About this role
Job description
Requisition ID:
1747682
Location: San Francisco, and San Juan
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.
We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.
The Opportunity
Our Finance Consulting practice is a core driver of the Americas Consulting growth agenda, with the Technology, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications (TMT) sectors representing a significant share of the portfolio. We are seeking a Manager with deep Record-to-Report (R2R) and/or Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) expertise and Media & Entertainment (M&E) sector fluency to lead the design and delivery of technology-enabled finance transformations.
Key responsibilities
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Lead end-to-end R2R workstreams across the full taxonomy: master data, fixed assets, projects, periodic close, intercompany, sub-consolidation and corporate consolidations, and financial reporting.
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Lead end-to-end FP&A workstreams across the full taxonomy: Long-range/strategic planning, revenue planning, cost of sales planning, other SG&A planning, workforce planning, EBITDA planning, and cashflow planning, Driver-based Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting and Scenario management.
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Assess and redesign Record-to-Report and FP&A operating models, processes, and organizational structures; develop and deliver transformation initiatives that improve close and reporting effectiveness, planning and forecasting capabilities, governance, and overall finance function performance.
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Own business process design deliverables - L3 and L4 process flows, key design decisions and assumptions, functional and reporting requirements, KPIs, and master and transactional data requirements.
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Facilitate design and solutioning workshops with client Global Process Owners (GPO), business unit leads, subject matter resources (SMR) and Technology stakeholders; drive to decisions and document dispositions.
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Manage day-to-day delivery: workplan, RAID log, scope, deliverable quality and engagement economics, including onshore/offshore mix and global delivery leverage.
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Translate R2R pain points into quantified value cases — close cycle time, close efficiency, manual journal entries, and automated account reconciliations.
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Translate FP&A pain points into quantified value cases — forecasting effectiveness, forecast accuracy, budget cycle duration, forecast cycle duration, revenue opportunities identify, working capital improvements identified, and cost reduction opportunities realized.
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Coach and develop staff and seniors; contribute to proposals, Phase 0 assessments and sector thought leadership.
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Sector-specific knowledge: Media & Entertainment
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Film and television title accounting: understanding of studio and content finance processes including title cost accounting, ultimate-based amortization and forecast management, participation and residuals (P&R) calculations and settlements, content asset impairment, title profitability reporting, and integration of production, rights, distribution and financial systems supporting the content lifecycle.
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Content cost accounting and amortization: management of film, television and sports programming rights assets; capitalization policies, impairment considerations, amortization methodologies, reporting under large content portfolios.
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Close, consolidation and reporting complexity: legal entity and business-unit consolidation across studios, networks, streaming platforms, parks and experiences; intercompany eliminations; multi-currency reporting; carve-outs and acquisitions; and management reporting across diverse revenue streams and distribution channels.
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Streaming and D2C financial performance: subscriber, ARPU, churn, acquisition cost and lifetime value metrics embedded into forecasting and management reporting; revenue, content cost and profitability analysis across subscription and advertising-supported business models.
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Advertising, distribution and content forecasting: revenue planning across linear, digital and programmatic advertising; affiliate and distribution revenues; theatrical releases; content licensing; sports rights; and scenario modeling for audience performance, advertising demand and release schedules.
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Performance management and profitability analytics: title-, franchise-, channel-, platform- and customer-level profitability reporting; variance analysis; KPI development; margin performance monitoring; and executive dashboards supporting strategic and operating decisions.
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Financial planning complexity: annual budgets, rolling forecasts and long-range plans that account for seasonality, production schedules, release calendars, advertising market volatility, subscriber growth and major sporting or entertainment events.
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Ecosystem awareness: studios, broadcasters, streaming platforms, distributors, advertisers, agencies, sports leagues, content owners and production partners, and how business model differences impact forecasting assumptions, financial reporting and performance management requirements.
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Technology experience
Hands-on experience with one or more of the following:
- SAP S/4HANA (Financial Accounting, Controlling, Asset Accounting, Project Systems)
- SAP Group Reporting, OneStream Consolidations, or other consolidation tools
- SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and/or Anaplan
- Blackline, Trintech, and other enterprise close management solutions
- Fiori Reporting and/or bolt-on reporting systems/tools such as BW, AoE, etc.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; MBA or CPA a plus.
- 6+ years of progressive experience in finance transformation, R2R or FP&A process design; Controllership or FP&A operations; consulting experience strongly preferred.
- Proven Media & Entertainment sector experience.
- Strong executive communication, workshop facilitation and written deliverable skills.