In this role you will partner with the following cross-functional partners:

• Business Owners - Execute all finance related tasks (procurement support, reviewing and re-negotiating contracts, vendor management, creating purchase orders, reviewing invoices, expense reporting) and be an embedded partner and active contributor across various teams. 
• Accounts Payable - Create POs where applicable and provide non-PO invoice coding to enable timely and accurate invoice processing and accurate financial reporting.
• Accounting - Drive an accurate and timely month-end close by owning the accrual process and explaining variance drivers. 
• FP&A - Ensure accurate coding to provide meaningful reporting and identify opportunities to use data to drive business decisions. 
• IT - Design, simplify, and automate finance and payment workflows and partner on system enhancements to help automate workflows to scale. 

Responsibilities Include:

• Communicating with the Creative and Product teams to drive the procurement of services from our vendors and understand the status/timeline of delivery of services.
• Partner closely with the business to support their sourcing decisions and vendor partnerships for scale, cost efficiencies, and to ensure a diverse and sustainably focused supplier chain to keep pace with the evolving needs of our business. 
• Setting-up purchase orders (PO’s) in to ensure appropriate classification of expenses to enable financial reporting and analysis.
• Driving projects that help to simplify and automate manual workflows. Actively participate in system features development and user acceptance testing. 
• Managing vendors and invoicing processes: reviewing vendor records, ensuring timely billing, approving invoices, and working with Accounting to ensure accuracy of accrued services.

Qualities We’re Looking For:

• 5+ years of relevant Finance and/or Accounting experience
• Experience with sourcing, procurement, and purchase orders, as you will deal with these on day 1 and look for ways to optimize the workflows
• Ability to take ownership of tasks while handling competing priorities
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to navigate large data sets
• Strong communication skills, business acumen, and the ability to lead cross-functional meetings 
• Relationship builder - Ability to cultivate strong cross functional relationships and communicate effectively with team members and business partners
• Strong enthusiasm for implementing systems and processes 
• Curiosity and passion - Our team members ask probing questions, challenge the status quo, make changes to improve processes, and have fun while doing it; having a positive attitude and never settling for “good enough” are key
• Adaptable - You are comfortable in an ever-changing ecosystem of content, finance and accounting issues and projects
• For LG based candidate, ability to take occasional trips to the Los Angeles office in Southern California
• For LA based candidate, ability to take occasional trips to the Los Gatos office in Northern California

Extra dose of awesomeness if you have:

• Industry experience is a plus
• ERP and Procurement systems experience with Workday Financials and Tableau 
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance; MBA and/or CPA