Manager, BRIM/FINANCIAL CONTRACT ACCOUNTING (FI-CA)

Manager, BRIM/FINANCIAL CONTRACT ACCOUNTING (FI-CA)

Warner Media, LLC.

USD 50,000 - 90,000

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Who We Are…

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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.

Your New Role:

The SAP BRIM (Billing and Revenue Innovation Management) Financial Contract Accounting (FI-CA) Operations and Project Manager is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and driving projects related to the Financial Contract Accounting module in SAP BRIM. The role ensures that on-going operations is executed properly and performs administration and maintenance functions including the monitoring of scheduled jobs and processes. This module handles contract accounts receivable, including billing, customer payments, payment lot processing, reconciliation, posting of summarized data to FI-GL and transfer GL documents to other SAP systems. Co-ordinating with ABAP team for any custom enhancements/program changes. The role is a blend of technical, operational, and project management duties to ensure accurate financial processes and align FI-CA with overall business objectives.

Your Role Accountabilities:

• Ensure the accurate posting and management of all customer transactions, including invoices, credit notes, and payments.
• Manage the integration of payment methods, including bank transfers, credit cards, direct debits, and other electronic payment formats.
• Ensure that all incoming payments are properly matched against outstanding invoices in the FI-CA system.
• Ensure that all cash and bank transactions are correctly posted in SAP FI-CA.
• Regularly reconcile FI-CA subledger postings with the general ledger to ensure accuracy in financial reporting.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues related to billing, payments, or receivables processing.
• Continuously monitor the health of the FI-CA module, ensuring the integrity and performance of data flows and processes.
• Ensure strong internal controls within the FI-CA module, including the accuracy of financial postings.
• Work closely with finance, billing, and accounts receivable teams to align processes.
• Oversee the handling of escalated customer inquiries or disputes related to billing, payments, or contract accounts.
• Manage incidents related to FI-CA, ensuring that issues are logged, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Lead projects focused on implementing new functionalities, system upgrades, or enhancements in the SAP FI-CA module.
• Collaborate with finance, billing, and business stakeholders to gather and document requirements for new FI-CA features or changes.
• Oversee the development and implementation of enhancements within the FI-CA module.
• Lead and Execute testing activities to validate new functionalities and system changes.
• Ensure the accuracy of all new processes related to contract accounting and financial postings.
• Identify potential risks in FI-CA operations and projects and develop mitigation strategies.
• Lead the change management process, ensuring that finance, billing, and accounts receivable teams are adequately trained.
• Manage relationships with third-party vendors or service providers.
• Ensure that vendors deliver high-quality solutions and services within agreed-upon timeframes.
• Lead projects to ensure the FI-CA system complies with evolving regulatory requirements.
• Plan and manage system upgrades for the FI-CA module.
• Maintain thorough documentation related to the invoicing processes.
• Work closely with teams responsible for other SAP BRIM modules.
• Ensure tight integration between FI-CA and other SAP financial modules.
• Monitor batch jobs for successful transfer of FI-GL document data from BRIM to other SAP systems.
• Work closely with internal and external auditors to provide necessary documentation.
• Continuously review FI-CA processes to identify areas for improvement.
• Keep updated on industry best practices in contract accounting.
• Monitor and optimize the costs associated with FI-CA operations.

Qualifications & Experiences:

• 2+ years of prior experience in a related field.
• 4+ years of hands-on implementation or operations experience with SAP Financial Sales & Distribution and Billing applications.
• 5-7 years of transactional processing and operational assurance experience.
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Undergraduate degree required in computer science, mathematics or business sciences.
• Expert user of Microsoft Office.
• A passion for accuracy and translating insights into a compelling narrative.
• Superb relationship building skills.
• Work collaboratively w/small teams.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments concurrently.

Not Required but preferred experience:

• Hands-on implementation or operations experience with SAP BRIM Financial Contract Accounting application.
• Graduate degree preferred not required in computer science, mathematics or business sciences.
• Post-graduate work experience in a related field.
• Knowledge of and passion for media, entertainment, and technology industries.
• Familiarity with streaming and similar products/services.
• Experience working in a national or global company.
• Some visualization tool knowledge would be helpful.
• Comfortable in working in highly iterative and somewhat unstructured environment.

Please be informed that we will consider applications only in English version.

We offer

Contract of employment

Hybrid work (3 days from the office, 2 days from home)

Benefits package: private medical care, life and accident insurance, MyBenefit cafeteria platform, sports card, social fund, retirement pension plan, Employee Referral Program

Free access to the Max platform

Work-life balance initiatives

Training and development

CSR activities

Access to parking spaces

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