Finance & Accounting Professionals

Job Description

Every great story has a new beginning. We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros. Discovery. WBD is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. We're home to the world's best storytellers, creating world-class products for consumers. From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers and beyond, join us as we step into the next chapter.

The Job

We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros. Discovery-and we're looking for people who will help us tell the widest range of stories to impact the world in the best possible ways.

In finance at Warner Bros. Discovery, we pride ourselves in helping others understand financial decisions, while being trusted business advisors. Our finance teams take a creative approach to data and communication to ensure our partners and leaders have reliable and up to date information to equip them to make the best possible decisions. If you have a strong interest in media, finance, and analytics or a desire to become an expert in the industry, come join one of the most well-known brands in the industry.

We are seeking talented finance professionals who not only know about numbers, but who have the motivation and drive to deliver new solutions and help improve financial performance. We need strategic thinkers with intellectual curiosity. Colleagues whose outstanding work ethic and strong attention to detail will help us deliver the best support we can to our businesses. You might be our next teammate in one of these areas:

The areas of focus:

Financial Planning, Analysis & Strategy – Apply your experience with budgets, forecasts, & models to drive business strategy.

Financial Reporting & Operations – Analyze and consolidate worldwide balance sheet results for our WarnerMedia companies.

Participations & Royalties – Dive into financial contracts for our talent and co-production companies, using the latest in enterprise technology and software.

Production Finance/Accounting – On the set with studio executives, producers and department heads to budget and forecast film projects

Corporate Accounting – Deliver efficient and scalable finance & accounting services as part of a global team.

The Skills - Financial Analyst
• 0-2 years of accounting, finance, operations or other relevant business experience
• Strong analytical skills including Intermediate - Advanced Excel (pivot tables, vlookups, intermediate formulas)
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a relevant field

The Skills – Senior Financial Analyst
• 2-5 years of accounting, finance, operations or other relevant business experience
• Superior analytical skills including Advanced Excel (pivot tables, vlookups, macros, advanced formulas) and experience with large enterprise systems like SAP and Oracle
• Experience building/creating financial models and forecasts
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a relevant field
• Prior entertainment experience and CPA/MBA preferred

The Skills – Manager/Sr. Manager
• 5-8 years of accounting, finance, operations or other relevant business experience
• Advanced analytical skills including Advanced Excel (pivot tables, vlookups, macros, advanced formulas) and experience with large enterprise systems like SAP and Oracle
• Experience building/creating financial models and forecasts
• Solid communication and presentations skills
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a relevant field
• Prior entertainment experience and CPA/MBA strongly preferred

The Skills – Production Finance
• 2-5 years of accounting, finance in film/show production
• Experience with cash flow, cost reporting, payroll, and tracking expenses related to film production
• Comfortable communicating with film crew and executives
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting

Skills For All Levels:
• Ability to adapt and be agile amongst a changing environment; able to translate ambiguous problems into solutions
• Proven team player that creates connection by painting a compelling picture of vision and strategy
• Strong sense of curiosity that sparks communication, collaboration, and innovation
• Ability to see ahead and focus on the future
• Demonstrates accountability, good judgment, negotiation, leadership and project management skills
• Ability to act courageously while addressing conflict and continuously challenging the status quo

Locations:
• Los Angeles, CA; Atlanta, GA; New York, NY

This is not a posting for an open role but rather to proactively identify candidates for future openings. If you wish to join our talent network, please submit your resume to this posting. A recruiter will contact you to discuss your qualifications and interest in Warner Bros. Discovery.

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-rev768-3-17-165-16-42 in your application.