Director FP&A ,Streaming Tech

Your New Role… 

As FP&A Director Streaming Tech, you manage non-personnel Opex & Capex FP&A CoE team responsible for planning, reporting and analysis of global Streaming Technology and Product related operating and capital expenses. Streaming Technology supports development and maintenance of Direct-to-Consumer products as MAX and Discovery+ which are key growth contributors for WBD organization. 

Your main responsibility is to lead the team and ensure proactive and timely high-quality forecasting, reporting and analysis which enables finance and budget holders to make critical, strategic decisions which build strong foundation for WBD success. 

Your Role Accountabilities… 

• Manage and develop team of 8-10 people, 

• Manage transitions of activities from local finance into center of excellence FP&A structures,  

• Ensure deep knowledge withing the team related to streaming technology and product non personnel costs (e.g. Cloud, Content Delivery Network, Platform Engineering, Product &Design), 

• Lead allocation process of expenses between DTC and other segments of WBD organization (News, Networks, Studios) 

• Partner with VP Finance Streaming Tech on daily basis, 

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

• Build models and analytics related to Cloud and CDN variable spend, 

• Challenge the business to drive process efficiencies and cost reductions, 

• Implement and maintain standard FP&A processes within managed streaming tech cost domain and ensure effectiveness and efficiency of these processes (month end close, forecast, budget), 

• Provide high quality financial information and insights to business partners and finance leadership related to managed cost of organization (both opex and capex), 

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

• Supporting the month end close process from an FP&A perspective with variance analysis focusing on streaming tech and product non-personnel opex costs as well as capital. 

• 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. 

• Advise and drive developments in systems to provide more accurate and timely reporting, 

• Participate and lead transformation projects related to FP&A Streaming Tech and Product (e.g. ERP and EPM systems implementation and process re-design and stabilization)  

Qualifications & Experience… 

• 12+ years of relevant finance professional experience with minimum 5+ years in FP&A area,  

• Team management experience is a must, 

• Experience in Tech Finance environment is strongly appreciated and big plus (e.g. software house/tech company finance roles), 

• CIMA, ACCA qualification is a plus, 

• 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 

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

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills 

• Strong team leader 

• 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