the process narrative, documentation and SOX compliance for billing, cash collection and application, accounts receivable, certain aspects of book close, etc. Serve as the final reviewer for certain key controls and timely address any requests from internal and external audit. · Willingly perform special projects/respond to ad-hoc requests made by the Vice President, Corporate Accounting. · Ability to develop and actively manage relationships with various departments to garner the information and support needed to perform job functions. · Identify and implement process improvement activities by automating processes, utilizing existing systems and reducing manual work effort wherever possible. What do you need to succeed? · Strategic thinker/ability to effectuate meaningful change and identify efficiencies. · Consistently demonstrates a “run it like you own it” mentality and exemplary direction and supervision skills. · Proactive leader who is able to efficiently identify issues, research/troubleshoot, and propose appropriate solutions to said issues in a timely manner. · Strong verbal communication/interpersonal skills with the ability to articulate relevant business processes to both accounting and non-accounting members of senior leadership. · Minimum 7 years of experience (minimum of manager level attained in large public accounting firm or equivalent) · Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office required · Oracle proficiency strongly preferred · CPA and Big 4 public accounting strongly preferred Why is MSG for me? Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSG Entertainment) is a leader in live entertainment. The Company presents or hosts a broad array of events in its diverse collection of venues: New York’s Madison Square Garden, Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and Beacon Theatre; and The Chicago Theatre. MSG Entertainment is also building a new state-of-the-art venue in Las Vegas, MSG Sphere at The Venetian. In addition, the Company features the original production – the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes – and through Boston Calling Events, produces the Boston Calling Music Festival. The Company’s two regional sports and entertainment networks, MSG Network and MSG+, deliver a wide range of live sports content and other programming. Also under the MSG Entertainment umbrella is Tao Group Hospitality, with entertainment dining and nightlife brands including: Tao, Marquee, Lavo, Beauty & Essex, Cathédrale, Hakkasan and Omnia. More information is available at www.msgentertainment.com. We invite you to create an exceptional career at MSG At MSG, we recognize the importance of upskilling employees’ talents and strengths so they can drive their careers forward. We are proud to offer a robust set of tools and resources to help employees understand their interests and purpose, harness their talents and obtain the skills they need to reach the next step in their careers. Growth and longevity for our employees are top priorities here. We value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds At MSG we value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! MSG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sexual and reproductive health choices, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law mandates, MSG complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in all locations and will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required.
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