Accounting Manager/Assistant Controller
Location: US, CA, Los Angeles
Department: Finance
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Internet
Function: Finance
Company profile: THE COMPANY: SCOREBIG, INC.Founded in 2009, ScoreBig is the leading eCommerce marketplace for live event tickets.  Built on an innovative pricing model and proprietary pricing engine, ScoreBig allows fans to purchase live event tickets at below box office prices, by naming the price they are willing to pay for tickets.  The Company offers fans savings of up to 60% off of box office prices for thousands of events nationwide.  ScoreBig is the first and only sales channel available for the $40 billion ticket industry, allowing sports, arts, music and theater organizations to move unsold tickets without the price and brand degradation inherent in traditional “discounting”.The Company has built a strong foundation of primary partnerships across many of the largest sports, music and theater properties in the U.S. and maintains direct relationships with over 100 of the leading ticket brokers, ensuring expansive coverage of the live entertainment market.  ScoreBig has 95% coverage of all major US Professional sports - MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL. ScoreBig is rapidly growing and looking for sharp, dedicated and self-motivated people to help take the Company to the next level. Highlights: ScoreBig was recently recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Most Promising Companies.Offers over 1 million live event tickets for sale across the U.S.Significant funding from leading venture capital firms Bain Capital Ventures & U.S. Venture Partners, along with other industry veterans.Led by a proven executive team with deep experience in sports, entertainment, ticketing, internet and technology businesses and a world-class advisory board.See additional press here.
Description: THE COMPANY: SCOREBIG, INC. (#URL_bfc64d7b77dc7f106b996b0f34822be91a48096399a5ace994c01cb3fba337cb#)Founded in 2009, ScoreBig is the leading eCommerce marketplace for live event tickets. Built on an innovative pricing platform and proprietary pricing engine, ScoreBig allows fans to purchase live event tickets up to 60% off box office prices for thousands of events nationwide. Fans name the price they are willing to pay! ScoreBig is the first and only sales channel available for the $40 billion ticket industry, allowing sports, arts, music and theater organizations to move unsold tickets without the price and brand degradation inherent in traditional “discounting”.The Company has built a strong foundation of primary partnerships across many of the largest sports, music and theater properties in the U.S. and maintains direct relationships with all the leading ticket brokers, ensuring expansive coverage of the live entertainment market. ScoreBig has 95% coverage of all major US Professional sports - MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL.Highlights:Recently recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Most Promising Companies.Over $40M in venture funding from top VCs; Bain Capital Ventures & U.S. Venture Partners, along with otherindustry veterans.Recently recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Most Promising CompaniesSince 2012, the Company has grown over 6x in revenue and 8x in number of transactions, an impressive 30%month over month growth.Led by a proven executive team with deep experience in sports, entertainment, ticketing, internet andtechnology businesses and a world-class advisory board.See additional press here.THE OPPORTUNITY: ASSISTANT CONTROLLER, SR. ACCOUNTING MANAGERScoreBig is looking for a results-oriented Accounting professional to captain the month-end close, run the audit, develop internal controls and help scale ScoreBig’s financial infrastructure through a period of rapid growth. We are looking for a candidate with a solid accounting foundation and wants to grow with a fast growing company. The right candidate must enjoy being “in the weeds” to reconcile accounts, make journal entries and ensure thousands of transactions from hundreds of vendors with unique rev-share and payment terms are accounted for correctly. Experience establishing processes and controls in a high transaction volume ecommerce environment is a huge plus! You’ll manage a team of 2, but need to roll up your sleeves on a daily basis. The position requires you to be hands on to develop extensive knowledge of the business and flow of the data and a deep understanding of data retrieval for reporting purposes.Specifically...Manage and perform day-to-day accounting operations including general ledger, cash, AR & AP. Prepare an accurate and timely month-end close and account reconciliations for all areas of the P&L & balance sheet with major emphasis on revenue, affiliate commissions, inventory and cost of sales.Manage weekly and monthly rev-share/COGS settlements of thousands of transactions from hundreds of inventory and affiliate vendors, all with different payments terms.Coordinate and gather information gathering from business owners in order to prepare close analysis and entries.Develop, implement, maintain and enforce internal controls and accounting/expense policies and procedures.Obtain an understanding of merchant services/credit card processing and be able to accuratelyreconcile/analyze a high volume of transactions.Assist the Head of Finance & Accounting and work with a cross-functional team to implement a newaccounting/ERP system.Manage 2 team members and collaborate with other members of the Finance organization including FP&A.Run the annual audit in accordance with GAAP.Assist with HR functions and support external payroll and benefits providers. 
Requirements: THE RIGHT CANDIDATE: REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS/PERSONAL ATTRIBUTESEDUCATION: BA/BS degree in Accounting.EXPERIENCE: 3+ years of progressive accounting experience.Experience preferred in both public and private accounting environments (audit & high-growth ecommerce a HUGE plus).CPA highly preferred but not required.Knowledge of accounting systems including QuickBooks.Analytical thinker with a high level of attention to detail.Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.Incredibly organized and able to effectively prioritize tasks.Ability to work independently and supervise/lead by example.Highly energetic, self-starter with a sense of urgency and persistence, equally comfortable guiding a cross-functional team or rolling up your sleeves to execute a program.Able to tackle the changes and challenges of a high-growth, entrepreneurial startup.Knows what needs to be done and operates with a sense of urgency, focus and discipline.You must LOVE accounting! You’re doing it all day, every day! 
Benefits: WHY SCOREBIG?ScoreBig offers a competitive salary + equity/options & benefits.Be a part of a fun, fast-paced entrepreneurial team in a Company changing an entire industry.Work with incredibly smart, driven, passionate people in building an ecommerce company changing the liveevents/ticketing industry.Fun office environment, company parties/happy-hours, fully stocked kitchen and perks to live events! 
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