Manager, Accounting & Reporting

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Universal Products & Experiences Overview:

Universal Products & Experiences (UP&E) globally drives the expansion and elevation of NBCUniversal’s iconic collection of brands, intellectual properties, characters, and stories based on the company’s extensive portfolio of properties created by Universal Pictures, Illumination, DreamWorks Animation and NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. The division executes this through innovative physical and digital products, engaging retail and product experiences across our expansive global theme park destinations (for both owned and 3rd party IP), location-based venues, e-commerce product platforms, and retailers around the world. Along with global brand strategy and creative, UP&E’s three lines of business include Consumer Products, Games and Digital Platforms, as well as Theme Parks Products & Retail. UP&E is a division of Universal Destinations & Experiences, part of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. https://www.universalproductsexperiences.com/

Universal Products & Experiences is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce of the highest caliber. We are committed to fostering equitable and inclusive environments that honor the experiences, perspectives, and uniqueness of each colleague.

It is the policy of NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal's affiliated businesses to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Controllership

As a key leader within the Universal Products & Experiences (UP&E) Controllership team, the Manager, Accounting & Reporting will be responsible for leading the accounting processes, controls, systems and reporting that ensures controllership objectives are met to world class standards across UP&E (Consumer Products, Digital Games, and Franchise Management). This position reports to the UP&E Assistant Controller and partners with Finance and Accounting across the US and multiple international territories. This role exists within a fast-paced environment having the opportunity for growth within Universal Destinations & Experiences (UDX) and NBCUniversal (NBCU).

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

Salary range: $90,000 - $125,000 (bonus eligible)

Job Responsibilities:

• Execute and manage the monthly and quarterly close responsibilities and financial reporting for UP&E revenue and related accounts (i.e., accounts receivable, and deferred revenue), organize timelines & deliverables and manage overall financial statement account review 
• Review and approve journal entries, and related support/analysis; prepare journal entries as needed
• Provide technical accounting support (research US GAAP and document accounting conclusions) for revenue recognition, bad debt reserve, franchise allocation, etc.
• Identify subsystem enhancements to the Revenue / Royalty subsystem and partner with IT to request and implement these enhancements
• Partner with Legal and Category on contract review and analysis.  Provide commentary to stakeholders on accounting implications of deal terms.
• Partner with FP&A to ensure transparency and accuracy in the quarterly earned royalty accrual process by providing value-add analysis and insight to reconcile forecast to actuals
• Provide auditors with relevant underlying support related to audits of revenue and related accounts
• Directly lead, mentor, and develop one Senior Financial Analyst and indirectly manage an offshore team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.  Provide guidance on best practices and foster a culture of accountability and excellence within the accounting team.
• Partner with offshore team to oversee tasks, and review work product; enhance and innovate with offshore team to standardize and centralize tasks
• Key Leader in the preparation of the balance sheet review and supporting analytical schedules, lead read-out of Revenue results to UP&E CFO, UP&E Controller, Universal Destinations & Experiences Controller, and NBCU Corporate Financial Reporting
• Review balance sheet account reconciliations and ensure that they are prepared in accordance with the high-quality standards of the NBCU Account Reconciliation Policy, prepare account reconciliations as needed
• Support international accounting management from a controls, compliance, and reporting perspective
• Collaborate within and across organization on key company-wide initiatives and to support the Finance transformation roadmap (people, process, technology)
• Other duties and special projects as needed

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Accounting
• CPA preferred
• 5+ years’ experience in public or private accounting with experience directly related to key responsibilities
• 2+ years of prior management/supervisory experience required
• Big Four audit client service experience preferred
• Experience with S4/HANA, SAP ECC FI, or other large ERP systems and subsystems
• Proficiency in a variety of systems, including MS Office suite of tools (Word, PowerPoint, Power BI, and high-level Excel spreadsheets such as familiarity with macros, pivot tables, lookup, and IF functions)

Desired Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively and tactfully in a multi-cultural environment with persons at all levels of the organization across all communications channels
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to details a must
• Demonstrate customer service orientation and proficiency in working with multiple Finance and Accounting customer groups across a very large global organization
• Able to quickly build rapport and establish credibility with stakeholders
• Must have excellent time management skills to perform in a fast-paced environment, work well under tight deadlines
• Autonomously and resourcefully deliver high quality, high-impact work, end-to-end
• Must be collaborative, team player, flexible and able to quickly adjust to changing priorities
• Supports an environment of intellectual curiosity
• Must have broad knowledge of US GAAP, with strong technical accounting, process and controls background
• Strong leadership skills including coaching, providing feedback, and aligning staff skills and strengths with team responsibilities

Additional Job Requirements:

• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV online
• Must be willing to work in Universal City, CA
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. 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 origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, or arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable.

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