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 FP&A OPEX Global Expertise and Reporting Manager, you will support OPEX CoE area which offers you a great opportunity to participate in the overall finance transformation roadmap setting standards for the financial.

Your main responsibilities are global reporting and analysis, standardization , governance and process improvements in the OPEX area. You will deploy world class end to end financial processes within the managed domain and ensure alignment with other FP&A teams and business partners.

Your Role Accountabilities…

• Supporting Data governance through hierarchy maintenance and clean-up of departments, accounts and projects

• Preparing and updating global spend decks for various stakeholders

• Building and maintaining database of WBD Opex contractual/non-contractual information,

• Providing analytics on spend efficiency (ie. Run-rates, committed-uncommitted costs)

• Driving standardization with COE OPEX organization (Budget holder trackers, processes and tools)

• Supporting the FP&A team in performing ad hoc tasks & analysis that require global data consolidation

• Summarizing key findings and providing performance insights through accurate, timely and relevant reporting to support discussions / decision making

• Maintaining and improving the processes supporting financial planning and analysis activities

• Supporting Global FP&A in monthly Forecast by collection of forecast data and KPIs

• Partner with Finance Executives to provide regular updates with analysis of their actual spend and budget utilization,

• Continuously improve reporting capabilities by working closely with Data&Analytics and IT teams

• Drive implementation of automated self-service reporting tools for finance teams and budget holders to reduce manual workload and ad-hoc requests,

• Collaborate with Accounting and Transactional Finance teams to improve financial processes related to managed OPEX area

• Raising queries to other FP&A teams to have full understanding of business drivers behind variances in Month-End-Close and Forecast ​

• Support system changes in the regions

• Supervising the team of analysts, ensuring all deliverables are prepared on time with best quality ​

• Managing the team’s growth and development

Qualifications & Experience…

• 5+ years relevant experience

• Project management, change management and process improvement experience

• Excellent analytical skills – high attention to details and financials reconciliation

• Strong IT affinity to drive required digital agenda in FP&A

• Very strong technical skills: MS Excel skills (incl. Power Pivot, Power Query, VBA), SQL knowledge, Sharepoint, programming

• Visualization tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, Qlick View) knowledge & experience

• Strong oral and written English communication skills

• Working experience with financial control, management reporting and business analyses, preferably within an international environment

• Experience in managing team (recruitment, coaching, competencies development)

• Fluent in English

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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 and you require adjustments or accommodations to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please contact us at [email protected].