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Accounting Associate, Royalties and Reporting
Elevation Pictures Corp.
full-time
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Location: 🇨🇦 Canada
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💰 CA$53,000 - CA$60,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
Tech Stack
ERP
About the role
- Prepare, review, and issue quarterly royalty statements to producers and rights holders for acquired and distributed titles.
- Maintain royalty reporting schedules and ensure deadlines are consistently met.
- Process and track royalty payments, including calculation and remittance of withholding tax (WHT).
- Field inquiries from producers and rights holders regarding statements, payments, and reporting details.
- Reconcile producer royalty statements against internal records to ensure accuracy.
- Receive and process financial reporting from transactional partners, home video partners, and other distribution partners.
- Validate and reconcile partner reports against internal records.
- Enter data into the accounting system for revenue recognition and royalty calculation.
- Monitor and track reporting timeliness and follow up with partners as required.
- Assist with preparation and submission of reports to government funding agencies (e.g., Telefilm, Canada Media Fund).
- Ensure reporting aligns with program guidelines and contractual obligations.
- Support FP&A Director in maintaining compliance with reporting and audit requirements.
- Preparation and filing of monthly withholding tax returns, HST returns and quarterly QST returns.
- Annual reconciliation and filing of withholding tax NR4 forms.
- Prepare journal entries and reconciliations related to royalties, licensing revenue, and deferred revenue.
- Support quarterly close through roll forward schedules and working papers specific to royalties and reporting.
- Provide documentation for recurring audits, particularly royalty, WHT, partner, and Telefilm-related items.
- Support distribution and production teams with ad hoc financial reporting as needed.
- Contribute to process improvements in royalty, partner, and government reporting workflows.
Requirements
- Post-secondary degree/diploma in Accounting, Finance, or related field (CPA track an asset).
- 1–3 years of accounting or finance experience (film/media experience is an asset but not required).
- Strong Excel skills; familiarity with accounting/ERP systems preferred.
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational and time management skills.
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal), with the ability to respond to external inquiries professionally.
- Interest in the film/media industry and willingness to learn specialized reporting requirements.
