Financial Analyst- Digital Ad Sales Partnerships and FAST Platforms

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. The Analyst, Ad Sales Finance for Partnerships and FAST Platforms will support core ad sales finance processes, primarily focusing on reconciliation of partner payments and consolidated financial reporting for ad sales. The role involves collaboration with various teams to improve reporting and analyze financial metrics.

Responsibilities

• Ownership and improvement of Sales reporting and metric analysis
• Research drivers of key variances and trends
• Validating and approving all external payments to partners
• Flagging discrepancies and working both internally and externally to resolve
• Facilitating with Account Payable to onboard new partners
• Own reporting for our partnerships with YouTube, Snap, TikTok, Roku, etc
• Leverage best practices with peers to develop consistent processes
• Execute routine postmortem analyses and ad hoc requests
• Own Rev Share reporting and backfill tracking and payments for all FAST external partners, requiring effective internal and external communications and accuracy
• Support the Sales, Planning, and Strategy teams on broader portfolio reporting and analysis including YouTube and Fast Channel weekly reporting
• Support the Monthly and Quarterly Close process
• Gain in-depth knowledge of all Sales & Finance systems used for reporting (SAP, Salesforce, Business Intelligence, etc.)
• Develop expertise in digital and streaming ad market trends, growth, and competition
• Work cross-functionally with sales, strategy, planning, and inventory

Skills

• Bachelor's degree
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Solid work ethic with an eagerness to proactively help solve problems
• Team player with strong interpersonal & communication skills with the ability to work with key constituents (sales, planning, finance, accounting, etc.)
• Thorough knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Excellent organization and time/project management skills
• Demonstrates an interest and knowledge of media
• Willingness to work overtime
• Finance experience preferred

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• A variety of other discounts and perks

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