Director, Consolidated Financial Reporting

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Your New Role

      Director focusing on the reporting and analysis of Consolidated Intercompany activity.  Consolidated Financial Reporting is responsible for the preparation of consolidated financial statements and related footnote disclosures for inclusion in the Warner Bros. Discovery quarterly and annual SEC filings ensuring results are in compliance with U.S. GAAP and SEC regulations.  Works with the Controllership groups to ensure adequate explanation of submitted results, communicate reporting requirements to internal partners and to obtain alignment on process efficiencies.

Your Role Accountabilities

Team Management

• Manages team of two: Manager and Sr. Analyst; including determination of work allocation, setting deadlines, review of deliverables and employee development

Intercompany           

• Manages monthly review of Consolidated Warner Bros. Discovery Intercompany receivables/payables, including distribution of outage report, question unusual activity, investigate large variances and resolution follow-up on previously identified issues

• Work in multiple GL systems to report results, including researching and reconciliation of data in various legacy systems

• Responsible for understanding and clearing Content Intercompany variances to the appropriate balance sheet account

• Establish companywide processes for the recording and reporting of Intercompany activity in multiple systems, including future ledger (SAP S4) and current legacy ledgers (SAP/PeopleSoft/Oracle)

• Documentation and education of Intercompany processes across all accounting teams
• Evaluate and provide guidance on new or unusual Intercompany activity, including treatment of timing differences between sister companies

• Oversight of all Trading Partner master data, including governance and approval of intercompany trading relationships in SAP S4

• Manage audit and SOX processes related to Intercompany, including preparing and submitting of data to various platforms

Legal Entity Accounting

• Provide oversight and guidance on various legal entity transactions

• Work closely with the Tax department on structure changes, dividends and any other legal entity projects
• Evaluate and provide guidance on required entries, accounts to be used, hierarchy structures in various GLs and any eliminations needed
• Review effect of transactions posted to ensure correct reporting

• Oversight of all Company Code master data, including governance and approval in all systems

• Monitor hCue for changes and follow up to ensure all changes are made in the applicable GL systems

Special Projects/Other

• Manage PeopleSoft specific oversight, primarily approvals of master data, opening of the GL

• Lead other key projects and initiatives impacting reporting; collaborate with internal/external customers, business partners and peers to drive efficiencies in processes and effectively meet deliverables, as required

• Provide assistance/support to other areas within Consolidated Financial Reporting as needed

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required
• CPA required
• 12+ years of experience in accounting and/or finance
• Previous experience managing people
• Experience with SAP/BW, PeopleSoft or other large ERP system
• Extensive experience with Excel, including complex formulas, pivot tables, vlookups, macros
• Variance analysis and reporting experience
• Knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Detail oriented self-starter with the ability to multi-task and prioritize to meet routine and non-routine deadlines
• High degree of motivation to deliver a quality product
• Initiative and willingness to take on additional responsibilities
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