Financial Analyst - NBC Sports, Olympics Finance

The Financial Analyst will play an integral role in the day-to-day financial administration and variance analysis of NBC Sports’ SCORE application. SCORE is an application for users to plan, crew, execute and approve payment for events across NBC Sports. The analyst will collaborate with the Olympics Production and Operations teams to process payments to vendors providing goods and services to broadcast the Olympic Games. Additional responsibilities include the budgeting and analysis of production budgets and, ad hoc projects. Responsibilities:Finance administration of SCORE:Reviews and approves all Score eChange requests and monitors integrity of the dataLead analyst for reporting and variance analysis on all Score dataResponsible for issuing, reconciling and reporting all games time compensation related payments (including talent)Oversee on a weekly basis that hours are tracked and approved for all games time hires through Score TimesheetsOwnership of accounts payable and foreign wire processes:Accurately code invoicesCoordinate approvalsUpdate operators and team members on payment status, and work with vendors as neededAccurately create Authority for Approvals (AFP) in Payment TrackerEnter foreign wires in online banking systemAssist in monthly and quarterly closing and estimates:  including journal entries, pacing and variance analysisUpdate and maintain spend forecast for approved contractsParticipate in financial meetings with operators to assist in preparing budgets and forecastsAssist in ad hoc projects, as necessary