FP&A Manager

Warner Bros. Entertainment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company based in Greater London is seeking a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager to partner with finance and commercial stakeholders. This hybrid role involves overseeing financial planning, managing revenue processes, and providing strategic insights. The ideal candidate possesses strong financial planning experience, excellent communication skills, and proficiency in tools like Excel and Power BI. Passion for consumer brands and ability to work collaboratively across teams is essential.

Benefits

Hybrid work model

Career defining opportunities

Thoughtfully curated benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience in financial planning and reporting.
• Strong understanding of consumer and retail trends.
• Fluency in a major European language (French, German, Spanish or Italian) is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key business partner to various category teams, providing strategic insights.
• Manage revenue close processes and ensure timely communication.
• Oversee foreign currency translation and apply revenue recognition rules.

Skills

Financial planning

Reporting

Data analysis

Communication

Presentation skills

Consumer trends understanding

Education

CIMA or ACCA

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

SAP/BW

Job description

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Warner Bros. has been entertaining audiences for more than 90 years through the world’s most-loved characters and franchises. Warner Bros. employs people all over the world in a wide variety of disciplines. We're always on the lookout for energetic, creative people to join our team.

Your New Role...

Join the Consumer Products team as a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, acting as a strategic partner to Finance and Commercial stakeholders across EMEA territories and categories, as well as Burbank HQ. You’ll play a key role in financial planning and delivering insights that shape long-term growth. From annual strategic planning to quarterly re-forecasting and project involvement, this role offers the opportunity to influence outcomes across diverse product categories and markets.

Your Role Accountabilities...

• Act as a key business partner to Toys, Food, Health & Beauty, Promotions and Publishing category teams (“Hardlines”), providing strategic insights and supporting forecasting and close processes.
• Manage and coordinate revenue close processes across EMEA, ensuring accuracy and timely communication.
• Prepare and consolidate revenues for budget and forecast cycles, delivering insights on category, territory, franchise and top licensees.
• Review and validate forecasts, providing trends, risks, and opportunities to commercial teams.
• Oversee foreign currency translation and apply revenue recognition rules.
• Develop and maintain reporting tools in Tableau/Power BI for forecasting purposes.
• Monitor performance against long-term plans and provide actionable insights.
• Review Toy market data monthly, highlighting competitor trends and opportunities.
• Support quarterly and year-end processes, including accruals, reconciliations, and variance analysis.
• Partner with category teams and local territories to drive business planning, licensee reviews, and strategic alignment.

Qualifications & Experience…

• Proven experience in financial planning and reporting.
• Background in Retail, Consumer Goods or FMCG preferred.
• Professional qualification (CIMA or ACCA).
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; Access beneficial.
• Experience with Tableau or Power BI; SAP/BW knowledge advantageous.
• Strong understanding of consumer and retail trends.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with ability to engage finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Ability to manage processes across remote teams.
• Fluency in a major European language (French, German, Spanish or Italian) is an advantage.
• Passion for WBD iconic brands and franchises.

Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.