FP&A Manager Commercial

Job Description

WarnerMedia showcases some of the most iconic and cherished entertainment, news and sports brands in the world, but we are much more than that. WarnerMedia is truly where art meets science. Our combination of cutting-edge technology and an unrivaled commitment to groundbreaking storytelling builds a sense of community and meaningful connection that is shaping the future of media. We create rewarding opportunities across our entire family of brands, while championing a spirit of inclusion, innovation, self-development and support. Join WarnerMedia as we think big, live true and make the stories that move the world.

Warner Bros. Discovery is a premier global media and entertainment company that offers audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and gaming. The new company combines WarnerMedia's premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.

Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment 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.

The job:

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

Responsibilities:

1. Driving Commercial Insights and Analysis
• Lead commercial analyses on commercial questions across managed markets, to improve understanding, identify opportunities and feed into broader strategic questions
• Responsible for the r development of standard SMT reporting with pacing and commercial KPIs to highlight important trends, and events unusually based on internal and external revenue drivers that require SMT attention
• Generate insights on current commercial questions, opportunities, and challenges
• Manage 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&A
• Research and analyze market, client, and buying trends that shape the external media marketplace and understand their relevance vs our company

2. Providing core FP&A cycle activities s local teams
• Support month-ended close activities related to accruals/deferrals of revenue and related costs and validation of actual results in the system
• Provide variance analysis to explain n actual and forecasted performance of managed markets/regions vs prior year/plan/prior forecast
• Develop forecasts/budgets 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 p team of FP&A analysts supporting managed commercial area
• Lead and coach group analysts to provide high-quality support to their stakeholders
• Understand team development plans and work with them to address their gap through experience, networking, and training activities.

4. Ad hoc Operational and Commercial Projects
• Drive simplification projects to improve efficiency in working in FP&A commercial area (ie. Forecast modeling automation with machine learning, creation of global ad sale data warehouses reporting)
• Assist the business partners and central and regional teams with commercial related projects
• Collaborate across boundaries, share best practices working with different teams
• Gaia n comprehensive understanding of different markets in each region
• Establish helpful productive relationships with key contacts in HQ and across the regions to encourage the flow of information and share knowledge

Requirements:
• Experience in the Finance function in the FP&A department preferably in commercial areas
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
• CIMA / ACCA / CPA certification would be preferred
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience in using EP solutions such as SAP BPC, Hyperion, Cognos, OneStream
• Knowledge of media industry dynamics and key metrics impacting revenue would be an asset
• Be able to meet stringent deadlines and work under pressure while showing excellent attention to detail
• Strong presentation and communication skills, with h proven record of effectively presenting to both senior internal and external stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, with proven ability to complex findings into a 'story' with actionable findings to support commercial decision making

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rb5bwy-52-15-63-145-42 in your application.