Senior Accountant

Your Role

The primary responsibility of the Record to Report (RTR) or Controller Senior Accountant is to deliver quality accounting services for Warner Bros. Discovery entities. The role will be based in Mexico City and will report directly to the Manager – Record to Report or Manager- Controller for Argentina and Chile. The RTR/Controller Senior Accountant will need to work for their respective region and report to the Accounting Managers of that region or above, working closely with the Local Entity Financial Controller, other Business Departments, Global Business Services (GBS), the broader Finance community, Internal Audit, external auditors, the Tax team, and Financial Compliance.

This individual will be responsible for ensuring accounting policies are followed for their respective region, month‑end processes are completed accurately and on time, and for ensuring completeness of SOX documents and related process documentation.

Your Role Accountabilities

• Responsible for preparing and posting month‑end journal entries, reconciling GL accounts, issuing IC invoices, and other month‑end standard and ad‑hoc activities.
• Prepare by itself or act as first reviewer of complex accruals and other manual journal entries and their respective supporting documents, keeping evidence of control and approval.
• Analyze the monthly activity of assigned accounts, identify and highlight relevant variances and differences in QTD and YTD analysis, provide preliminary explanations of the reasons for those variances, and share this information with the Accounting Manager for review.
• Analyze monthly reconciliation of assigned accounts, identify improvement areas in the supporting files and documents used to back up those reconciliations in Cadency Certification, and implement suggested changes once approved by the Accounting Manager.
• Process bank reconciliations: bank upload, clearing of open items, and follow‑up to clear the items.
• Ensure completeness of close for appointed entities.
• Improve processes through standardization and simplification.
• Ensure all global accounting policies are always followed and compliance is maintained.
• Lead closing process activities.
• Ensure completeness of the month‑end accounting process as per the month‑end calendar.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as requested by key Customers/Stakeholders in the respective accounting region.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Accounting.
• Minimum of 3‑4 years of accounting experience, preferably in a US GAAP environment.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in SAP FI/CO.
• BlackLine and Cadency experience would be preferred.
• Must have experience with MS Excel and advanced functions.
• SOX controls experience and ability to articulate key SOX controls in General Accounting.
• Very good communication skills, soft skills, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working in a multinational/multicultural organization matrix.
• Agility, flexibility, analytical, problem‑solving skills, and willingness to put extra effort to serve business‑oriented goals.

It’s a plus if you have:

• Big 4 public accounting background and prior exposure to work in a captive Finance Shared Service Centre.
• Self‑driven attitude every day, with willingness to grow and take on more tasks.
• Skills to work in a fast‑paced environment that will be changing together with you.

Other Requirements

• Required to be in the Polanco office three days a week (specific days to be determined upon hire).
• Bilingual (English and Spanish).
• Legal right to work in Mexico.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Being an equal‑opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, union status, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability, or any other category protected by law.