Sr. Manager, Accounting & Reporting

Company Description

NBCUniversal owns and operates over 20 different businesses across 30 countries including a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks and a premium ad-supported streaming service.

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Universal Products & Experiences Overview:

Universal Products & Experiences (UP&E) globally drives the expansion and elevation of NBCUniversal’s iconic collection of brands, intellectual properties, characters, and stories based on the company’s extensive portfolio of properties created by Universal Pictures, Illumination, DreamWorks Animation and NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. The division executes this through innovative physical and digital products, engaging retail and product experiences across our expansive global theme park destinations (for both owned and 3rd party IP), location-based venues, e-commerce product platforms, and retailers around the world. Along with global brand strategy and creative, UP&E’s three lines of business include Consumer Products, Games and Digital Platforms, as well as Theme Parks Products & Retail. UP&E is a division of Universal Parks & Resorts, part of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. https://www.universalproductsexperiences.com/

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Job Description

Summary:

As a key member of the Universal Products & Experiences (UP&E) Controllership team, the Senior Manager, Accounting & Reporting will be responsible for accounting processes, controls, systems and reporting that ensures controllership objectives are met to world class standards across UP&E (Consumer Products, Digital Games, and Franchise Management). This position reports to the UP&E Controller and partners with Finance and Accounting across the US and multiple international territories. This role exists within a fast-paced environment having the opportunity for growth within the company.

Responsibilities include:

• Timely management of monthly and quarterly close responsibilities and financial reporting of UP&E, organize timelines & deliverables and manage overall financial statement review
• Oversee technical accounting areas including agent commission liabilities, fixed assets, lease accounting, international recharges and taxes
• Oversight and review of Name, Voice, Likeness reporting for licensed intellectual properties which requires working with Financial Contract Administration and Reporting Team
• Supervise and review the work of Senior Financial Analysts (2); provide coaching as appropriate
• Partner with offshore team to oversee tasks, and review work product; enhance and innovate with offshore team to standardize and centralize tasks
• Review and approve journal entries, and related support/analysis; prepare journal entries as needed
• Oversee preparation of the balance sheet review and supporting analytical schedules
• Review balance sheet account reconciliations, prepare account reconciliations as needed
• Support the accounts payable function, including management of approval matrix
• Support international accounting management from a controls, compliance, and reporting perspective
• Partner with Finance to ensure companywide financial goals and objectives are being met timely and efficiently
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