Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery... the stuff dreams are made of.
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 Senior FP&A Analyst, you will support the WBD line of business domain within WBD FP&A and Data Analytics Center of Excellence (COE). This role will be participating in development and implementation of the strategies to simplify and harmonize financial planning and reporting processes, and to drive best practices in this space. You will support the coordination of the multiple recurring processes across the teams and run ad hoc projects aimed at improving the efficiency of FP&A work in WBD. Your main responsibility will be the control role over the financial cycle and the numbers in WBD, data consistency, management hierarchies, calendar alignment and process execution. It will require excellent understanding of the metadata structure.
This position will be always working on the Global WBD dataset.
Your Role Accountabilities...
- Continuous development and maintenance of WBD Group reporting with multiple layers,
- Design and implementation of the standardized segment & functional reporting across the teams,
- Subject matter expert on the FP&A systems landscape,
- Global cost center hierarchy governance and maintenance,
- Support to multiple SOX controls and data validations,
- Maintenance and regular monitoring of the correct usage of the reporting dimensions across the company segments,
- Work with Finance systems and IT department to ensure and maintain financial system readiness for financial planning and management reporting processes,
- Ad hoc reporting around projects as well various requests coming from Group FP&A as well COE leadership,
- Develop standard executive presentations and meeting materials for CFO to CEO, as well as other key stakeholders,
- Deliver communications on company-wide best practices that will create efficiencies for both COE members and business finance.
Qualifications & Experience...
- 5+ years' of demonstrated experience in a large corporate, or relevant experience in investment banking position in finance function with focus on the consolidation activities,
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills,
- Progressive experience and deep understanding of the business from reporting and finance perspective,
- Working experience with financial control, management reporting and business analyses, preferably within a global environment in multinational organization
- Intellectual capacity to digest complex information, see trends and analysis through data and to translate this into concrete actions,
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders,
- Competent in preparing presentation quality documents and executive summaries.
- High emphasis on teamwork, collaboration, data analysis, and process innovation
- Long proven experience in using ERP systems as SAP / SAP Analytics and EPM solutions such as SAP BPC, Oracle EPM/SmartView
- Great Excel and PowerPoint, are essential, with practical knowledge about Power Pivot, Power Query, VBA, SQL
- Proactive and hands-on,
- Team player who embraces change,
- Organized, self-motivated to deliver a quality product, and comfortable working in a fast-changing environment with multiple stakeholders,
- Initiative and willingness to take on additional responsibilities
What's in it for you...
- Contract of employment
- Hybrid work model, flexible working hours
- Free access to Max
- Benefit package: private medical health care, life insurance, MyBenefit cafeteria including sport card, social funds, retirement pension plans, recognition platform, employee referral program
- Work-life balance initiatives: wellbeing platform, yoga, massages, educational webinars, Employee Assistance Program, internal media initiatives
- training & development: sharing the cost of English lessons, Employee Resource Groups, Bridge learning platform, sharing sessions with experts, periodic movie shows in the office cinema room
- CSR activities: volunteering, eco & social initiatives
- Casual dress code
- Parking space available for booking
#LI-Hybrid
Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.
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, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.
If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.
What We Do
Warner Bros. Discovery is a premier global media and entertainment company, offering audiences the world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. We're home to the world’s best storytellers, creating world-class products for consumers.
WBD is bringing together the scripted and the unscripted, the local and the global, the timely and the timeless. Taking the world’s greatest possibilities and making them a reality. Creating impact, inspiring imagination, and building connections. Here you can succeed, here you are supported, here you are celebrated.
Why Work With Us
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.
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