Sr. Accountant

Who We Are

UnitedMasters is building a marketplace that connects artists, brands and fans - empowering artists to earn and grow. UnitedMasters has taken the bold step of building a music distribution service that, radically, puts artists first - disrupting the legacy music business by letting up-and-coming artists distribute their music directly to fans through streaming services while maintaining ownership of their master recording rights and up to 100% of royalties. Through the combination of UnitedMasters’ music distribution platform and its deep ties to brands, UnitedMasters enables independent artists and change-makers to grow and earn unlike any other platform.

The UnitedMasters team is made up of musicians, marketers, engineers, and storytellers with backgrounds from YouTube, SoundCloud, Pandora, Facebook, Uber, Dropbox, Complex, VICE, and more. We work hand in hand with the award-winning creative teams that forge those innovative partnerships at Translation (our in-house creative advertising agency).

We are seeking a Sr. Accountant to join our team! The role will report directly to the Controller and will have responsibility for a variety of accounting areas and financial close activities. The ideal candidate will be a natural numbers wizard with a strong working knowledge of GAAP to apply principles of accounting, analyze financial information and prepare financial reports to maintain appropriate compliance and governance for the organization. In addition to recurring accounting duties, this role will have a heavy focus on driving process improvements and collaborating with stakeholders from around the organization to scale our accounting processes as the company continues to grow.

Please note that this role is a Hybrid role based in our Brooklyn, NY office: three days in office and two days remote.

What You'll Do

• Perform month-end close responsibilities (journal entries, account reconciliations, reporting and analysis, etc.)
• Provide insight to other Finance partners regarding the accounting impacts of business decision
• Assist the Controller with the compilation of information for tax preparation, and preparation of monthly and year-end close of financial reporting
• Assist with the annual audit process including the draft of the financial statements and related notes
• Apply ASC 606 guidance to new revenue streams and changes to existing contracts and clearly document assessment & conclusions
• Design, implement, and maintain controls throughout core business processes
• Drive process improvements that allow processes to scale with the growth of the company
• Lead and support business initiatives and finance projects
• Perform ad-hoc reporting & analysis
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Strong understanding of accounting processes and internal controls, with an ability to identify and address weaknesses in controls
• Ability to apply U.S. GAAP accounting knowledge and research questions as they arise
• Attention to detail and an ability to understand complex business and financial matters
• Strong problem-solving skills including the ability to break down problems into critical components and influence others to drive actionable solutions
• Able to communicate complex, technical information, and key findings, including providing subject matter expertise and recommendations
• Self-starter and comfortable working in a fast-growing and team-first environment
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• CPA
• 3+ years of accounting experience
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with a Public Accounting firm servicing large clients or industry experience with a publicly traded or large private company
• Experience with ASC 606 – Revenue Recognition
• Experience with NetSuite
• Experience with Datarails
  
  

About UnitedMasters, Inc.

UnitedMasters has over 1.5 million artists on its platform and is growing rapidly. Brands like Diageo, Ally, and ESPN come to UnitedMasters to partner with these artists and play a role in moving culture forward. In the past year, UnitedMasters subscribers have grown rapidly. With $170M raised to date and valued at $550M, UnitedMasters is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Apple, Alphabet (aka Google), and Disney amongst others. Over the last year, UnitedMasters artists have used our platform to land sync deals with major brands including the NBA, ESPN, Overtime Elite, Bose, Warner Brother Studios and in the NBA video game 2k. These deals give them additional money for their work and increase their exposure.

Salary Hiring Range: $100,000 - $130,000

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide (e.g. bonus, stock options, 401(k) match, etc.)

Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors.

The range above is for the expectations as laid out in the job description, however we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated with you as a candidate.

The salary range above is for the NY/CA. As a company, we have a location based strategy, which means the salary range could be lower or higher than this if the role is hired in another location.