Senior Finance Manager, Corporate Close & Consolidation

$100,000 - $135,000/Yr

NBC - Central LA, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Central LA, CA

Broadcasting and Content Providers

About the position

The Senior Finance Manager, Corporate Close & Consolidation, plays a crucial role within NBCUniversal's Global Close & Consolidation team, focusing on managing the close and consolidation processes for various business units. This position requires strong relationship management skills and oversight of a Finance Analyst, ensuring effective collaboration with high-impact stakeholders. The role involves handling FX remeasurement and translation processes, providing financial expertise, and contributing to the development of a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Manage the company's FX remeasurement and translation processes
• Partner with business units to resolve FX issues and questions; lead business unit training
• Oversee the intracompany process (including master data and reconciliation)
• Manage the data submission and reconciliation process with Comcast
• Partner with the business and broader finance community to provide financial expertise on projects
• Participate in discussions related to functional design, system controls, and requirements from a finance/controllership perspective
• Help build a strong Close and Consolidation team that strives for high standards of performance and service delivery to the various Business Units
• Provide ad-hoc reporting and analysis (including for non-finance departments)
• Assist immediate team in LA and London as needed (e.g., close and consolidation procedures, ad hoc projects, etc.)
• Oversee the tasks performed by Senior Finance Analyst
• Intracompany AP / AR elimination
• Validations / checks run to ensure transactions are properly recorded in the ledger
• Derivative accounting ensuring compliance with ASC 815/820
• Performing reconciliations between NBCU and Comcast ledgers
• Manage the relationship with Accenture and ensure all outsourced accounting activities are performed as agreed
• Any other responsibilities as required

Requirements

• Advanced degree in finance or accounting (preferred ACA, ACCA, CIMA, US CPA qualified)
• 5+ years of professional working experience in finance and/or accounting within a large multinational organization
• Sound technical accounting experience, including comprehensive understanding of US GAAP, UK GAAP, IFRS etc.
• Excellent judgment and problem-solving skills to quickly resolve unique, complex and challenging issues
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Demonstrates ownership of responsibilities and dedication to quality
• Proficient user of financial accounting systems and highly competent in Excel; ideally SAP experience / SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office Excel (AOE) knowledge
• Demonstrate solid influential and communication skills across different disciplines and cultures
• Possess high level of personal and professional integrity
• Ability to work in a fast, dynamic environment and manage competing priorities and challenging stakeholders
• Experience of managing direct reports

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in working with outsourced finance partners would be a plus

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Variety of discounts and perks