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Senior Analyst FP&A, Content Sales - Home Entertainment

Warner Bros. Discovery

Mexico City, Mexico 09-09-2024
 
  • Paid
  • Full Time
  • Mid (2-5 years) Experience
Job Description
The Senior Financial Analyst – Home Entertainment FPA will be responsible for providing timely and accurate forecasting, reporting and analysis for Warner Bros. Discovery Studios, working with business finance counterparts to gather inputs and understand drivers. You will develop deep competencies in this area, providing business and finance stakeholders the required information for decision making .

Your Role Accountabilities…
• Run and coordinate new releases estimates, ensuring they are delivered properly and on time .
• Estimate and submit long-range revenue and P&L forecasts for catalog titles, ensuring accurate and strategic financial planning .
• Support and ensure consistency of long-range revenue forecasts with ongoing in-year forecast submissions .
• Work with studio FP&A to produce forecast, budget and long-range plans.
• Work with studio FP&A to evaluate financial impact
of potential strategy decisions.
• Manage Ad Hoc analysis and financial data requests as needed, generating insights.
• Demonstrate and maintain high standards
of accountability to deliver superior quality financial information on timely basis to business FP&A.
• Build strong relationships with business partner FP&A teams to enable the flow of information and knowledge sharing.
• Support development of systems, tools, and processes to facilitate efficient and accurate forecasting and analysis.
• Drive process simplification initiatives. Collaborate across boundaries and share best practices with other FP&A teams.
• Participate in meetings with business finance partners to understand forecast drivers and present prepared forecast and analysis data.

Qualifications & Experience…
• At least 4 years' experience in forecasting & analysis, finops
or other relevant analytic business experience .
• Strong English verbal and written communication skills (must have).
• Strong proficiency in excel and other data analysis techniques . Demonstrated experience in financial modelling .
• Critical thinker and strong problem solver with excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to frame issues, articulate findings and present
optimal solutions.
• Proven ability to build confidence and trust with department members and external business partners.
• Experience working accurately and efficiently with high volumes of data under strict deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications…
• Solid understanding of entertainment business preferred ( Home Entertainment Industry).
• Strong Accounting knowledge preferred .
• Essbase, SAP, Tableau experience preferred .

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Participate in monthly, quarterly, and annual forecast process for the Home Entertainment segment, including revenue accruals review and forecasting, licensed revenue analysis and
ongoing market trends . Review and forecast costs for new and ongoing projects and analyze trends where needed. Demonstrate and maintain high standards
of accountability to deliver superior quality financial information on timely basis to Home Entertainment FP&A.
• Reconcile actuals vs prior forecast/budget/prior year and provide variance explanations. Conduct Ad Hoc analysis as needed. Participate in assigned Home Entertainment meetings such as, but not limited to : Monthly Close / Accruals / Forecast / Quarterly Business Revenue / Budget .
• Support development of systems, tools, and processes to facilitate efficient and accurate analysis. Seek for constant process and routines improvements in the duties and task under its scope. Prepare ad-hoc analysis for Home Entertainment FP&A Finance and Business Stakeholders.

Championing Inclusion at WBD
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.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gp6504-44-200-94-150-42 in your application.