Manager, Financial Planning

**Company Description**
We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('SpinCo') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we'll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

**Universal Products & Experiences**

Universal Products & Experiences (UP&E) globally drives expansion of the company's intellectual properties, franchises, characters and stories through innovative physical and digital products, content, and consumer experiences. Games, fashion, and toys only scratch the surface of ways we take Universal stories and characters from the screen and put them into fans' daily lives around the globe. Along with franchise brand management, Universal Products & Experiences’ core businesses include Consumer Products and Games and Digital Platforms. We take properties such as Jurassic World, Minions, Back to the Future, and Trolls from our creative content engines like Universal Pictures, Illumination and DreamWorks Animation partner with best-in-class category leaders (e.g. Mattel, Lego, Reebok, Target, Microsoft, etc.) to create amazing products for our fans.

**KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Support Regional Finance Director across all financial cycles for Japan and Korea markets remotely in Australia: Annual Budget, Quarterly Forecasts, Quarterly Close and Long Range Planning cycles; assist in delivering presentations to senior leadership team
- Build and manage separate annual full P&L (revenue and costs) budget, forecasts and close for Japan and Korea market and own variance analysis and insights
- Partner with Japan and Korea Business/Commercial leads to achieve annual financial targets and provide trend/industry analysis to support key decision for business expansion and potential new business opportunities
- Ensure accuracy and consistency of financial data through validation of revenues and costs across systems and reports
- Identify key financial risks and opportunities, analyse variances between actuals and forecasts, identifying key drivers and recommending corrective actions
- Support cross-regional APAC functions including managing APAC revenue pivot tables and consolidating regional forecast deliverables
- Collaborate cross-functionally with other Departments across the organization (Commercial, Controllership, Legal, IT

**Core Responsibilities**
- Perform, report and deliver financial forecast analysis comparing vs. budget and prior year performance in forms of excel financial models
- Support licensees in forecasting and royalty submission processes, utilizing internal web-based systems and tools.
- Facilitate financial forecast discussions with key market commercial heads on a remote basis, analyze and identify key business drivers, risks and opportunities
- Own the Japan and Korea presentation decks for annual budget and quarterly forecast reviews and assist with Regional APAC presentation deck to be presented to the Senior management team
- Assist in research and data-driven insights on market landscape and key business metrics to help uncover business trends and opportunities on an ad-hoc basis
- Identify and implement improvements to forecasting, budgeting and reporting processes, including financial systems and tools to increase overall efficiency and accuracy

Key to the success of this role is your ability to provide strong technical support to your key stakeholders