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Manager, Finance Cash FP&A
NBC Universal
Universal City, CA, United States
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About Us
NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBCUniversal’s policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Job Purpose
The Manager, Finance Cash FP&A for NBC Entertainment will manage the FP&A activities relating to cash flow for Television Production, including all cash flow related to producing TV Product for Universal Television. This role will work directly with Production, Development, Residuals, Participations, and Tax departments within NBCU as well as third parties for License fee collections and cost reporting for co-productions. This role will report to the VP, Finance FP&A of Universal Television.
Essential Responsibilities
Manage Weekly cash reporting for all areas of the studio from License fee collections, production, parts and residuals spend.
Manage reporting of cash flow for multi-year strategic and annual operating plans, quarterly closes and re-forecasts throughout the calendar year for Television Production including spend for production, development, participations, residuals as well as original license fee and tax credit collections.
Implementation of process improvement initiatives around roll up weekly, monthly, and annual budget process for accuracy, efficiency, and to allow for more transparency to leadership
Liaise with Physical Production to ensure accurate and timely reporting of production costs and volume within the Studio FP&A Ultimates models.
Manage production cost and tax credit ultimates.
Work with Production Executives and Production Controllers on weekly cost estimates for existing series and new series recently greenlighted.
Oversight of data warehouse and other Production Finance technology initiatives in collaboration with the IT group.
Oversee weekly cash flow reporting to NBCU Treasury.
Responsible for the creation of all planning and forecasting presentations to corporate executives and for developing and creating internal management metrics.
Identify cash initiatives strategies both short term and long term. Proactively identify and surface financial issues and opportunities.
Qualifications/Requirements
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field
Minimum 3-5 years relevant work experience, including forecasting and budgeting experience
Eligibility Requirements
Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV online to be considered
Willingness to work long hours and on weekends with short notice
Must be willing to work in Universal City, CA
Must have work authorization to work in the United States
Must be covered by Solutions, NBCU’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
Desired Characteristics
Excellent technical and analytical skills
Previous work experience in a Television or Media company
Experience with ERP systems such as SAP
Experience in developing and reporting business performance metrics
Advanced Excel skills
Advanced PowerPoint skills, including ability to "tell a story" using PowerPoint
Experience working with globally outsourced finance teams, and ability to work across global boundaries, including language and time zone complications
Possess the confidence, presence, and communication skills to interact and present to senior management and high level executives
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong organizational skills
Ability to deliver on multiple assignments, meet tight deadlines, and be effective and decisive under pressure
Adaptability and flexibility to work well in a fast-paced, results-oriented and rapidly changing environment
Team player with interpersonal ability to work with others and collaborate to achieve goals
Able to build strong working partnerships along with the ability to listen, understand and influence
Ability to lead and manage direct and indirect staff
Controllership mindset