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Who We Are...
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- Your New Role...
The DC Entertainment - Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for timely and accurate forecasting, reporting and analysis for Warner Bros. Discovery Streaming & Studios, acting as a Finance Business Partner to gather inputs, understand drivers and foster action. You will develop deep competencies in this area, providing business and finance stakeholders the required information for decision making.
Your Role Accountabilities...
- Prepare forecasts and month end reporting for DC Comics, Media & Merchandising
- Reconcile actuals vs prior forecast/budget/prior year and provide variance analysis to explain performance.
- Partner with Sales & Marketing, Digital, Operations and Editorial Teams to develop budget, forecast and long-term plan
- Review and prepare journal entries as needed. Basic accounting knowledge required to perform the task.
- Prepare insightful reports and analysis to evaluate financial impact of potential strategy decisions.
- Support new releases greenlight process and other profitability analysis
- Demonstrate and maintain high standards of accountability and financial management 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 continuous improvement initiatives (automation, process streamlining). Collaborate across boundaries and share best practices with other FP&A teams.
- Participate in meetings with finance business partners to understand forecast drivers and present prepared forecast and analysis data.
Qualifications & Experience...
- At least 3-4 years' experience in forecasting, reporting and analysis.
- Strong English verbal and written communication skills
- 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.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting and Engineering preferred
Preferred Qualifications...
- Financial commercial experience desirable
- Knowledge of financial software packages SAP, Power Platform (Power BI, Query, etc.)
II. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Please explain in specific detail the main responsibilities of this position. Explain not only what is done, by why it is done (and/or for whom). Also include examples and note tools or equipment used to accomplish the duty.
% time spent
- Prepare and participate in monthly, quarterly, and annual forecast process for DC Entertainment, including P&L analysis and reporting. Demonstrate and maintain high standards of accountability and financial management to deliver superior quality financial information on timely basis to business FP&A.40%
- Reconcile actuals vs prior forecast/budget/prior year and provide variance explanations.
- Conduct Profitability analysis as needed. Support new releases greenlight process
- Participate in assigned DC Publishing, Media & Merch meetings such as, but not limited to: Monthly Close / JEs / Forecast / Quarterly Business Revenue / Budget.35%
- Support development of systems, tools, and processes to facilitate efficient and accurate forecasting and analysis.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives (automation, process streamlining). Collaborate across boundaries and share best practices with other FP&A teams.
- Participate in meetings with finance business partners to understand forecast drivers and present prepared forecast and analysis data. 25%
III. DIMENSIONS
Where applicable, provide information about the size of the organization managed, operating budget, revenue accountability, or other quantitative data pertinent to this position
QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION
DC Entertainment EBITDA
~US $30M/Year
DC Publishing Revenue
~US $125M/Year
How We Get Things Done...
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Championing Inclusion at WBD
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