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Finance Manager
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
New York, NY, United States
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Endeavor is seeking a Finance Manager for our Original Content & US Production divisions. Our Original Content & US Production divisions partner with clients including the NCAA, NHL, New York City Marathon, World’s Strongest Man, as well as lead productions and original programming for Netflix and Amazon
This position will be responsible for management accounting, commercial accounting, as well as the financial planning, reporting, and analysis for our Original Content & US Production properties. This position is based in our New York, NY office and will report to our SVP, Finance - Global Partnerships.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Management Accounting
• Responsible for full P&L for Original Content & US Production divisions including period end accounting closes for all production properties (clients/productions include NCAA, NHL, New York City Marathon, World’s Strongest Man plus original programming for Netflix/Amazon etc).
• Responsible for monitoring and flagging discrepancies for all SG&A costs in costs centers.
• Variance analysis of actual results against forecast
Commercial Accounting
• Liaison with group accounts payable function to ensure all company payments are made on a timely basis
• Compliance with obligations under client and customer contracts
Financial Planning, Reporting & Analysis:
• Preparation of forecasts for US Production profit center including 50+ productions and all SG&A costs on a 3 year rolling basis. This involves liaising with Commercial, Production, Legal and Finance colleagues to ensure all relevant information is collected.
• Periodic cash-flow forecasting for production properties
Other
• Be the Finance point-person and business partner for the Original Content & US Production teams across all levels from SVP to Production Assistant
• Support investment appraisal for new opportunities and advise on the viability of new opportunities
• Joint line management of Accounting Manager
• You may also be required to carry out any other duties which are within the scope and purpose of the job
• Present at quarterly corporate Financial Statement review meetings
• Experience of financial planning and analysis work
QUALIFICATIONS
• Good knowledge of US GAAP
• Confident and willingness to challenge senior commercial stakeholders
• Flexible team player with the ability to work with commercial staff across the organization
• Must be able to work on own initiative to identify and resolve problems
• Strong understanding of revenue recognition
• Hands on experience of working within the TV production industry
• Experience of working in a worldwide group
• Experience in using SAP accounting system
• Experience of financial planning and analysis work
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