R2R & FP&A Finance Transformation Lead (M&E)

EY; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

EY in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Manager with deep Record-to-Report (R2R) and FP&A expertise to lead the design and delivery of technology-enabled finance transformations across the Media & Entertainment sector.

You will drive end-to-end R2R and FP&A workstreams, redesign operating models, coach staff, and collaborate with Global Process Owners and Technology stakeholders to deliver measurable value and sustainable improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; MBA or CPA a plus.
• 6+ years of progressive experience in finance transformation, R2R or FP&A process design; Controllership or FP&A operations; consulting experience strongly preferred.
• Proven Media & Entertainment sector experience.
• Strong executive communication, workshop facilitation and written deliverable skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end R2R workstreams across master data, fixed assets, projects, periodic close, intercompany, sub-consolidation and corporate consolidations, and financial reporting.
• Lead end-to-end FP&A workstreams across long-range/strategic planning, revenue planning, cost of sales planning, SG&A planning, workforce planning, EBITDA planning, cashflow planning, Driver-based Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting and Scenario management.
• Assess and redesign R2R and FP&A operating models, processes, and organizational structures; deliver transformation initiatives improving close and reporting.
• Own business process design deliverables - L3 and L4 process flows, key design decisions and assumptions, functional and reporting requirements, KPIs, and data requirements.
• Facilitate design and solutioning workshops with client GPOs, business unit leads, SMRs and Technology stakeholders; drive to decisions and document dispositions.
• Manage day-to-day delivery: workplan, RAID log, scope, deliverable quality and engagement economics, including onshore/offshore mix and global delivery leverage.
• Translate R2R pain points into quantified value cases — close cycle time, close efficiency, journal entries, reconciliations.
• Translate FP&A pain points into quantified value cases — forecasting accuracy, budget cycle duration, cashflow improvements.

Skills

Executive communication

Workshop facilitation

Written deliverables

R2R process design

FP&A process design

Consulting experience

Media & Entertainment sector

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

MBA or CPA

Tools

SAP Group Reporting

OneStream Consolidations

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Anaplan

Blackline/Trintech

Fiori Reporting

BW/AoE reporting tools

Job description

EY in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Manager with deep Record-to-Report (R2R) and FP&A expertise to lead the design and delivery of technology-enabled finance transformations across the Media & Entertainment sector.

You will drive end-to-end R2R and FP&A workstreams, redesign operating models, coach staff, and collaborate with Global Process Owners and Technology stakeholders to deliver measurable value and sustainable improvements.