​Your New Role… 

The DIRECTOR FPA – MUSIC ROYALTIES 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. This role is directly responsible, via the broader team, for ensuring the music royalties are accurately reflected in WBD financials and ultimately paid as per agreements. The broader team is also responsible for system updates/input/maintenance for the specific system used by the department.  

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 forecasts, review and provide commentary during stakeholder meetings and month end reporting. 

• Reconcile actuals vs prior forecast/budget/prior year and provide variance analysis to explain performance. 

• Develop and budget and long-range plans. 

• Evaluate financial impact of potential strategy decisions, including greenlight creation for Water Tower Music. 

• Manage Ad Hoc analysis and financial data requests as needed, generating insights. 

• Create monthly financial report for Water Tower Music and WB Music. 

• Lead the team in the successful closure of both internal and external audits. 

• 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 8 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.   

• Bachelor degree in Finance or Accounting required.  

Preferred Qualifications… 

• Solid understanding of entertainment business preferred (Theatrical / TV Distribution / Games/ Home Entertainment / Consumer Products and/or Global Themed Experiences Industry). 

• Strong Accounting knowledge preferred. 

• People management experience (at least 3 years).  

• Essbase, SAP, Tableau experience preferred.