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Job Title: Business Manager
Job Location: NY: New York
Pay Rate: -
Job Length: full time
Start Date: 2008-08-26

Company Name: The Execu|Search Group
Contact: Gregory Saukulak
Phone: email only
Fax: 212-972-0250

Description: Job responsibilities for the Business Manager:

- Being Responsible for all financial operations related the stated Scholastic Media group
- Advising and contribute to the strategic business decision-making process impacting the group as well as ensuring the group is fiscally responsible
- Managing of all B/S and P/L accounts, preparation of any and all financial analysis and reporting necessary, booking revenue and related expenses as appropriate, keeping abreast of actual results and assisting in the budgeting and reforecast process for the Division
- Overseeing month-end accounting close which includes the following: Evaluation of all third party reporting diving retail revenues Reconciling revenue for the retail software distribution business and all associated costs.
- Managing all balance sheet accounts associated to the businesses
- Recording of any accruals and deferral as needed
- Analyzing all P&L cost drivers related to the businesses within the group.
- Performing all necessary variance analysis
- Creating a monthly financial reporting package for Senior and Divisional Management.
- Managing financial analyst supporting the Group.
- Managing all preproduction expenditures associated to the development of interactive product and content.
- Approving invoices to be paid and manage expenses to be incurred by the group.
- Facilitating the budgeting/forecasting process, working all functional groups within the Division i.e. editorial, development, marketing, building their respective areas of the budget and reforecast. Aggregate and prepare all supporting financial documents required for the process.
- Developing a full year forecast on a quarterly basis and maintain a rolling monthly forecast of the businesses.
- Working closely with the development group on project budgets and R&D spending.
- Working with sales & marketing on product P&Ls for new projects.
- Reviewing contracts for financial impact of business terms and ensure all terms are accounted for appropriately
- Monitoring the Demand Planning and Supply teams supporting the Software Group for fiscal responsibility

Required Skills:
- 5+yrs Accounting or FP&A Exp from Media, Entertainment or Retail , Consumer Goods
- MS Office

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