Vice President, Operational Finance

The Position: Reporting to the CFO, Global Operational Finance-NBCU Media Group, the Vice President Operational Finance is a key leadership role on the Operational Finance NBCU Media Group finance team, responsible for all expenses across the Media Group excluding content and marketing. The role provides the unique opportunity for extensive visibility across Media Group’s properties, with collaboration across Universal Television Entertainment Group, Sports, Ad Sales, Platform Distribution & Partnerships, Global Streaming Platforms, Decision Sciences and Media Group HQ teams. Led by the VP, Operational Finance, the team is responsible for all planning and estimate cycles and preparation of financial presentations across Operational Finance and leads all headcount and compensation planning for the segment. Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To: Ownership of deliverables for all planning cycles (budget, quarterly forecasts, long range plans) and quarterly close presentations including communication of variance drivers to budget/prior year. Manage financial analysis for all planning cycles – requiring in-depth understanding of submissions, performing trend analysis, identifying risks/opportunities and summarizing key components in presentations to senior management. Consolidate and report monthly pacing submissions identifying key drivers, summarizing risks/opportunities and tracking pacing volatility. Manage all Media Group C&B; Finance partner to HR on all employee related staffing decisions and organizational projects/analyses. Operational finance partner to all Media Group CFOs providing pacing and reporting on centrally managed costs and headcount. Review existing systems and processes; Identify opportunities and implement process improvements for automation of planning processes, trend analysis and reporting actuals. Lead and develop the team and direct reports. Manage and develop a team of 4.. Assign/execute on other ad hoc requests as assigned by the CFO.