Job Description
About the Role & Team
The Media Accounting Manager is accountable for the close accounting processes and results for Media segments, specifically focusing on Disney + and Media Distribution, with involvement in Fox Channels, National Geographic, Baby TV, Fox Sport, ESPN, Disney Channel, AD Sales & other media LOBs, reporting to the Senior Media Manager.
This is an office-based role with 4 days working in the Hammersmith, London office with 1 day working from home (Monday or Friday).
The Opportunity & Responsibilities:
The main tasks will include the following:
- Day-to-day management, support & development of a team of 2 people, including hiring, objective setting, performance management, guidance, and training.
- Ensuring quarterly close activities are completed in an accurate and timely manner e.g. supervise the timely completion of the team results checklist & facilitate fast issue resolution.
- Ensuring overall preparation of reporting packages & financial reports, such as income statements, balance sheet flux schedules and impairments are completed on a timely basis & all issues & variances are followed up on where required.
- Reviewing & approving key close postings and results before period close such as the quarterly WHT provision, impairments, FOH reconciliations & BS flux.
- WHT for The Walt Disney Company UK, supervising & resolving aged & incorrectly withheld balances with key partners such as Tax, Capgemini & Finance.
- Working closely with local, EMEA & US teams daily to bridge knowledge gaps, facilitate rapid issue resolution, implement new systems, and processes and facilitate change management.
- Approval of all journals & ICO invoices over $1m.
- Approval of all monthly & quarterly BS reconciliations.
- Maintaining the status of an EMEA programming centre of excellence & liaising with EMEA & US programming teams on a daily basis to ensure accounting, tax & legal compliance.
- Ensuring compliance with programming accounting policies for EMEA internally developed content, third-party acquisitions, pre-buys (original acquisitions), co-productions, US content, Studio content, contributions, interstitials, development & pilot & content produced for third parties.
- Approving Mediamorph (programming FOH system) setups for programming assets, liabilities, amortisation, collapsing assets & AP payments on an ongoing basis as well as advising the team on efficient issue resolution.
- Preparation of the EMEA BS Flux, investigation of variances & delivering feedback to the US corporate & EMEA leadership teams.
- Review of the EMEA Media P&L Flux, for all material LOBs, investigation of variances & delivering feedback to the US corporate & EMEA leadership teams.
- Attending & leading quarterly close calls to ensure the leadership team receive timely & accurate updates on close numbers.
- Collaborating closely with external Auditors on a quarterly basis, including attending the audit calls.
- Ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley & Disney Minimum Control Standards e.g. journal log.
- Identify & drive areas of improvement within current processes to maintain the current high standard of service provided more efficiently.
- Undertake various projects to drive efficiency.
- Legal entity rationalisation i.e. mergers and transfers of business.
- Supporting management & wider finance team on any ad-hoc duties
The Experience & Skills We Require From You:
- Qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA with a proven post-qualified experience
- Background & knowledge of film & TV programming accounting preferred.
- Strong Excel skills.
- SAP experience
- European language skills are highly coveted
The Perks
25 days annual leave
Private medical insurance & dental care
Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
Disney+ Subscription
Excellent parental and guardian leave
Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, our new disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. We are committed to building a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.