Senior FP&A

Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here.

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery⦠the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Areâ¦

When we say, âthe stuff dreams are made of,â weâre not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBDâs vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating whatâs nextâ¦

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Who We Areâ¦

When we say, âthe stuff dreams are made of,â weâre not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBDâs vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating whatâs nextâ¦

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Company Overview

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 worldâs most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. Weâre home to the worldâs 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.

Your New Roleâ¦

FP&A COE is known for its innovative thinking, best practices implementation and great customer service. Warner Bros. Discovery seeks to unlock value for the company through igniting curiosity in all of its team members, encouraging collaboration and constantly transforming the way we work.

As the FP&A Analyts/  Senior FP&A Analyst, you support the Streaming Segment domain within the FP&A CoE, which offers you a great opportunity to participate in the overall finance transformation roadmap setting standards for FP&A processes, reporting

Your main responsibility is to ensure proactive and timely high-quality forecasting, reporting and analysis in the Streaming Segment COE. You will develop deep knowledge and competencies in this area to provide business and finance stakeholders with required information to make right and timely decisions. The successful candidate will be able to apply critical thinking skill and financial concepts of consolidation, reporting and forecasting for certain areas. You will have an opportunity to participate in the evolution of systems landscape both ERP & Planning. 

Your Role Accountabilities:

• Support the monthly forecast, annual budget from the consolidation aspects and alignment across multiple stakeholders
• Supporting the financial review of key initiatives focused on driving business performance, including the creation and analysis of business cases
• Provide variance analysis to explain actual and forecasted performance of managed markets/products/regions vs prior year/plan/prior forecast
• Oversee the submission of risks & opportunities from business units and the preparation of schedules summarizing the submissions
• Collaborate with finance and business leadership on process and corporate deliverables
• Serve as a liaison between segment finance, corporate finance, shared services Accounting and GBS teams, specifically related to the monthly close process. Ensure issues are resolved, and business matters are communicated timely 
• Maintain the financial and planning systems focused on proper data gathering and usage in the financial processes
• Prepare value added ad-hoc financial reports and analysis as appropriate
• Drive simplification projects to improve efficiency in working in segment (ie. self service BI tools)
• Assist the business partners, central and regional teams with revenue and related projects, insights and analysis.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 3+ yearsâ experience in FP&A department.
• Very good English verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Advanced Excel skills
• Proactive and hands-on
• Your way of working is characterized by a high level of accuracy
• Experience in using EPM solution such as SAP BPC, Hyperion, Cognos, Anaplan
• Experience in using one of the ERP systems as SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle is a plus

What's in it for you?

• Hybrid work model, flexible working hours
• Comprehensive Benefit package
• Work-life balance initiatives: wellbeing platform, educational webinars, Employee Assistance Program, etc.
• Training & development, comprehensive including Employee Resource Groups, Bridge learning platform, sharing sessions with experts, etc.
• CSR activities: volunteering, eco & social initiatives
• Casual dress code

How We Get Things Doneâ¦

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 Bitsâ¦

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.

If youâre a qualified candidate and you require adjustments or accommodations to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.

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