Analyst, Affiliate Billing
Warner Bros. Discovery
Mexico City, Mexico
Your New Role…
This position exists to support the Order to Cash (OTC) cash reconciliation and application workstreams of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Television Distribution and Television Production. This person will have responsibility for analyzing receivables, deals and payments from high-profile clients with complex deals in a global environment, performing forensic reconciliations and technically challenging cash applications in multiple countries, currencies and tax jurisdictions. Responsible for regular and ad hoc reporting of progress toward achieving targets. This person will provide leadership and training to an outsourced Service Delivery Center for next-tier and reconciled accounts and identify process and system improvements for maximizing productivity and effectiveness.
Your Role Accountabilities…
• Analyze customer accounts to match payments at a detailed deal, title and term year level
• Compile multiple data and report sources to create reconciliation files for more detailed or forensic account analysis
• Validate that any VAT or Withholding Tax postings on invoices accurately reflect tax jurisdiction and rates and match with customer remittances
• Analyze deals and change orders to reconcile payments to complex licensing and payment structures
• Analyze change orders to identify internal adjustments related to changes in product rights
• Analyze change orders to identify customer-facing adjustments, such as revised payment terms, rebates, pro-rata terminations and settlements that adjust regular invoicing
• Communicate with customers and business stakeholders to resolve discrepancies
• Execute sweeps reports to identify adjustments and internal reallocations to be processed as cash reclasses.
• Based on resulting analysis and sweeps reports, apply cash in SAP/ECC.
• Document procedures for maintaining accounts that have been reconciled in a DeskTop Procedure (DTP)
• Provide training to the outsourced Service Delivery Center for maintaining the reconciled accounts and provide guidance for next-tier accounts in their portfolio
• Communicate complex issues and effectively handle difficult customer interactions to maximize timely and accurate results
• Maintain supporting documentation for compliance reporting and audits
Qualifications & Experience…
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance or a related field is preferred
• Proven experience in Cash Applications (mandatory)
• Experience in SAP is required
• Advanced English Level
• Understanding of Taxes, Contracts, Debits, Credits
• Experience in the Media Industry with an understanding of licensing deals is preferred
• Advanced skillset in Microsoft Excel
• Strong independent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Teamwork
• Self-motivated with the ability to self-manage to meet competing deliverables
• Strong listening, verbal, and written communication skills
• Proven track record in meeting deadlines
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gpy499-44-200-117-166-42 in your application.