The Financial Analyst will support the Theme Park and CityWalk Retail team through finance deliverables including the following: daily/weekly/monthly financial reporting monthend close account reconciliations Budget/ Long Range Plan (LRP)/ Latest Estimate (LE) cycles and ad hoc analysis. Will be assigned the specific tasks as the new hire will go through the training of all of the below responsibilities as seen fit.
Responsibilities:
Revenue:
- Analyze Per Cap (spending per guest) drivers by the venue dept and IP on a weekly and monthly basis
- Accurate completion of monthly Position Updates on trend
- Validate Daily WTD MTD and YTD Per Cap / Revenue against multiple systems
- Support monthend close process by completing and posting Journal entries for Revenue load factors including Concessionaire third party venues and its revenue shares
- Adhoc revenue analysis as requested
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS):
- Analyze COGS drivers by venue dept and IP on a weekly and monthly basis
- Partner with Universal Parks & Resorts (UPR) to gain insight on COGS build for Budget and LE
- Accurate completion of monthly Position Updates and Pacing based on trend
- Validate Daily WTD MTD and YTD COGS rate against multiple systems
- Support monthend close process by completing and posting Journal entries for COGS load factors including Slow Moving & Obsolete (SLOBS) Freight Shrink and Royalties
- Adhoc COGS analysis as requested
Variable Labor:
- Analyze labor cost drivers by the venue rate and hours on a weekly and monthly basis
- Track open/close and its impact on labor cost and assist the Retail operation team to adjust labor matrices
- Provide financial perspective to operational needs and understand monthly variances against budget and LEs
- Partner with operators to build annual budgets considering historical trends while understanding the impact of new projects
- Adhoc Variable Labor Analysis as requested
Operating Expenses (OPEX):
- Maintain accurate monthly operational checkbooks for administration and visual teams to track operating expenses
- Track project timing against budget and identify offsets; Reforecasting timing as needed
- Provide financial perspective to operational needs and understand monthly variances against budget
- Partner with operators to build annual budgets considering historical trends while understanding impact of new projects
- Adhoc OPEX Analysis as requested
FP&A function:
- Prepare monthend close P/L statements update Position Update file with actuals.
- Communicate Retail Operation performance to USH Finance FP&A team through various tools including and not limited to Position Update file and BPC.
- Assist for preparation of LE/Budget presentation
ADHOC:
- Other Adhoc analysis requests from operators
- Special projects as needed
- Partner with operations to deliver useful insights
Qualifications :
Qualifications/Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting or related field preferred
- Some experience in Finance
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong communication and team player who enjoys working with multiple business partners
- Technical proficiency in utilizing multiple systems to extract and report data
- Ability to work in a fast paced deadline driven environment
- Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.
This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits including medical dental and vision insurance 401(k) paid leave tuition reimbursement and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $68800 $75000
Desired Characteristics
- SAP and BPC experience is a plus
- Resourceful problem solver with the ability to prioritize and create approaches to meet required objectives
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Office (Outlook Excel PowerPoint Word)
- Adapt to the systems such as Microsoft Strategy Merch Data Warehouse
Additional Information :
As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an inperson interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime