[WEBTOON] Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A
Wattpad
IT, Accounting & Finance
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Posted on Oct 29, 2024
WEBTOON Entertainment is a leading global entertainment company and home to some of the world's largest storytelling platforms. As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON Entertainment has transformed comics and visual storytelling for fans and creators.
With its CANVAS UGC platform empowering anyone to become a creator, and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators and series, WEBTOON Entertainment’s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture. WEBTOON adaptations are available on Netflix, Prime Video, Crunchyroll, and other screens around the world, and the company’s content partners include Discord, HYBE and DC Comics, among many others.
The Global Biz Ops team at WEBTOON is responsible for integrated management control, strategic planning, and business support across the organization. Specifically, the FP&A team handles comprehensive management control tasks including the analysis and forecasting of overall business and financial metrics, development of annual operation plans, and financial projections for long-term growth plans that encompass all business units, including subsidiaries. As WEBTOON continues to expand globally, the organization’s responsibilities are becoming more diversified and sophisticated, offering a wide range of job opportunities and rapid growth potential. As a global integrated organization listed on NASDAQ, we are seeking individuals to join us in advancing and refining our corporate management processes.
Essential Duties:
- Conduct monthly, quarterly and annual budget variance analysis to identify significant variances, understand underlying causes, and recommend corrective action.
- Aid in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports and presentations for both internal and external stakeholders.
- Build and maintain financial models to evaluate strategic scenarios and their financial impact, forecasting the company’s long-term growth and profitability.
- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) relating to finance and broader business, providing actionable insights to leadership.
- Synthesize financial performance data and strategic inputs to propose the company’s future business direction, effectively communicating these insights to leadership and external stakeholders.
- Develop and establish Annual Operating Plan by aligning financial targets with strategic business goals, collating and evaluating budget proposals from various departments, ultimately defining the company's financial objectives/targets.
- Develop and enhance budget management framework, optimizing processes for efficient budgetary control.
- Adapt to unconventional working hours and perform high-intensity tasks as needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Proven 3-5 years’ experience in financial planning and analysis, or a related field.
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in financial modeling & planning.
- Ability to interpret and analyze financial statements and market data.
- Advanced knowledge of financial reporting software and Excel; experience with ERP systems in a plus.
- Fluent or capable of communicating and conducting business meetings in Korean preferred.
What We Offer:
- Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals
- Health benefits, including vision and dental!
- Generous PTO and Parental Leave Top-up
- 401K Contributions
- Commuter Benefits
- Global WEBTOON and LINE FRIENDS discount program
- Winter break shutdown and a whole lot more!
With approximately 170 million monthly active users, WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem of aligned companies include WEBTOON, Wattpad--the world’s leading webnovel platform--Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, Studio N, Studio LICO, WEBTOON Unscrolled, LINE MANGA, and eBookJapan, among others.
Join us and work with some of the biggest artists, IP, and fandoms in comics!