Financial Account Analyst

I. POSITION SUMMARY:

The Financial Account Analyst is responsible for ensuring accurate reflection of revenue and subscriber information within Affiliate Finance department for all Comcast networks, including E!, Style, G4, Versus, Golf Channel and PBS Kids Sprout. This position will manage all financial and contractual aspects of a diversified affiliate account portfolio and ensure a timely monthly close

II. PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Manage all financial aspects of account portfolio and maintain integrity of the information in the Medea customer database. Manage monthly close to ensure accurate and timely revenue and subscriber recognition.

- Demonstrate cross-functional expertise in accrual based revenue accounting, billing, accounts receivable, cash management, collections, and contract management.

- Manage monthly revenue and reconciliation process for account portfolio in medea database. Maintain medea data and all aspects of database relating to portfolio, including uploading and reconciling remittances, system merges, drops, splits, ownership changes, contract changes, variance analysis within medea, and other related tasks.

- Provide timely and appropriate support to Director as needed for monthly reporting and ad-hoc analysis. Develop reporting templates to support ongoing and monthly processes. Provide additional reports and ad-hoc support for Field Sales and Corporate Finance on an as-needed basis.

- Provide in-depth, accurate and relevant subscriber and revenue data from medea to assist all internal clients: Networks, Finance, Network Distribution, and Affiliate Sales.

- Assist Director in preparation of assigned portfolio account numbers for annual budgets and forecasts. Perform monthly variance analysis of actuals to estimates to assist in P&L analysis. Communicate forecast variance explanations to internal clients.

- Develop and maintain exceptional business relationships with both external customers (Operators) and internal customers (Networks, Field Sales, Corporate Finance) in order to provide superior customer service.
- Assist in the selection and training of new team members. In addition, take a leadership role on task forces and committees designed to improve business processes.

- Other duties as assigned.

III. DECISION MAKING/ACCOUNTABILITY:

The Financial Account Analyst must be able to work independently to manage all financial aspects of a portfolio of accounts as well as with field sales to prepare annual budgets and reforecasts for a portfolio of accounts. In addition, the individual works with Corporate Finance to establish policies, procedures and business processes. Issues not specifically addressed by established guidelines are resolved through interpretation of policy, or internal control requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS:

IV. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: (the minimum KSA's required for job performance)

- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Strong computer skills, including: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Medea database a plus.
- Broad experience with database management and information retrieval.
- Strong customer service background.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills..

V. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: ( the levels of education and previous work experience required to meet the above KSA's, including level and field of degree, other course work and duration and field of work experience).

- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field preferred.
- Minimum 4-5 years previous experience in financial analysis, contract interpretation/billing and accounts receivable systems. P&L experience a plus.

VI. DESCRIBE THE MOST DIFFICULT OR COMPLEX ASPECT OF THIS POSITION: (Identify the most challenging aspect of this position, not necessarily the most time consuming.)

The Financial Account Analyst must be able to manage multiple priorities, timelines and demands of the business environment. Strong financial acumen is necessary to interpret contractual agreements and accurately translate deal points into Medea.

VII. DIMENSIONS:

Total budgetary responsibility: _________________
Total accountability of revenue: _________________
Total accountability of subscribers: _________________
Total accountability of systems: _________________

Comcast is an EEO/AA/ Drug Free Workplace

If interested, please apply online at http://track.jobviper.com/ViewJob.asp?id=503530-3-453