Senior Analyst FP&A, Theatrical Music Royalties
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Job Location:
Mexico City - Mexico
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are
When we say the stuff dreams are made of were not just referring to the world of wizards dragons and superheroes or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBDs 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 whats 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
The SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST THEATRICAL MUSIC ROYALTIES will be responsible for providing timely and accurate reporting payment support and analysis for Warner Bros. Discovery Studios in support of the music royalties work stream. You will develop deep competencies in this area providing business and finance stakeholders the required information for decision making.
Your Role Accountabilities
- Lead the payment processing for music royalty payments from set-up through to payment as well as resolving questions from both external and internal interested parties.
- Act as the primary point of contact related to audit requests for both internal audit as well as participant audits.
- Create and maintain a tracking system to ensure the ability to quickly determine the status of all payments due to participants.
- In coordination with department leadership develop weekly plans for priority/focus areas and present to other department members to ensure internal alignment.
- Set-up contracts in the Music Royalties system ensuring relevant data points are accurately captured.
- Participant in stakeholder/P2P/WaterTower Music meetings as well any others which are required to successfully complete assigned activities.
- 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 4 years experience in forecasting & 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- Solid understanding of entertainment business preferred (Theatrical/Consumer Products/Games/TV Content Licensing/Home Entertainment Industry).
- Strong Accounting knowledge preferred.
- Essbase SAP Tableau experience preferred.
II. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- This role has primary responsibility for accurate and timely payment of royalties stemming from Theatrical music soundtracks. The role manages end to end processes beginning with loading the contract in the system setting vendor up in the system ensuring payment resolving questions from any stakeholder and ultimately providing support for both internal and external audit requests.
- This role on a periodic basis is responsible for interacting with other departments in the Finance function to ensure results of the activities are accurately reflected in WBD financial statements for both income statement and balance sheet presentation purposes.
- 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 FILM PRODUCTION AND MUSIC ROYALTIES FP&A Finance and Business Stakeholders.
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 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 a wide array of perspectives backgrounds and experiences. 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.If youre 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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Time Management
- Classroom Management
- Algebra
- Behavior Management
- Classroom Experience
- Lesson Planning
- Smartsheet
- Special Needs
- Teaching
- Experience with Children
- Dancing
About Company
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