Senior Accounting Manager

Our Senior Accounting Manager is responsible for Noble’s Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable functions, including but not limited to data entry, AR and AP functions and reporting, journaling & reconciliation of all credit card, bank, and media accounts. In addition, this position processes payroll and 401(k) benefits. Noble’s Senior Accounting Manager also serves as the accounting team’s primary interface to our internal stakeholders. This is a hands-on, results oriented, and fully accountable position, which serves the organization with needed data, while ensuring Noble stays on track financially by creating accurate and timely information. This position must create positive and effective dialogue with all levels of staff. Attention to detail and the ability to multi-task are essential tools for success in this role – having a strong understanding of how the agency operates and what makes it successful are also key.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assist with preparing, maintaining, and updating the annual corporate budget and financial reports, including but not limited to the weekly cash flow, monthly forecast updates, monthly and annual income statements, and ad hoc reports as requested.
• Complete all journal entries and reconciliations.
• Assist with creating the monthly reporting package for senior leadership.
• Process and reconcile all accounts payable, including the corporate credit card and bank accounts.
• Submit yearend 1099 information to payroll provider and validate yea-end 1099s issued by payroll provider prior to processing.
• Download payroll reports, prepare payroll journal entries, and reconcile quarterly reports.
• Set up new clients in our ERP (known as Workamajig).
• Review client MSAs and SOWs for pertinent information for completeness and data necessary for invoicing.
• Review SOWs and projects in our ERP, confirm details, move to "live" status and approve project estimates.
• Invoice clients per SOW and Work Order terms.
• Ensure all client invoices are sent each month and/or determine appropriateness of pushing project invoices to future months depending on project schedule delays/changes.
• Set up deferred revenue recognition invoices for retainers and placeholder revenue recognition invoices for projects.
• Recognize and post project earned revenue monthly after Project Manager reporting.
• Follow-up on and communicate past due Accounts Receivables.
• Post client receipts, make bank deposits.
• Download client media invoices and process.
• Develop relationship with business bankers and payroll provider to ensure effective communication.
• Set up new employees and deactivate past employees in our ERP.
• Maintain list of services and rates, as well as salary bands and internal hourly costs.
• Run payroll biwweekly and ensure 401(k) contributions are made timely.
• Close completed projects and send project financial reports to leadership team.
• Back up for other Operations teammembers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or another business-related field or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible accounting and finance experience in mid-sized privately held businesses, ideally partnerships, including significant Accounts Payable experience.
• Strong sense of the importance of keeping confidential information confidential.
• Solid understanding of accounts receivable, accounts payable, journaling, payroll processing, banking, and financial reporting.
• Strong familiarity with job costing, earned revenues and subcontracting.
• Attention to detail and proven ability to create, follow & maintain standard procedures.
• Ability and willingness to meet business critical deadlines.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Self-starter with efficient time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic and constantly changing company environment.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.

What’s in It for You

• The chance to work for an award-winning, industry-leading employer with some of the most innovative clients in the world (Travel Nevada, Visit Lake Tahoe, Yodlee and others).
• Dream big while staying local because we love our home turf!
• An exceptional benefits package, plus a workplace emphasis on ongoing learning and growth: guest speakers and workshops, in-depth roundtable discussions, and of course, the opportunity to learn from some of the smartest and coolest coworkers around.
• A see-it-to-believe-it time-off policy: two companywide paid weeks off every year (one week in July and another in December) when Noble closes its offices, plus 10 days of personal PTO and all paid company-observed holidays.
• The ability to work remotely or from home ideally near our headquarters location in Reno, Nevada.

If You’re Chosen

• You must pass Noble’s background, financial, DMV and reference checks, as well as provide documentation of your legal right to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
• You must be able to work full-time during Noble’s core business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday.
• You must be willing and able to be on-site in our Reno office, as needed, with regular local trips to other locations (such as banks, post office, etc.).
• You must qualify as someone who drives on behalf of Noble Studios, which requires a valid Nevada Driver’s License, 2+ years of driving experience, a clean driving record, and at least $100,000/$30,000 bodily injury and $100,000 property damage auto insurance coverage.

About Noble Studios

Noble Studios is a Nevada-grown creative digital performance marketing agency with offices in Reno, Las Vegas and Bristol, U.K., specializing in brand strategy, digital marketing strategies, web development, SEO, paid digital media, creative and content development and social media. Since 2003, the company has completed work for international brands such as Google, Disney, Travel Nevada, Tahiti Tourisme, Yosemite Mariposa County, Autodesk, Adobe, Genome Medical, Medcor and more. Noble has been honored to be recognized as one of Ad Age’s “Best Places to Work 2024” and by Inc. as a “Best in Business – Advertising.” Noble Studios is an approved Google Partner and HubSpot Solutions Partner.