Content Accounting Manager - SAP S/4HANA

Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here.

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role

This position plays an integral role managing and supporting Warner Bros. Discovery ERP master data profiling and cleansing initiative.  The holder will perform master data management roles within the scope of the SAP S/4 Transformation project as it relates to the Networks and DTC content accounting process areas and serve as a key contact supporting business data owners, IT, and finance functional workstreams.

The position will demand an ability to effectively collaborate as part of a focused project team, focusing on profiling and cleansing data between systems, with the aim of assuring data quality within the ERP systems and integrated systems sharing master data. This role will also work closely with existing accounting process owners to analyze, design and change existing processes, as needed, in order to align with the new future state process structures within the S4 Hana landscape. Strong planning, project management and problem-solving skills are critical, as well as sound analytical, communication, and time management skills. 

The successful holder of this position will have a broad understanding and experience of all aspects of master data management and services.

Your Role Accountabilities

• You will require significant experience analyzing data, looking for basic patterns and performing business-rule data validation, then producing operational reports on this data. Review current-state accounting processes with BAU process owners and design and implement any needed changes to processes required in the future state ERP structure.

• Responsible for helping the data team and Workstream Leads identify Data Profiling, Cleansing, Consolidation and Conversion rules

• Work closely with the Project System and Fixed Asset (content focused) subledger workstream leads to complete data reconciliations and validations during Mock Cut-overs, UAT and Production Cut-over for ERP transformations

• Coordinate with Workstream Leads to execute data migrations and data quality efforts focused on completeness, standardization, and deduplication

• Perform cleansing at source systems – where manual updates are required

• Liaison between business team and data conversion team

• Update data team on any possible migration issues

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience with Oracle, SAP, and/or PeopleSoft data governance, management, and business intelligence solutions
• 5+ years of progressive experience working within accounting subledger and GL systems
• Proven project management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from an accredited university
• CPA preferred

• Media based content accounting experience a strong plus
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with clear attention to detail
• Excel-based analytics (pivot tables, connecting to power bi and/or cubes)
• Fast learner, able to master new concepts, theories, ideas, and processes with ease
• Ability to prioritize and work under tight deadlines
• Flexible to shift to higher working hour demands as needed based on project demands
• Ability and willingness to get into the detail of the data quality
• Aptitude and attitude to assume end to end ownership of a data domain inclusive of data governance, process, controls, conversions and integrations
• Work effectively as part of a team, focusing on cleansing data between systems, with aim of assuring data quality within the ERP systems and integrated systems sharing master data
• Excellent English communication (both oral and written) and reading comprehension skills
• Sound knowledge of SAP, as well as SAP Project Systems and Fixed Asset subledger
• Master Data Governance business processes knowledge, will be a value add

• Ability to travel domestically based on project need
• Legal right to work in the US

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