Finance Manager, Corporate Line Of Business, Tech Ops and Real Estate

Job Description

Your New Role...

This position is within the Warner Bros. Discovery Corporate Line of Business team, which supports Corporate, Technology and Global Real Estate. This role serves as a key member responsible for preparing and reviewing management reporting packages, consolidating financial results, and providing critical support for special projects and key strategic initiatives. This role provides leadership for senior financial analysts and collaborates often with FP&A, process and systems groups, and finance and accounting teams to support segment-specific activities and decision making.

Your Role Accountabilities...
• Consistently prepare and publish accurate and meaningful consolidated month-end financial statements and reporting packages for the segment on a timely basis. Prepare reporting for segment leadership as requested to show results of the operation. Lead month-end close meetings with finance and accounting to communicate financial results.
• Understand the company's accounting policies and procedures. Provide guidance to segment finance teams on ad hoc accounting questions. Provide to segment finance select information on balance sheet accounts and schedules as required.
• Evaluate and understand changes to the monthly consolidated segment forecasts. Provide consolidated forecast and budget comparative reporting to finance leadership and FP&A. Prepare and present meaningful forecast data and key business updates to FP&A and segment finance on a monthly basis. Prepare annual budget reporting and assist with budget deck preparation as required.
• Collaborate with FP&A, process & systems groups and finance as required to communicate global assumptions, key drivers, forecast and budget adjustments, and segment specific activities and deadlines.
• Provide value-added ad hoc financial reports and analysis as appropriate. Prepare forecast accuracy and other analyses to support decision making. Participate in meetings and discussions to understand business drivers and explanations. Identify process improvement opportunities for consolidated reporting and analysis.

Qualification and Experience...
• Minimum 5 years accounting and forecasting experience. Minimum of 3 years supervisory experience is preferred.
• Advanced analytical skills, and strong technical accounting skills supported by proficiency in all MS Office and ESSBASE/ Hyperion applications.
• Candidates must demonstrate strong communication and presentation skills, the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, and in-depth process improvement skills.
• Strong written, oral and presentation skills; effective communicator at all levels of the organization; ability to influence others.
• High level of executive presence with strong problem resolution skills, and high degree of integrity, tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships across the organization. Results oriented with ability to set clear goals and priorities and deliver timely, high quality services.
• Strong organizational skills, project/task management experience and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Change agent with strong collaboration skills.

The Nice to Haves
• Masters degree preferred, but not required.

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-d5ob4z-3-129-23-30-42 in your application.