Manager, Finance - Olympics Production and NBC Sports Talent

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Job Description

The Finance Manager will be responsible for financial management of key areas of NBC’s production of the Olympic Games as well as Sports & Olympics on air talent.  The manager will be an integral partner with Olympics Production and Operations team in the budgeting, reporting, analysis, payment and controllership of their budgets. They will become an expert in all matters regarding SCORE reporting of position metrics, spend, cost trends and variance analysis of games time travel and pay.  The Finance Manager will be responsible for financial management of On-Air Talent regarding payroll and reporting. They will partner closely with the Production Finance team to ensure talent costs are communicated and aligned with NBC Sports’ programming budgets.

Responsibilities:

• Olympics Production
  • Collaborate with Production and Operations team to build financial plan
  • Assist with financial roll ups by identifying risk and opportunities, reporting variances, meeting cost targets and pacing foreign cash spend
  • Review and approve Pcard purchases
  • Deliver on FP&A and Controllership requirements – monthly closing, pacing, estimates and assigned responsibilities
• SCORE
  • Lead on reporting and variance analysis on all Olympics games time travel and pay in SCORE
  • Assist with approving games time payment including talent
  • Participate in building Olympics event module for each game for financial and production planning
• Talent
  • Management of On-Air Talent payroll including the calculation and reporting of union earnings, contributions and upgrades
  • Maintenance of talent database to ensure contract administration details are current
  • Partner closely with Production finance team to communicate cost and changes for budget tracking
  • Prepare the AFTRA and DGA audit requests from Payroll and Labor relations
  • Implement process improvements to streamline and enhance current workflow

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or related field
• 5+ years of finance, accounting, or business analysis experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and SAP
• Strong technical aptitude, communications and interpersonal skills
• Must be highly organized and process/detail-oriented
• Strong analytical, communications and strategic thinking skills. Ability to analyze current processes, define and implement improvements
• Strong time-management skills with ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Strong understanding of and commitment to controllership principles
• Background in accounting and close cycles

Application Information:

• Willingness to work overtime
• Must be willing to work in Stamford, CT
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• Must be 18 years or older
• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week

Additional Information

NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national