Warner Bros. Discovery Hiring for Mgr Financial Analysis – Theatrical at Madhapur, India Full Time

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Who We Are…

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I. JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION
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• Your New Role…
The Manager – Theatrical FPA 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…
• Ensure the ongoing development of team members including professional and people skills, knowledge of the business, and team engagement.
• Prepare preliminary forecasts for studio meetings and month end reporting.
• 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.
• Strong Accounting knowledge preferred.
• People management experience (at least 2 years).
• Essbase, SAP, Tableau experience preferred.
• Role based in Hyderabad, India; APAC market experience is a plus.

II. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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• Participate in monthly, quarterly and annual forecast process for the Theatrical 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 Theatrical FP&A.

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• Reconcile actuals vs prior forecast/budget/prior year and provide variance explanations. Conduct Ad Hoc analysis as needed. Participate in assigned Theatrical 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.

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• 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 Theatrical FP&A Finance and Business Stakeholders.
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III. DIMENSIONS
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IV. DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY
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How We Get Things Done…

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The Legal Bits…

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 need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.