Staff Accountant II

Summary

Join Zoic Studios, an award-winning VFX company, as a Staff Accountant II! This remote position, preferably based in Los Angeles but not required, plays a key role in supporting core accounting functions. You will contribute to budget preparation, forecasting, and compliance initiatives. Responsibilities include month-end close support, annual budget compilation, and financial report generation. The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor's degree in accounting, three or more years of experience, and proficiency in Office 365. This role offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• Three or more years of professional accounting experience
• Proficiency in Office 365 (especially in Excel)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential
• Solid problem solving, troubleshooting and critical thinking skills
• High level of proactivity, integrity, dependability and ownership with tasks assigned

Responsibilities

• Support month-end close and other recurring accounting tasks
• Contribute to compiling the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and parent-subsidiary consolidations
• Conduct research in areas including accounting principles, government incentive programs, and regulatory guidelines to develop proposals for the Controller and management
• Respond to financial-related requests from the management team, government agencies, creditors, bankers, brokers, external accountants, and other third parties by generating accurate and comprehensive reports
• Other ad-hoc projects as assigned from time to time by Zoic Studios
• Review, evaluate and improve procedures for accounting tasks (A/P, A/R, multiple financial projections, month-end, payroll, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA license or currently pursuing CPA certification
• Cost accounting experience – job order costing, overhead allocation, etc
• Familiar with ASC606
• Multi-state payroll experience a plus

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Vacation
• Paid holiday
• Paid sick days following a 3-month probationary period