Audit Manager

REPORTS TO

Chief Executive Officer

CONTACTS AND RELATIONSHIPS

The position interfaces with management, staff, outside audit firms, attorneys, production company contacts, participants, and Trustees.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Manage Outside Professionals:

• Manage the outside auditors’ audits as well as matters referred to collection and bankruptcy attorneys.
• Prepare annual budget for the outside audit firms and monitor their fees.
• Work with outside auditors and studio labor relation departments and their payroll executives to resolve issues that came up during the audit, including assisting with resolution and collection of audit related invoices.
• Make sure that both outside auditor firms and the collection counsel is progressing along their path to complete in a timely manner the goals that have been set for them.

Audit Selection:

• Oversee the inventory of audits to be performed based on various selection criteria for payroll compliance, authenticity and gross receipts audits and distribution to outside or staff auditors assigned by the Audit Department’s Assistant Manager.

Administrative Functions:

• Prepare and administer performance evaluations for Audit Assistant Manager and Administrative Assistant. Also give final department approval for all personnel reviews performed by Audit Assistant Manager.
• Responsible for reporting the department’s activities to Trustees of the Plans as well as to the CEO and CFO, including quarterly meetings of the Legal and Delinquency Committee (“LDC”) and Authenticity Sub-Committee (“ASC”).
• Assist Audit Assistant Manager in training staff as may be necessary either for new personnel or where new techniques may be implemented.
• Approve overtime for the department or individual staff as may be necessary for special projects and/or deadlines.
• Prepare annual budget request based on future department needs and to reach goals of the department as defined by the CEO, CFO or the Plans’ Trustees.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Extensive knowledge of all DGA Collective Bargaining Agreements.
• Strong background in compliance auditing, especially related to the entertainment industry.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business, or related field with 5–7 years entertainment industry related work involving compliance audits with supervisory and/or management experience preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Possess manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines. Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time. Position requires bending, reaching, walking, and lifting of up to 10 lbs.