Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role...

As the Resource Planning Senior FP&A Manager, you manage one of Resource Planning FP&A CoE teams responsible for planning, reporting and analysis of global personnel related costs for annual $5Bn+ cost spend and  40 000 employees in 50+ locations.

Your main responsibility is to ensure proactive and timely high quality forecasting, reporting and analysis in the cost of organization domain that supports the business partners in decision making. You will manage a team FP&A analysts and you ensure deep knowledge and competencies are developed within the team. You will deploy world class end to end financial processes within the compensation and benefits domain and ensure alignment with other functions and business partners.

Your Role Accountabilities…

Lead, coach and develop team of analysts who support cost of organization planning, reporting and analytics

Ensure deep knowledge within the team related to cost of personnel domain (knowledge transfer, documentation)

Design and maintain personnel cost KPIs and benchmarking analysis which can be reviewed on regular basis by business

Implement and maintain standard FP&A processes within managed personnel cost domain and ensure effectiveness and efficiency of these processes

Provide high quality financial information and insights to business partners and finance leadership related to managed cost of organization

Work proactively together with the Business Partners on special projects in the area of personnel costs (system implementations, standard process design, development of required reporting)

Supporting the month end close process from an FP&A perspective with vari+B24ance analysis focusing on personnel cost

Performing detailed reviews of headcount and staff costs with HR partners and business

Summarizing key findings to support discussions and decision making with the business

Monitor actuals utilization vs budget/prior year and provide required commentary on key variances

Coordinate planning and forecasting of personnel cost of P&L (process governance and execution)

Support with productivity analysis, reports and control

Advise and drive developments in systems (e.g. EPM/visualization self service dashboards) to provide more accurate and timely reporting

Qualifications & Experience…

5+ years of working experience in FP&A Finance function

CIMA/ACCA qualified or edcution in progress desired

Experience in managing teams of 5+ employees

Working experience with financial control, management reporting and business analyses, preferably within an international environment

Strong stakeholder management and relationship building skills

Intellectual capacity to digest complex information, see trends and analysis through data and to translate this into concrete actions

Project management, change management and process improvement experience

Experiance in working with EPM solutions for planning and reporting (ie. SAP BPC, Hyperion, Anaplan, Adaptive)

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Strong team player

Business driven attitude and a sparring partner for management

Excellent analytical skills

Pro-active and hands-on

High drive and energy level

Fluent in English

What's in it for you...

Contract of employment

Hybrid work model, flexible working hours

Free access to Max

Benefit package: private medical health care, life insurance, MyBenefit cafeteria including sport card, social funds, retirement pension plans, recognition platform, employee referral program

Work-life balance initiatives: wellbeing platform, yoga, massages, educational webinars, Employee Assistance Program, internal media initiatives

training & development: sharing the cost of English lessons, Employee Resource Groups, Bridge learning platform, sharing sessions with experts, periodic movie shows in the office cinema room

CSR activities: volunteering, eco & social initiatives

Casual dress code

Parking space available for booking

#LI-Hybrid

Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

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