Senior Financial Analyst - FTC

12 month FTC, with the potential of extending. The Senior Financial Analyst based in London is part of the Global Close & Consolidation team. This position has a highly visible role within NBCU’s Controllership Group and requires interaction and relationship management with a number of high impact stakeholders. This position will be responsible for providing support and assistance for all close and consolidation aspects of the close cycles for various NBCU Business Units (Theatrical, Home Entertainment, Channels, Television Production). Tasks relate to, but are not limited to, performing various checks to ensure proper reporting, monitoring the intracompany process, partnering with controllers on FX related matters, communicating corrections that need to be made by the Business Units, posting manual/late journal entries as a Corporate Super User, and assisting the immediate team in LA as needed. The role has a solid reporting line to the Consolidation and Reporting Senior Manager based in London. This position will be the key contact person for all the finance tasks that have been outsourced to the Accenture team of 2 to 3 persons, the outsourced finance partner in India. Key Responsibilities: Responsibilities include but are not limited to the intracompany, month end checks (FX accounting & system consistency checks) and Comcast reporting processes. Intracompany Responsible for monitoring and controlling NBCU intracompany (IC) process (balance sheet and P&L): Maintenance of master data Settlement process, liaising with Treasury and Corporate teams Perform checks to ensure IC balances eliminate at a consolidated level Advise and resolve errors/issues in the IC process Monitor FX on IC balances Analyze process KPIs/metrics and identify areas for process improvements Training & education of users on the IC workflow tool Month End Checks (FX Accounting & Systems Consistency Checks Actively participates in and contributes to monthly and quarterly close processes, including assistance with performing foreign currency translation checks, SAP system checks, balance sheet and P&L checks, account reconciliations etc Comcast Reporting Generate data files of NBCU’s results and submit to NBCU’s parent company Comcast Resolve any errors with the data load on a timely basis Perform reconciliations between NBCU and Comcast ledgers and investigate and resolve any differences on a timely basis Ad Hoc Work closely with the Accenture team lead to ensure all the outsourced accounting activities are performed as agreed; work with NBCU’s Fin Ops team and governance groups to support performance metrics on outsourced work and identifying areas for improvement. Partner with the business and broader finance community to provide financial expertise on projects. Continuous improvement projects that we are currently working on relate to intracompany settlement and FX remeasurement and FX translation process. Provide ad-hoc reporting and analysis (including for non-finance departments). Help build a strong Close and Consolidation team that strives for high standards of performance and service delivery to the various Business Units. Develop and leverage key relationships with NBCU Controllership community (Controllers, Corporate Teams in NY and LA), demonstrating a high level of cultural consciousness. Collaboration and flexibility are a critical part of the role. Assist immediate team in LA as needed (e.g., close and consolidation procedures, ad hoc projects, etc.) The assigned tasks vary in complexity, but all need to be treated with the same diligence in terms of accuracy and timely reporting. Participate in discussions related to functional design, system controls, and requirements from a finance/controllership perspective.