Analyst Residuals Operations

Job Description

Your New Role
Prepares and reviews Residuals cast setups and payments to ensure accuracy and compliance with contractual obligations. Assists with guild payments, claims, and special projects as required.

Your Role Accountabilities:
• Maintains show folders. Gathers required documentation from the individual productions and from internal and external payroll companies including contracts, timesheets, cast lists, final credits, and pay logs required to set up casts in the AIRS system and enable Residuals payments to be generated.
• Configures casts in AIRS system based on collected documentation. Reviews cast set up to ensure that proper rates and bases have been calculated. Depending on the payment schedule (weekly, monthly), prepare payments by Union and/or by market and review payments for accuracy. Makes necessary adjustments to cast setup or airdates and regenerates payments as needed.
• Analyzes AIRS revenue and airdate reports for reasonableness and researches discrepancies or inquiries from talent or other stakeholders.
• Performs special projects (e.g. assist with audits, provide information for claims, perform system testing, process foreign guild payments) and attends department training, as needed.

Qualifications & Experience
• 1 year previous accounting, audit, or financial related experience required.
• 1 – 2 years previous experience with participations or residuals a plus.
• Experience in the entertainment industry is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience required.
• Very strong math and algebra skills required.
• Very strong proficiency in MS Windows applications, such as Excel and Word required.
• Must be capable of quickly developing a good understanding of Residuals rules and payment triggers including how each aspect of cast setup (e.g. union selected, role selected, initial compensation, principle photography date, etc…) will impact the Residuals payments.
• Must have the ability to read and understand legal agreements with minimal training
• Strong planning, organizational, detail-oriented, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Strong time management skills to manage multiple tasks required.
• Must be able to work independently in order to meet tight deadlines in fast paced environment.
• Must be a confident individual who is a quick learner and self-starter.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

The Legal Bits…

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, union status, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gwo46k-3-15-221-67-42 in your application.