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**Blue Ant Media (TSX:**BAMI) is an international streamer, production studio, advertising sales and rights-management business. The company operates a diverse portfolio of free streaming and pay TV channels internationally, including Love Nature, Cottage Life, Smithsonian Channel Canada, BBC Earth Canada, HauntTV, Homeful, and Love Pets, as well as the subscription streaming service MagellanTV. Its studio business produces and distributes a wide range of premium content across key genres for streaming and broadcast platforms worldwide. Blue Ant Media is headquartered in Toronto, with a presence in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Singapore, London, Washington, Sydney, Halifax, and Ottawa. blueantmedia.com⼁Instagram⼁LinkedIn

Our employees are passionate experts in all of our business areas. They are fanatical about creating outstanding content and experiences, and about delivering them on new and evolving platforms. We actively seek new employees who embody our core values. We want them to think big, act with purpose, celebrate creativity, do the right thing, respect one another, and succeed together. We attract creative talents who are optimistic about the evolving future of content and who take pride in recognizing opportunities where others see challenges. At Blue Ant Media, we give them the flexibility to think like entrepreneurs, take ownership of their projects, take risks, and embrace innovation in a rapidly evolving media landscape. Our team members excel at collaborating with internal and external partners by building trusting, respectful working relationships.

Accounts Payable Analyst

Blue Ant Media has an opportunity for an Accounts Payable Analyst with strong attention to detail and good judgment to work within the accounts payable department.

The successful candidate will be a person who can organize and accurately complete various assignments in a fast-paced environment.

This role is well suited for an individual experienced in a general accounting function and/or accounts payable professional ready to support the existing infrastructure.

This role is a replacement and will report to the Manager, Accounts Payable and is a hybrid position requiring in-office attendance at our head office in Toronto for a minimum of three (3) days per week.

The anticipated salary range for this role is $60,000 - $65,000 per year, with final compensation determined by experience and qualifications.

Core Responsibilities & Duties

• Process, verify and reconcile invoices to ensure they are accurately reported in NetSuite, including use of purchase order functionality
• The Toronto team is responsible for finances in Canada, U.K. and U.S.
• The AP Analyst will complete the payment process, including electronic funds and wire transfers, ensuring timely processing with proper supporting documentation and complying with internal control requirements
• Ensure all payments are recorded in the system timely and accurately
• Communicate and respond to vendors concerning payables issues on payment status and disputes
• Reconcile vendor statements and address all past due items as applicable
• Review and process staff expense reports and perform departments’ credit card reconciliation, ensuring all supporting receipts are attached
• Assist in the preparation of monthly bank reconciliations
• Assist with training new staff on how to submit invoices and prepare expense reports
• Help manage payables inquiries through Finance Helpdesk System and provide departments’ effective supports and guidance of the process
• Contribute ongoing payables process improvements and efficiency
• Set up new vendors and review new vendor requisitions in NetSuite
• Assist in forecasting the payments and updating the cash flows file to ensure funding requirements are met
• Prepare treasury transfers and assist with monthly intercompany reconciliation analysis
• Perform filing monthly HST returns and withholding tax remittances
• Assist in the compilation of working papers for tax compliance
• Engage in all aspects of month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing processes, including analyzing and accruing expenses, preparing monthly journal entries, and performing monthly balance sheet reconciliation for various accounts
• Support internal and external audits, including preparation of working papers
• Perform ad hoc projects and/or duties as required

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of work experience in an accounts payable department
• Knowledge of cloud accounting systems, ideally NetSuite and MS Office/SharePoint
• Proficient in MS Office, particularly Excel and Word
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong organizational skills to be able to handle a large volume of invoices and payments
• Strong time management skills and flexibility to tackle various priorities and meet deadlines
• Strong oral and written communication skills with customer-focused mindset, dealing with all levels of employees and vendors
• Strong appetite for continuous learning in a growing and dynamic environment, where ability to adapt and change is a must
• Ability to resolve problems and implement solutions
• Willingness to work effectively independently and as a strong team player, establishing cooperative working relationships

At Blue Ant Media, we believe promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility. We can all contribute. As a global media company, we recognize our platform and opportunity to influence change and promote a more inclusive world. We know what we create, distribute, and produce is better with a diverse workforce. In recruiting for our teams, we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds (who are eligible to work in Canada) and welcome the unique contributions each person brings.

While we may use digital tools to support the efficiency of our recruitment process, we do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to screen, assess or select candidates. Applications are personally reviewed by a member of the Talent Acquisition team or one of the hiring leaders, ensuring a fair and human-centered experience for all applicants.

If you have most of the qualifications listed in our posting, but are not sure whether to proceed with your application, we still encourage you to apply. We thank all candidates for their interest in Blue Ant Media and we will reach out to those candidates that are under consideration. If you are contacted for an interview and require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please email our Human Resources team at hr@blueantmedia.com.