Senior Financial Analyst - International FP&A

Job Description

Your New Role…

This position provides support for the EMEA CFO including segment finance teams, supporting consolidated financial reporting across all business units within the EMEA region. This role provides support for regional finance on reporting & consolidation, coordination of calendars and deliverables, financial analysis, data management, operational review reporting and issue triage. The role supports preparation and review of EMEA consolidated operating results and financial reporting packages, flash reporting, trend reporting, and ad-hoc analysis as required.

Your Role Accountabilities…

Liaison
• Collaborate with regional CFO teams on forecast and budget process and deliverables including calendar management, target tracking and gap reporting.
• Serve as business partner for WBD EMEA regional leaders, providing financial support and guidance.
• Liaise with FP&A CoE, WBD International Consolidations and Finance teams on EMEA specific matters including discrete segment performance queries and analysis.
• Liaise with WBD International Consolidations, WBD Financial systems teams and Finance partners on metadata structure and systems to address changes that will impact segment reporting activities.
• Coordinate calendars in collaboration with WBD Accounting, WBD FP&A CoE and International Finance teams and Finance Leads to ensure timely delivery of CFO reporting.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization, communicating financial insights in a clear and concise manner

Financial Reporting & Analysis
• Support the consolidation of separate streams of EMEA reporting to produce timely and accurate financial results including variance analysis, and communication of actual to forecast results to finance leadership. Identify trends, significant transactions, and financial performance as necessary to understand and facilitate communication of business unit financial statements to finance including the EMEA CFO.
• Prepare value added ad-hoc financial reports and analysis as appropriate.
• Assist in the design, implementation, and maintenance of the global cost framework to reflect the use of shared resources across EMEA lines of business.
• Serve as a liaison between segment finance, corporate finance, shared services Accounting and FP&A teams, specifically related to the monthly close, forecast and budget processes. Ensure issues are resolved, and business matters are communicated, on a timely basis.
• Support matrix driven reporting needs providing both system expertise and thought leadership for initiatives including integration of systems reporting in conjunction with finance needs.
• Perform meaningful business analysis to provide leadership insights.
• Drive process improvement initiatives and reporting changes required by the organization. Propose changes to the reporting as appropriate to maintain the relevance of the information presented.

Qualifications & Experience…
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
• CIMA/ACCA/CPA certification or in progress highly preferred.
• Minimum of 3+ years relevant work experience.
• Knowledge and experience with key accounting principles and concepts, financial analysis and reporting. Experience with Hyperion, and PeopleSoft is a plus.
• Strong written, oral and presentation skills; effective communicator; ability to influence others.
• Active communicator, with the ability to develop and maintain strong relationships across the organization and across multiple locations.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Fluent in English.

What's in it for you?
• Hybrid work model, flexible working hours
• Free access to player.pl
• Benefit package: private medical health care, life insurance, MyBenefit cafeteria including sport card, social funds, retirement pension plans, recognition platform, employee referral program
• Work-life balance initiatives: wellbeing platform, yoga, educational webinars, Employee Assistance Program, internal media initiatives
• Training & development: sharing the cost of English lessons, Employee Resource Groups, Bridge learning platform, sharing sessions with experts
• CSR activities: volunteering, eco & social initiatives
• Casual dress code
• Parking space available for booking

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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.

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, 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-d8pnyx-3-145-77-114-42 in your application.