Manager, Fp&a

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- ** Your New Role**
The Manager - HOME ENTERTAINMENT FP&A 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**
- Prepare preliminary forecasts for studio meetings and month end reporting.
- Consolidate and analyze the P&L of different territories, ensuring accurate reflection of financial performance across regions.
- Coordinate the overall forecast process, ensuring timely and accurate submission of forecasts to relevant stakeholders.
- Reconcile actuals vs prior forecast/budget/prior year and provide variance analysis to explain performance.
- 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 6 years’ experience in forecasting and analysis.
- 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.
- Motivated by challenging, high-energy environment.
- Strong working knowledge of financial software packages and Microsoft Office suite.
- Bachelors degree in Finance or Accounting required.

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Solid understanding of entertainment business preferred (Consumer Products and/or Global Themed Experiences Industry).
- Strong Accounting knowledge preferred.
- People management experience (at least 2 years).
- Essbase, SAP, Tableau experience preferred.

**II. 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.
- Ensure effective communication with local stakeholders. Demonstrate solid communication skills to build and foster business relationships with business stakeholders.
- Provide coaching and support to direct reports. Effectively manage team across different time zones.
- 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.

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