Sr Manager, FP&A Emerging Business - Kids & Family
ViacomCBS
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ViacomCBS (NASDAQ: VIAC; VIACA) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic consumer brands, its portfolio includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount , Pluto TV and Simon & Schuster, among others. The company delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, ViacomCBS provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions for partners on five continents.
What we're looking for: A forward-thinking individual who is enthusiastic to learn all aspects of Kids & Family Emerging Lines of Business! The ideal candidate will have a desire to learn and execute on financial planning, business insights and reporting of K&F Emerging Businesses, as well as show willingness to support the crafting of new solutions for these developing businesses!
Role description:
The Kids and Family Sr. Manager, FP&A, Emerging Business is a key member of the Kids and Family Finance team and will be responsible for all aspects of financial planning and analysis for K&F Digital Studios, Live Events, Touring and Recreation. The role will be responsible for assisting with the consolidation, reporting and analysis of the P&L and Free Cash Flow for these businesses.
The Sr. Manager will work directly with the Sr. Director FP&A Emerging to create, maintain and distribute performance metric and analytics to support Kids & Family Emerging Business leads to make informed business decisions with the aim of returning Recreation businesses to Pre-COVID levels and driving profitability and growth of the Digital Studio.
The Sr. Manager, FP&A, Emerging Businesses will also produce ongoing cause of change analyses to support P&L variances on annual forecasts vs. Prior Forecast, Budget and Prior Year, as well as, quarterly earnings outlooks vs. quarterly forecasts.
The Sr. Manager, FP&A will work closely with the VCBS Controller team and Ancillary COE team to ensure all transactions within the Emerging Lines of Business are recorded accurately in monthly accounting closes. This role will also partner with the Digital Advertising groups (revenue and associated traffic acquisition costs) to support Viacom/K&F Digital Studios growth.
Specific responsibilities:
As a key member of ViacomCBS FP&A team, the K&F Sr. Manager, FP&A Emerging Businesses will play a significant role in the ongoing management of Kids & Family Emerging business operations through consolidation, reporting and analytics on the Kids & Family operating results.
Specific responsibilities include:
• Meet with K&F Emerging Business leads to gather the necessary financial inputs for accurate and timely preparation of the Emerging Business P&L forecasts covering Touring, Live Events, Recreation and Digital Studios.
• Produce cause of change narratives on all key Revenue and Expense components for each annual forecast vs. Prior Forecast, Budget and Prior Year.
• Partner with Sr. Director, FP&A Emerging Businesses to generate analysis to help support the overall Kids & Family growth strategy across the Emerging lines of businesses:
• Build and update metrics and analytics for business decision support as requested by K&F Business Development team or Emerging Business team leads
• Crafting Long Range Plans with eye toward business growth and ROI
• Ad hoc modeling to support business decisions on emerging business initiatives, as they may arise
• Partner with Sr. Director, FP&A Emerging Business to build an interim and quarterly OI outlook process to monitor and communicate updates on projected quarterly results versus actual quarterly results for all K&F Emerging Lines of Business.
• Maintain Longview planning units (profit centers, cost centers, project codes) to ensure the most efficient reporting from the financial system. Embrace change and tailor reporting for any go forward changes to the VCBS financial planning system.
• Ensure reporting and all FP&A outputs are produced accurately and aligns with the deadlines established by ViacomCBS Corporate Finance.
Basic Qualifications:
• 6 years combined experience. Experience in media organization, consulting firm, or accounting firm a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
Additional Qualifications:
• MBA/CPA a plus
• Highly analytical, with a focus on data-based decision making
• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint to allow for efficient synthesis of large data sets
• Experience with SAP and Longview is a plus.
• General interest in media industry, willing to draw on industry news/best practices
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail with the ability to balance between micro and macro
• Ability to solve problems and maximize efficiency
• Strong organizational skills – manage competing priorities and deadlines
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