WEBTOON Entertainment is a leading global entertainment company and home to some of the world's largest storytelling platforms. As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON Entertainment has transformed comics and visual storytelling for fans and creators.
With its CANVAS UGC platform empowering anyone to become a creator, and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators and series, WEBTOON Entertainment’s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture. WEBTOON adaptations are available on Netflix, Prime Video, Crunchyroll, and other screens around the world, and the company’s content partners include Discord, HYBE and DC Comics, among many others.
Reporting to the Head of IR and Corporate Finance, the Corporate Finance and IR Manager will be responsible for significant contributions to both the financial reporting and investor relations functions at WEBTOON Entertainment. This dual-focused role is initially split 50/50 between Corporate Finance and Investor Relations, offering the opportunity to transition into a full Corporate Finance Manager role upon the future hiring of a dedicated Investor Relations Manager. The ideal candidate will provide essential support to both corporate finance initiatives and investor relations activities, with a particular emphasis on the financial aspects of IR.
What You'll Do:
- Key player in the SEC reporting process, including preparing sections of the 10-Q’s, 10-K’s and 8-K’s, effectively utilizing Active Disclosure software
- Review and Double check monthly consolidation process with to prepare consolidated financial statements including balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows and statement of stockholders’ equity, including post-close adjustments as necessary for accurate financial reporting with Consolidation team in Korea
- Ensure completion of supporting documentation for footnote disclosures, periodic disclosures, and audit support, including disclosure checklist
- Perform monthly and quarterly analysis on stock compensation, profitability and earnings per share to ensure compliance with the relevant guidance
- Perform technical accounting research regarding new pronouncements and accounting issues that impact the business and prepare technical accounting memos regarding appropriate accounting treatment (e.g. debt, hedges, leases)
- Ensure Sarbanes-Oxley requirements are met for relevant areas (e.g., disclosure, stock compensation, equity accounting)
- Liaison with external and internal auditors to assist in meeting audit and review requests
- Work with the Director of Financial Reporting to ensure press release and quarterly earnings messages are consistent with other financial reports.
- Address investor inquiries, particularly those related to company financials and requests, promptly and consistently, ensuring the accuracy and confidentiality of publicly available information.
- Build strong working relationships with key personnel across various business units within the company.
- Participate in the completion of various projects and initiatives, including new systems, processes, and structure changes, that arise as the company expands its operations
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.
What We’re Looking For:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
- 1-3 years of relevant experience
- Strong grasp of US GAAP accounting requirements, Reg S-K, and Reg S-X
- Strong technical accounting reporting experience including experience writing technical accounting memos
- Experience using Active Disclosure
- Previous public company financial reporting experience
- Highly detail-oriented, organized, and able to meet multiple deadlines
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
- Proven analytical and problem-solving skills, including data analysis in MS Excel
- Ability to multitask and handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, quickly changing production environment
- CPA certification preferred
- Experience in US public company investor relations (IR) is a plus
- Proficiency in both English and Korean is an advantage.
What we offer:
- Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals
- Health benefits, including vision and dental!
- Generous PTO and Parental Leave Top-up
- 401K Contributions
- Commuter Benefits
- Work-From-Anywhere
- Global WEBTOON and LINE FRIENDS discount program
- Winter break shutdown and a whole lot more!
With approximately 170 million monthly active users, WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem of aligned companies include WEBTOON, Wattpad--the world’s leading webnovel platform--Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, Studio N, Studio LICO, WEBTOON Unscrolled, LINE MANGA, and eBookJapan, among others.
Join us and work with some of the biggest artists, IP, and fandoms in comics!
