Manager, Accounting

NBCUniversal•New York, NY

2d•$90,000 - $125,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager of Accounting will serve as key member of the Controllership organization within the Media Group. The Media Group includes the best brands in the industry, including the NBC broadcast network, Peacock, and Bravo. This role provides an outstanding opportunity to learn about the entertainment television and streaming businesses and be a change agent. The position will report to the Director, Accounting and will work closely with finance leadership across the group. This role will support standardizing existing processes, identifying business process efficiencies, implementing best practices and more. This position will need to work as a member of a cohesive team that can successfully strive to meet tight deadlines and respond quickly to changes in the business environment.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in accounting; public accounting experience preferred
Bachelor’s degree in accounting
CPA license preferred
Entertainment industry experience preferred
Prior experience with large ERP systems (such as SAP) preferred
Advanced Excel skills
Solid foundational knowledge of GAAP and internal control to ensure financial statements are fairly presented and to identify key process controls. Ability to exercise professional judgment on lower complexity transactions with minimal direction.
Communication Skills – ability to communicate clearly, concisely and professionally in communications with others.
Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills – Detail oriented and highly organized with strong analytical skills.
Leadership Skills – Ability to think and work independently as well as the ability to work cooperatively with others to produce and deliver innovative solutions.
Change Management – ability to support innovation and organizational change.
Goal-Oriented Skills – Capacity to juggle multiple projects without sacrificing quality and professionalism.
Solid work ethic, positive attitude and a team-player

Responsibilities

Key contributor to the monthly and quarterly close processes, including preparation and review of journal entries, account reconciliations, and balance sheet reviews, ensuring adherence to company policies
Timely preparation of data requests from Corporate Controllership for purposes of internal and external reporting purposes. Provides ideas for improvement in overall collection and reporting of data
Participate and collaborate on corporate driven initiatives and process change. In the next year, this will include significant emphasis on NBCU’s transition to the SAP S/4 platform
Serve as primary point of contact for internal and external auditors and provide requested support as necessary
Active participant in ensuring SOX documentation is up to date and is reflective of current processes
Assist team with various ad-hoc reporting requests, account analysis and other duties as needed to support requests of business leaders
Drives existing processes towards standardization with keen eye towards the existence of appropriate internal controls in place for a fair presentation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)
Develop an in-depth understanding of key corporate subsystem applications and the interface with financial ledger
Work with IT to change applications that deliver results in the most efficient and accurate manner
Active participant in the identification of areas for improvement and optimization by leveraging technology and elimination of redundancies
Develop and maintain positive and productive working relationships with the business finance and controllership teams
Enthusiastic and ambitious personality in sharing ideas and ability to contribute to producing high quality results and being actively involved in process improvement