News Business/payroll Manager
- Recruiter
- CBS Corporation
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 19 Sep 2020
- Closes
- 21 Sep 2020
- Ref
- 37079
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
- Experience level
- Manager
REF#: 37079
CBS BUSINESS UNIT: CBS Television Stations
JOB TYPE: Full-Time Staff
JOB SCHEDULE: Full-Time
JOB LOCATION: New York, NY
ABOUT US:
CBS Television Stations consists of 29 owned-and-operated stations, including 16 that are part of the CBS Television Network, eight affiliates of The CW Network, three independent stations and two MyNetworkTV affiliates. Among its stations are WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV (New York), KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV (Los Angeles), WBBM-TV (Chicago), KYW-TV and WPSG-TV (Philadelphia), KTVT-TV and KTXA-TV (Dallas-Ft. Worth), KPIX-TV and KBCW-TV (San Francisco), WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV (Boston), WUPA-TV (Atlanta), WWJ-TV and WKBD-TV (Detroit), KSTW-TV (Seattle), WTOG-TV (Tampa-St. Petersburg), WCCO-TV (Minneapolis), KCNC-TV (Denver), WFOR-TV and WBFS-TV (Miami), KOVR-TV and KMAX-TV (Sacramento), KDKA-TV and WPCW-TV (Pittsburgh), WJZ-TV (Baltimore), as well as WCCO-TV's satellite stations KCCO-TV (Alexandria, Minn.) and KCCW-TV (Walker, Minn.).
DESCRIPTION:
WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV is seeking an accounting professional to join our team as a News Business Manager. This full-time permanent position serves our stations located in New York, NY, reporting to the Director of Planning and Operations. This role is focused on financial activities of the station's news department including budgeting and forecasting the costs of news related activities. Payroll is the most significant cost in a news operation so the News Business Manager will be involved in reviewing newsroom payroll. The News Business Manager is expected to be able to maintain analysis summarizing news related costs vs both budget, current forecast and prior years to assist both News and Station management in controlling news expenditures.
Some responsibilities include, but are not limited, to:
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required:
Qualifications:
#LI-CW1
EEO Statement:
ViacomCBS is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.
At ViacomCBS, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. ViacomCBS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access www.viacbs.com/careers as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by calling 212.846.5500 or by sending an email to viacomaccommodations@viacom.com. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned.
CBS BUSINESS UNIT: CBS Television Stations
JOB TYPE: Full-Time Staff
JOB SCHEDULE: Full-Time
JOB LOCATION: New York, NY
ABOUT US:
CBS Television Stations consists of 29 owned-and-operated stations, including 16 that are part of the CBS Television Network, eight affiliates of The CW Network, three independent stations and two MyNetworkTV affiliates. Among its stations are WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV (New York), KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV (Los Angeles), WBBM-TV (Chicago), KYW-TV and WPSG-TV (Philadelphia), KTVT-TV and KTXA-TV (Dallas-Ft. Worth), KPIX-TV and KBCW-TV (San Francisco), WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV (Boston), WUPA-TV (Atlanta), WWJ-TV and WKBD-TV (Detroit), KSTW-TV (Seattle), WTOG-TV (Tampa-St. Petersburg), WCCO-TV (Minneapolis), KCNC-TV (Denver), WFOR-TV and WBFS-TV (Miami), KOVR-TV and KMAX-TV (Sacramento), KDKA-TV and WPCW-TV (Pittsburgh), WJZ-TV (Baltimore), as well as WCCO-TV's satellite stations KCCO-TV (Alexandria, Minn.) and KCCW-TV (Walker, Minn.).
DESCRIPTION:
WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV is seeking an accounting professional to join our team as a News Business Manager. This full-time permanent position serves our stations located in New York, NY, reporting to the Director of Planning and Operations. This role is focused on financial activities of the station's news department including budgeting and forecasting the costs of news related activities. Payroll is the most significant cost in a news operation so the News Business Manager will be involved in reviewing newsroom payroll. The News Business Manager is expected to be able to maintain analysis summarizing news related costs vs both budget, current forecast and prior years to assist both News and Station management in controlling news expenditures.
Some responsibilities include, but are not limited, to:
- Helping to create the annual budgets for the news and related production departments and to prepare monthly forecasts, working with the department managers of those areas.
- Analyzing data and creating reports to communicate with News management and other station management, streamlining and tracking the current news related payroll process to identify opportunities that will create greater operational efficiency.
- Assist with annual budgeting process and continuous payroll forecasting including headcount analysis.
- The candidate will also be required to help process payroll for news and production employees including various union payments and payroll overrides.
- This person will also need to interface with the central Controller's organization at Television Stations for any adjustments necessary in the general ledger relating to the News and production operation.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required:
Qualifications:
- Degree in Accounting or Finance is preferred or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum 2 years experience in finance environment
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office software tools, specifically Excel and Word.
- Be well organized with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Possess ability to quality review own work.
- Possess strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing throughout all levels of organization, both internally and externally.
- Must be a team player who works well with a group.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision while fulfilling all obligations.
#LI-CW1
EEO Statement:
ViacomCBS is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.
At ViacomCBS, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. ViacomCBS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access www.viacbs.com/careers as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by calling 212.846.5500 or by sending an email to viacomaccommodations@viacom.com. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned.
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