Director, Record to Report

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

The Global Director of Record to Report (R2R) leads the centralized enterprise-wide R2R operations for Versant. Reporting to the SVP of Accounting Operations, this role is responsible for delivering efficient, timely, and compliant financial close, consolidation, reporting, and reconciliations. The Director will manage global operations, drive continuous improvement, and partner with the Global Process Owner (GPO), Controllership, Finance, and BPO teams to deliver on transformation initiatives, including Blackline automation.

Key Responsibilities

Service Delivery

• Lead end-to-end R2R operations including journal entries, intercompany, fixed assets, account reconciliations, close coordination, and reporting.
• Manage the relationship with BPO providers to ensure SLAs, KPIs, and compliance targets are achieved
• Ensure timely, accurate period-end close and reporting processes in partnership with Corporate Accounting and Consolidations teams.
• Oversee the rollout and adoption of enabling technologies including Blackline for reconciliations and automation.
• Drive standardization and operational excellence across global R2R processes through monitoring and managing metrics, dashboards, and driving continuous improvement.
• Own R2R master data quality governance in alignment with enterprise data strategy.

Continuous Improvements

• Provide recommendations to the Global R2R Global Process Owner (GPO) on process improvement and technology opportunities and operationalize on standardization initiatives.

Standards and Controls

• Maintain a robust Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)-compliant and transparent control environment across R2R operations
• Ensure execution of accounting policies, internal controls, and audit readiness across journal processing and reconciliations.
• Collaborate with Technical Accounting, Risk & Compliance, and Corporate Controllership to align process execution with policies and evolving standards.
• Govern and regularly update standard operating procedures (SOPs) and R2R playbooks across regions and teams.

Performance

• Monitor and improve the overall performance of enterprise wide R2R operations via KPIs and SLA monitoring, and foster the growth and health of relationships within the firm.
• Oversee a robust governance program for R2R which ensures transparency in service delivery performance, engages key stakeholders, and fosters a strong partnership with the BPO team.

People

• Lead a high performing R2R shared service team by providing guidance, motivation, development opportunities and coaching.
• Attract, retain and empower the best talent which can drive results and innovation.

Continually challenge and update the R2R organizational structure and staffing capabilities as appropriate for growth and changing business needs.  Including the optimization of resource allocation designed to both deliver business results and support the ongoing developmen