Job description

About Crunchyroll Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love. Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime! About the role In the role of Lead Finance Data Analyst, you will report to the Vice President, Accounting Systems and Data Governance. We are considering applicants for our Los Angeles, California office. You will lead the analysis, governance, validation, and integration of finance data used across accounting, reporting, and finance systems. You will partner with Accounting, Finance, Technology, and business teams to define trusted data standards, strengthen SOX-relevant controls, resolve data quality issues, and support changes to financial systems and interfaces. The role combines hands-on data analysis with process and control leadership to help ensure finance data is accurate, complete, timely, traceable, and fit for downstream use. Success will be measured by improved data quality, effective control execution, and reliable delivery of finance data changes across the system landscape. Core Areas of Responsibility Finance Data Governance: Establish and maintain finance data definitions, ownership, lineage, critical data elements, data quality rules, and governance standards across source systems, integrations, subledgers, ERP, and reporting environments. Data Quality and Validation: Design and execute validation routines, reconciliations, exception monitoring, root-cause analysis, and remediation plans to improve the accuracy, completeness, cutoff, consistency, and traceability of finance data. SOX Controls and Auditability: Partner with control owners to design, document, operate, and improve SOX controls over finance data, interfaces, system-generated reports, master data, and change activity; maintain evidence and support audit and testing requests. System Integration and Change Delivery: Define finance data requirements and validation criteria for new or changed integrations, interfaces, transformations, and system implementations; coordinate user acceptance testing, cutover, defect resolution, and post-production validation. Change Management and Stakeholder Partnership: Assess impacts of data and process changes, coordinate communications, training, and procedures, and lead cross-functional issue resolution to drive adoption while minimizing control, reporting, and operational disruption. About You We get excited about candidates, like you, because... You have 8+ years of experience in finance data, accounting systems, financial systems analysis, data governance, or related roles, including ownership of complex cross-functional initiatives. You have a strong understanding of accounting data flows and financial reporting requirements, including how transactions move from operational systems through integrations and subledgers into the general ledger and reporting environments. You have hands-on experience with finance data governance, including data definitions, ownership, lineage, critical data elements, data quality controls, metadata, and issue remediation. You have experience designing, executing, or supporting SOX controls over financial systems, interfaces, reports, master data, or data changes, and understand control documentation, evidence, and audit testing expectations. You possess advanced data validation and reconciliation skills, including SQL-based analysis and structured testing of large financial datasets. You have experience with system integration and data transformation concepts, including source-to-target mapping, interface controls, file- and API-based integrations, error handling, and downstream reconciliation. You have led or materially supported system change initiatives, including requirements, user acceptance testing, cutover, post-implementation validation, process documentation, and change management. You have experience with ERP and finance platforms such as NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Coupa, Concur, or comparable systems. You possess strong analytical judgment and can translate accounting, control, and reporting requirements into scalable data and system requirements. You have a bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field; CPA, CISA, or recognized data governance certifications are a plus. About the Team The Accounting Systems and Data Governance team connects accounting requirements, data standards, controls, and technology to support reliable, scalable financial operations. The team partners across Accounting, Finance, Technology, and business functions to strengthen finance data integrity and improve how financial information moves through Crunchyroll's systems. This role is a senior individual contributor and key point of coordination for finance data governance, validation, and change initiatives. Success is measured through trusted data, effective controls, and dependable system delivery. Why you will love working at Crunchyroll In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks: Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually. Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self. Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance Health Saving Account HSA program Health care and dependent care FSA 401(k) plan, with employer match Employer paid commuter benefit Support program for new parents Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly! #LifeAtCrunchyroll ((select from the following job modalities for this role: #LI-Hybrid #LI-remote #LI-onsite)) The Pay Range for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Crunchyroll’s Total Rewards offerings for employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, employer matched retirement savings, time-off programs, and progressive health benefits and perks. Pay Transparency - Los Angeles, CA $127,400 — $159,200 USD About our Values We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values in all that we do. We value Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves. Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding. Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress. Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation. Questions about Crunchyroll’s hiring process? Please check out our Hiring FAQs: help.crunchyroll.com Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for more information about how we process your personal information, and your data protection rights: tbcdn.talentbrew.com Please beware of recent scams to online job seekers. Those applying to our job openings will only be contacted directly from @crunchyroll.com email account.

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We get excited about candidates, like you, because...
You have 8+ years of experience in finance data, accounting systems, financial systems analysis, data governance, or related roles, including ownership of complex cross-functional initiatives.
You have hands-on experience with finance data governance, including data definitions, ownership, lineage, critical data elements, data quality controls, metadata, and issue remediation.
You possess advanced data validation and reconciliation skills, including SQL-based analysis and structured testing of large financial datasets.
You have experience with system integration and data transformation concepts, including source-to-target mapping, interface controls, file- and API-based integrations, error handling, and downstream reconciliation.
You have led or materially supported system change initiatives, including requirements, user acceptance testing, cutover, post-implementation validation, process documentation, and change management.
You have experience with ERP and finance platforms such as NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Coupa, Concur, or comparable systems.
You possess strong analytical judgment and can translate accounting, control, and reporting requirements into scalable data and system requirements.
About the Team
Why you will love working at Crunchyroll
In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:
Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
Health Saving Account HSA program
Support program for new parents
Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!
We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values in all that we do. We value
Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.
Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.
Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.
Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion
Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business.

Nice-to-haves

You have a bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field; CPA, CISA, or recognized data governance certifications are a plus.
Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.

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