Josh Urdang
Director - Finance | Data | IT | Project Management
- Role
- Director, Data & Project Management - Financial Contract Reporting at Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Josh Urdang
Experienced director with 19+ years at major motion picture studio and Fortune 500 consulting firm; extensive background in project management, information technology, entertainment finance, cash management, participations reporting, data analytics, intellectual property and rights management, people management and client support; master’s degree in finance
Experience
Director, Data & Project Management - Financial Contract Reporting
Oct 2017 — Present · Burbank, CA, US
Director in WB’s Financial Contract Reporting & Administration department, overseeing multiple operational responsibilities and process improvement efforts of participations reporting practice- Oversees cash management of WB’s participations payments, including forecasting and budgeting, and management of payment and statement delivery operations- Leads and manages multiple ongoing projects to automate and improve existing functionality and processes, including implementation of automated payment interface and electronic solution for delivery of statements- Helps lead data analytics efforts throughout department, identifying opportunities for automation and leveraging existing datasets to drive business decisions and find new efficiencies in existing processes- Oversees month end close process, consisting of loading and validation of data into FCRA’s participations reporting system from multiple sources, both automated and manual, across multiple areas across the company- Oversees maintenance of master data required to ingest data into FCRA’s participations reporting system, as well as research and resolution of data issues uncovered during validation- Oversaw stakeholder management for WB’s participations reporting, including maintenance of participant data and integration with other business unit functions to enable delivery of statements and payments
Education
Brandeis University
BA, Economics & Sociology
2000 — 2004
Brandeis School of Business and Economics
MA, International Economics & Finance
2003 — 2005
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