Associate, Client Accounting

Associate, Client Accounting

UTA seeks an experienced associate to join its Finance Client Accounting team. The Associate, Client Accounting will be assigned a UTA department and will serve as a point person for all accounting issues related to that department. The Associate, Client Accounting will be responsible for working closely with agents and assistants to capture timely and accurate booking information in a GAAP-compliant accounting environment.

On a day-to-day basis, this role will enter new client bookings, review and modify existing bookings as necessary to reflect updated performance dates, meet with Agents / Assistants on a routine basis, and provide reporting to Agents to facilitate forecasting and collections. The SOP Associate will establish and monitor quality metrics and continuously seek improvement in the process of tracking client bookings.

The salary range for this role is $70,000 to $75,000 commensurate with experience and skills.

What You Will Do

• Meet with assigned agents regularly (1-2 times per month) and their assistants weekly to ensure complete and accurate booking data and reports
• Ensure client payments are processed quickly and accurately and in compliance with all legal and tax requirements.
• Liaise with clients and agents directly on invoices, statements, debits, tax matters, and any account questions / concerns they may have.
• Enter and maintain client bookings and review data for accuracy and completeness while taking into account revenue recognition standards
• Coordinate with counterparts at other companies as necessary to complete booking details
• Provide regular reporting to agents to facilitate forecasting, collections, and insights into client performance
• Coordinate with the Cash Management team as necessary to ensure payments are applied to the correct booking
• Provide exceptional customer service to agents and other stakeholders
• Understand accrual accounting, contracts administration, and systems to identify opportunities to improve the client booking process
• Build long-term relationships based on trust and confidentiality
• Assist with ad hoc requests

What You Will Need

What You Will Get

About UTA

UTA unites ideas, opportunities and talent. The company represents some of the world's most iconic, barrier-breaking artists, creators and changemakersfrom actors, athletes and musicians to writers, gamers and digital influencers. One of the most influential companies in global entertainment, UTA's business spans talent representation, content production, as well as strategic advisory and marketing work with some of the world's biggest brands. Affiliated companies include Digital Brand Architects, KLUTCH Sports Group, Curtis Brown Group, and MediaLink. UTA is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, New York and London.