Executive Director Financial Analysis - Wbd News

Job Description

Your New Role…

As a key business partner, this position provides support for the WBD News Finance organization supporting financial planning and consolidated financial reporting within the News segment. This role is the primary point of contact for the finance leadership teams providing support for forecasting and planning, reporting & consolidation, financial analysis, KPI reporting and processes, business and integration initiatives and issue triage. The role is responsible for process design and implementation of reporting strategies across businesses, spanning a significant number of reporting systems and processes to enable consolidated reporting. The role has oversight for planning and forecasting for News specific financial statement lines and executive reporting and support. The role provides oversight for the preparation and review of the division's consolidated operating results and financial reporting packages, flash reporting, earnings release support, trend reporting, and ad hoc analysis as required by the CFO.

This role reports directly to the VP – Domestic Networks, News & Sports and Corporate LOB.

Your Role Accountabilities…

Liaison
• Act as a single point of contact for the divisional CFO on reporting and related matters.
• Collaborate with CFO teams, LOB and Strategic Finance on actuals, forecast and budget process and deliverables including target tracking and gap reporting
• Liaise with LOB resources on reporting issues and system integration projects to address forecasting and reporting needs as system changes are rolled out
• Partner with Finance teams to design management reporting for each segment
• Partner across global Finance and Systems teams in the design and roll-out of short term and long-term data consolidation processes and systems roadmaps for both actuals and forecast to enable the most efficient method of consolidation and reporting
• Liaise with WBD's financial system support team to address reporting and system changes that will impact segment reporting activities.

Financial Reporting & Analysis
• Oversee the reporting function responsible for producing timely and accurate financial results, including consolidated reporting and variance analysis, and communication of actual and forecast results to finance leadership. Identify trends, significant transactions, and financial performance as necessary to understand and communicate the full business unit financial statements to Finance leadership.
• Oversee the FP&A function responsible for completing the monthly forecast and annual budget process for News specific financial statement lines in collaboration with News Finance leadership; oversee compilation of industry and regional insights to help formulate forecast and budget assumptions.
• Lead the implementation process to amend reporting according to the new WBD reporting structure
• Oversee the preparation of monthly corporate reporting deliverables.
• Forecast preparation
• Forecast submission
• Actual's variance reporting
• Budget submission
• Capital reporting
• Oversee the preparation of value-added ad hoc financial reports and analysis as appropriate.
• Lead the preparation and ongoing development of other recurring and adhoc reporting schedules.
• Perform meaningful business analysis to provide leadership insights.
• Drive process improvement initiatives and take a leadership role in implementing process and reporting changes required by the organization. Propose changes to the reporting as appropriate to maintain the relevance of the information presented.

Leadership and Staff Development
• Lead a large team of finance professionals by setting the example and proactively fostering the mission and vision of the organization.
• Develop and maintain an efficient, effective and diverse staff through selection, training, supervision, counseling and measuring the performance of direct reports and staff members.
• Create a positive work environment that fosters team and individual performance. Develop, implement and communicate performance goals and objectives. Facilitate ongoing dialogue and performance reviews designed to provide measurable and timely feedback and implement corrective action as needed.

Qualifications & Experience…
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
• CPA or MBA or graduate degree in related field highly preferred.
• Minimum of 10+ years relevant work experience with at least 8 years demonstrated experience in a leadership/management position.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with key accounting principles and concepts, financial analysis, and reporting.
• Experience with Hyperion, Essbase, SAP and/or PeopleSoft is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work across a matrix organization and deliver results through influence and collaboration
• Diverse work experiences with cross functional teams.
• Strong written, oral and presentation skills; effective communicator at all levels of the organization; ability to influence others.
• Strong leadership skills with a mindset to develop a team and drive results.
• High level of executive presence with strong interpersonal and problem resolution skills, and a high degree of integrity, tact and diplomacy.
• Active communicator, with the ability to develop and maintain strong relationships across the organization and across multiple locations.
• Ability to develop strategic plans and decisions. Results oriented with an ability to set clear goals and priorities and deliver timely, high-quality services.
• Strong organizational skills, process improvement and project management experience, and cross-functional coordination skills.

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, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status 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@warnermedia.com.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dybbzq-216-73-216-48-42 in your application.