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Senior Manager - Accounting
Senior Manager - Accounting-March 2024
Hyderabad
Mar 16, 2025
ABOUT WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY
Warner Bros. Discovery is a premier, global entertainment company focused on offering the most dynamic media & streaming experience in the world.
10,000+ employees
Technology, Engineering
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About Senior Manager - Accounting

  Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here.

  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.

  Overall Purpose of the Role

  Summary of the role – main purpose for the existence of the role

  Responsible for overall general accounting activities, record-to-report for DTC/HBO APAC.

  Duties to include support and assist all accounting aspect relating to programming, original production, content licensing and reporting. As well as general ledger stewardship, month end close support, review of all financial statements and footnotes / disclosures.

  Areas of Responsibility

  Key elements ( maximum suggested 6 ) and required results of the role.

  MAJOR ACTIVITIES

  Acquired Programming and Original Production

  Review the computation of programming license fees

  Review programming payments to studios

  Review and post journal entries

  Review/ resolve I/C variance

  Review and ensure acquired programs and in-house/outsourced original production cost are timely and accurately recognized and amortized.

  Review and ensure payments to studio and production house are processed timely and accurately.

  Collaborate with production team to ensure productions comply with government funding requirements.

  Review production cost reports and work in collaboration with the Production team, Production House and Government funding officers on Original Production matters.

  Support government funding audit.

  Ensure content licensing revenue and cost related to co-produced originals are accrued accurately and paid timely.

  Review acquired programs and original production agreements and cost reports.

  General Accounting

  Oversee day-to-day accounting activities, include record-to-report activities for film cost recognition and amortization, subscription and content licensing revenue, intercompany transactions, OPEX, treasury activities, taxes, etc. of HBO APAC entities

  Responsible and manage month end close processes and deliverables

  Review of balance sheet reconciliations and quarterly balance sheet footnote disclosures

  Maintain effective internal controls, ensuring controls are SOX compliant

  Review month end, quarter end and annual internal and external reporting deliverables

  Review monthly P&L and Balance Sheet flux explanation

  Compute quarterly provisions for doubtful debt

  Assist in transfer pricing calculations.

  Manage intercompany transaction disputes and confirmation.

  Manage stakeholder’s enquiries.

  Support internal and external audit request.

  Work in collaboration with Finance, Business, LOB, GBS on cross divisional initiatives.

  Staff Management

  Develop staff into mature financial advisors with a customer service orientation toward Finance, LOB, and Business Unit groups with whom there is regular interactionProjects

  Drive and manage continuous process improvements and develop automation of daily/monthly standard tasks accounting processes and workflows.

  Participate and support global transformation project to move from various legacy ERP systems into one consolidated system.

  Make recommendations on process improvements and standardization to gain greater efficiency and effectiveness within the region.

  Support S4 migration

  Lead projects, include FX revaluation, Cadency reconciliation project

  Areas of Accountability

  Where applicable, provide information about the size of the organization managed, operating budget, revenue accountability, number of employees or other quantitative data pertinent to this position.

  Oversee day-to-day accounting activities, include record-to-report activities for film cost recognition and amortization, subscription and content licensing revenue, intercompany transactions, OPEX, treasury activities, taxes, etc. of HBO APAC entitiesSelection criteria

  Essential:

  Fully qualified Accountant – CA/ CPA

  Strong technical experience including experience of month end management accounting for revenue and cost

  US GAAP reporting and SOX experience

  Experience of multi-site and multi-currency reporting

  Minimum -10 years of experience in accounting

  High level interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal

  Fluent in English

  Desirable:

  Experience of leading teams through significant periods of change as well as steady state

  Experience in Integrated finance applications/information systems e.g. SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle

  Experience working with outsourced financial functions

  Competency assessment

  List the on-the-job behaviours a successful incumbent of this position must demonstrate. (Examples: Leadership,

  Analytical Skills, Global Market Awareness, Communications)

  Attention to detail, but also able to take a strategic view of data and highlight salient facts for discussion.

  The ability to plan and prioritize workloads to meet deadlines as well as effective time management of workflow to meet accounting deadline.

  Strong analytical, strategic thinking and technical accounting skills

  Ability to handle multiple tasks with changing priorities, communicating changes in scope and schedule to all parties concerned.

  Able to work under pressure / time constraints.

  Proactivity – display strong initiative and ability to identify and rectify issues. Propose solution rather than come with problem.

  Ability to build relationships at all levels of the business.

  Ability to communicate effectively and tactfully with all levels of personnel.

  Able to work flexible hours, including possible overtime, when necessary.

  Able to organize and schedule work effectively.

  Service-oriented.

  Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team.

  Additional Information

  Travel to local teams on ad hoc basis. Management has the right to add or change duties and job requirements at any time.

  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.

  The Legal Bits…

  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.

  If you’re a qualified candidate and you require adjustments or accommodations to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please contact us at [email protected].

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