**Join the arenaflex team and be part of shaping the future of entertainment and advertising.**
As a Senior Ads Revenue Accountant, Customer Incentives Lead at arenaflex, you will play a critical role in building and scaling our new, best-in-class ads organization. This is an exciting opportunity to partner with multiple cross-functional teams to drive advertising revenue, establish and maintain customer incentives, and ensure accurate revenue recognition. If you're passionate about building from the ground up, have a vision towards the future and scale, and are comfortable with ambiguity, we want to hear from you.
**About arenaflex**
arenaflex is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films, and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Our mission is to entertain the world, and we're committed to creating a culture that values diversity, inclusion, and innovation. With a strong focus on customer satisfaction, we're constantly striving to improve our services and provide the best possible experience for our members.
**The Role**
As a Senior Ads Revenue Accountant, Customer Incentives Lead, you will be responsible for:
* Providing revenue recognition guidance, including technical memo preparation, for new products, features, and pricing changes introduced as part of arenaflex's ads business.
* Acting as the primary Revenue Accounting point of contact in the contract negotiation and execution of US and/or Global revenue partnerships with large US brands and agencies.
* Operating in a cross-functional working group to determine which customer incentives should be awarded to incentivize customer behavior and which customer remediation efforts should be provided based on product or delivery errors.
* Ensuring updates to rate cards, pricing policies, and/or flat fee prices impacting new products/ features are reflected in both upstream and downstream system(s).
* Liaising with Sales, Sales Ops, Product, and Engineering to oversee the repository of contractual terms, incentive arrangements, and customer offerings to ensure items are captured in relevant systems and revenue is recognized accurately and completely.
* Understanding and analyzing relevant ads revenue drivers and the impact on internally and externally reported business metrics.
* Collaborating with our international finance and international tax teams to bridge US GAAP and Statutory/Local reporting requirements.
* Driving ongoing operational process improvements along with Sales Ops, infrastructure engineering, Pricing Team, and Workday ERP teams.
**Qualities We're Looking For**
* A passion for building from the ground up with a vision towards the future and scale.
* Self-motivated and dedicated; able to work and problem-solve independently.
* A great communicator who can cultivate strong cross-functional relationships and communicate effectively with internal teams and external partners.
* Proactive and contributive; takes initiative and follows through reliably.
* Accustomed to multitasking, prioritizing, and meeting multiple tight deadlines.
* Intellectually curious and passionate; our team members ask probing questions, challenge the status quo, make changes to improve processes, and have fun while doing it all.
* Comfortable with Ambiguity.
* Organized, detail-oriented, and a speedy learner, you can be successful on our team if you're excited about learning, focused on becoming an expert in the areas you support, and driven to succeed.
**Education and Experience**
* Minimum of 5 years of prior accounting experience
* Experience working at an advertising technology, media company, and/or Ad Agency/HoldCo
* Proven project management experience and demonstrated ability to drive process improvements
* Prior Deal Desk type work, reviewing complex revenue contracts and thinking through both technical and operational accounting solutions
* Experience reviewing and accounting for customer ad credits/ bonus media (often referred to as Added Value or Makegoods)
* Experience with CRM and/or OMS
* Experience automating or scaling revenue-related workstreams
**Bonus Experience - Not Required But a Plus!**
* Experience with Workday Financials or other cloud-based ERP systems
**Compensation and Benefits**
arenaflex provides comprehensive benefits, including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.
**Work Environment and Culture**
arenaflex is a unique culture and environment. We value diversity, inclusion, and innovation, and we're committed to creating a workplace that's welcoming and inclusive for all employees. Our offices are designed to foster collaboration, creativity, and productivity, and we offer a range of benefits and perks to support our employees' well-being and success.
**How to Apply**
If you're passionate about building from the ground up, have a vision towards the future and scale, and are comfortable with ambiguity, we want to hear from you. Please submit your application, including your resume and a cover letter, to our careers page. We can't wait to hear from you!
**Equal Opportunity Employer**
arenaflex is an equal-opportunity employer and celebrates diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
**Accommodations**
If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner. We are committed to hosting a meaningful interview experience for all candidates.
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