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Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s 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 what’s next…

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.

Your new role...

As the FP&A Manager, you manage one of the domains within the CoE which offers you a great opportunity to participate in the overall finance transformation roadmap setting standards for the FP&A processes related to ad sales revenue management.

Your main responsibility is to ensure proactive and timely high-quality forecasting, reporting and analysis in the ad sales revenue domain. You will manage a team of analysts, and you ensure deep knowledge and competencies are developed within the team to provide business stakeholders with required information to make educated decisions.

Key responsibilities:

1. Driving Commercial Insights and Analysis

Lead commercial analyses on ad sales questions across managed markets, to improve understanding, identify opportunities and feed into broader strategic questionsResponsible for development of standard SMT reporting with pacing and ad sales KPIs to highlight important trends, events or unusual based on internal and external revenue drivers that require SMT attentionGenerate insights on current ad sales questions, opportunities and challengesManage ad hoc strategic and commercial financial requests i.e. preparing business plans, financial models and scenario analysis for situations including potential new channel launches or ceases, M&AResearch and analyze market, client and buying trends that shape the external media marketplace and understand their relevance to Discovery

2. Providing core FP&A cycle activities local teams

Support month end close activities related to accruals/deferrals of ad sales revenue and related costs and validation of actual results in the systemProvide variance analysis to explain actual and forecasted performance of managed markets/regions vs prior year/plan/prior forecastSupport forecasts/budgets development for managed markets by working with commercial team to review and validate their bottom’s up, providing assessment and recommendations of revenue drivers to local finance directors

3. Develop team of FP&A analysts supporting managed ad sales area

Lead and coach group analysts to provide high quality support to their stakeholdersUnderstand team development plans and work with them to address their gaps by experience, networking, training activities

4. Ad hoc Operational and Commercial Projects

Drive simplification projects to improve efficiency in working in FP&A ad sales area (ie. forecast modelling automation with machine learning, creation of global ad sales Datawarehouse reporting)Assist the business partners, central and regional teams with ad sales related projectsCollaborate across boundaries, share best practice working with different teamsGain comprehensive understanding of different ad markets in each regionEstablish helpful productive relationships with key contacts in HQ and across the regions to encourage the flow of information and share knowledge

Requirements

5+ years' experience in Finance function in FP&A department preferably in commercial areaExcellent English verbal and written communication skillsCIMA / ACCA / CPA certification would be preferredKnowledge of media industry dynamics and key metrics impacting revenue would be an assetBe able to meet stringent deadlines and work under pressure while showing excellent attention to detailStrong presentation and communication skills, with proven record of effectively presenting to both senior internal and external stakeholdersStrong analytical and numerical skills, with proven ability to distil complex findings into a ‘story’ with actionable findings to support commercial decision makingAdvanced Excel skillsExperience in using EPM solution such as SAP BPC, Hyperion, Cognos, OneStreamStrong problem-solving skills

How We Get Things Done…

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.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

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.

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