Senior Manager, Finance

Company Description

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.

Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

Job Description

NBCUniversal is looking for a Senior Manager of Finance for our Production Services team in Universal City, CA.  This role is an integral part of the Studio Operations finance organization and will play a major role in the development and management of financial planning and forecasting for the Production Services operations.  The Senior Manager of Finance will ensure that the appropriate methods are in place to track volume, profit and other key metrics that are critical to running the operations, making informed, time-sensitive decisions, and influencing smart business decisions from a financial perspective while building collaborative working partnerships with a strong emphasis on client support and solution focus.

What You’ll Do:

• Financial support of all assigned profit-generating business lines; compiling and reviewing the annual operating budgets, quarterly forecasts and monthly projections. This includes advising department leaders on budget guidelines and overseeing the budget/forecast preparation process to ensure timeliness, completeness and accuracy
• Maintaining financial performance by developing operating and financial metrics, analyzing results and trends, and providing recommendations to improve overall efficiencies
• Overseeing the monthly close process. Preparing journal entries and monthly financial reports ensuring their completeness, accuracy and timeliness and compiling and analyzing results to present statements to senior management
• Overseeing capital request/disposal processes and reviewing fixed asset register for accuracy and completeness
• Performing standard and ad hoc analyses and presentations that provides insightful views into the operations and financial performance of Production Services businesses, including finding, evaluating and reporting on potential savings initiatives and risks and opportunities to the organization’s financial goals and commitments

Qualifications

Let’s Talk About You…

• Leadership – You are a proven leader who works through challenges, leads through change and introduces new and better ways of delivering results.
• Teamwork – You collaborate and look for new opportunities to learn new skills while sharing your knowledge and experiences with others.
• Analytical – You are well-versed in financial statements and can readily spot variances that need further investigation.  You also have excellent financial modeling skills, creating, updating and enhancing models based on various inputs and deliverables. 
• Executer – You get things done! Using strong business acumen and superior organizational and project management skills, you prioritize and execute numerous complex projects in parallel.
• Communicates with Ease – You have a way with words and can navigate complex situations and personalities. You can facilitate technical discussions with other finance and accounting professionals and influence at all organizational levels.

What You Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
• 6+ years of relevant experience, including revenue/profit management, preferably in a finance and/or accounting role
• Strong computer sk