Director of Accounting, Corporate Controllership

Role Purpose: The Director of Accounting will play a key leadership role on the Corporate Controllership team. This role provides an outstanding opportunity to learn about our portfolio of assets. The position will report to the Group Controller, have responsibility for managing a team and working collaboratively with the peers across the NBCU business areas, and will work closely with finance leadership across the portfolio. This position will ensure the proper accounting on a day to day basis and the reporting of results in accordance with GAAP. The position will lead a team of accounting professionals, standardizing existing processes, identifying business process efficiencies, implementing best practices and more. This position will need to work as a member of a cohesive team that can successfully meet tight deadlines and respond quickly to changes in the business environment. Key Responsibilities: Operational: Be responsible for the day to day accounting for the business unit(s). Ensure standardization of processes, ensure appropriate internal controls are in place for a fair presentation of our results in accordance with GAAP, and implement best practices for a centralized program accounting function. Be a change agent in identifying opportunities for efficiency and centralization. Lead transition and centralization efforts affecting the portfolio. Review monthly journal entries and account reconciliations of staff members, ensure all necessary required adjustments and true ups are reflected in the ledger accurately and timely. Prepare periodic balance sheet review packages and effectively communicate to results to various audiences. Collaborate with financial planning & analysis and operational finance teams to ensure proper accounting and determine appropriate entries in connection with monthly close. Support finance team in variance reporting to pacing/budgets. Participate in the creation, compliance and communication of policies to the broader finance community. Review processes around reconciliation of intercompany balances to ensure proper tie out and elimination between entities. Ensure completion of data requests from Corporate Controller’s office for purposes of internal and external reporting purposes. Meet with internal and external auditors and provide requested support as necessary. Active participant in ensuring SOX documentation is up to date and is reflective of current processes. Process Improvement: Lead the process re-design for all key relevant financial ledger processes and systems to achieve monthly close; identify and re-design areas of improvement and optimization by leveraging technology and eliminating redundancies. Develop and build a strong accounting team that delivers quality accounting services, governance and control while managing the close process based on a defined calendar. Obtain a solid understanding of key corporate subsystem interfaces with financial ledger. General Accounting: Key administrator of company, profit and cost center hierarchies for areas of responsibility. Perform periodic review of access rights of team in use of various financial applications. Perform ad hoc reporting and special projects as requested. People & Leadership: Manage a team of accounting professionals in all aspects of accounting, close and financial reporting. Develop and maintain positive and productive working relationships with the business finance and controllership teams. Contribute in coaching and developing staff professionally and technically. Assist in ensuring accounting team is cross-trained and able to own its processes. Cultivate a positive and motivating environment where staff can produce high quality results, actively be involved in process improvement and share ideas. Help team identify and prioritize their development objectives; manage team through changes.