Manager, FP&A

This role manages and executes the daily activities supporting the FP&A functions of Skydance's financial activities, including the preparation and presentation of accurate, timely and relevant financial reporting, planning and analysis. It serves as a business advisor, preparing forecasts, budgets, long-range plans and financial or business analyses that demonstrate underlying key business drivers and their ultimate impact on US Networks. The position involves reviewing financial reports, tracking initiatives and identifying major risks and opportunities across monthly projections, annual budgeting and the long-range plan, and supporting the financial greenlight process.

• Review contract approvals including commissions, development, and talent agreements.
• Prepare forecasts, budgets, long-range plans and financial or business analyses that demonstrate underlying key business drivers and their impact on US Networks.
• Review financial reports, track initiatives, and identify major risks and opportunities of monthly projections, annual budgeting and the long-range plan, and support the financial greenlight process.
• Develop innovative analyses to measure financial and operational performance, leveraging existing tools and implementing new ones to produce timely, value-added and pertinent information for management decision making.
• Manage financial analyses related to strategic business plans and other ad hoc initiatives through the development of detailed financial and operating models, reviewing and summarising outcomes to ensure issues are addressed and business matters are communicated on a timely basis.
• Partner with US finance LST for metrics reviews and ad hoc requests.
• Manage multiple strategic and financial ad hoc requests delivered within a short window of time.
• Routinely perform analytical reviews of monthly deliverables to identify potential risks and opportunities and business trends, including monthly variance analyses.
• Facilitate the financial and management reporting function by reviewing and summarising information from the analysis of complex reports produced on a daily, weekly and/or monthly basis using various applications such as Excel, PowerBI and CXO, ensuring accuracy and no errors.
• Assist in the design and implementation of analytical models for monthly forecasting and actual results review incorporating Warner Brothers International activities.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum 6 years of finance experience.
• Advanced analytical skills and strong technical accounting skills, supported by proficiency in all MS Office applications and advanced use of PowerBI, Excel, S4 Hana and Oracle EPM applications.
• Strong written, oral and presentation skills, with the confidence to interact effectively at all levels of an organisation and with a high degree of professionalism.
• Solid understanding of technical accounting matters and finance processes.
• Extremely organised, with the ability to effectively manage multiple, time-sensitive projects and competing priorities.
• Good problem resolution skills, strong organisational skills and a marked collaborative approach.
• Results oriented, with an ability to set clear goals and priorities and deliver timely, high-quality services.
• Advanced conversational English.

• Master's degree is a plus.
• Background in media and content preferred.
• Solid understanding of television and production business preferred.