Senior Finance Analyst
- Recruiter
- Marks Sattin
- Location
-
England, London, City of London
London (City of)London (Greater)
- Salary
- £290 - £310 per day
- Posted
- 01 Dec 2022
- Closes
- 09 Dec 2022
- Ref
- CHL44658
- Job Title
- Accountant
- Category
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
A Senior Finance Analyst is needed for a temporary 3 month contract with a good chance of extension, at a large media company.
The role is hybrid - 2 days a week in the office based in Central London.
Department Overview
UK & Ireland seek a Senior Analyst for the Finance department to serve as trusted business partner for the Games business.
Primary Purpose of the Role:
* Key Business Partner to the Games team across Physical & Digital Games.
* Delivers a clear picture of future performance through accurate forecasts, confidence in actual results through consistent accounting and provides insightful reporting and analysis to the UK business
Essential Job Functions:
* Scope: UK & Ireland WM physical Games and Digital businesses and other businesses as directed by line management.
* Business Partner to the UK and EMEA Games teams
* Deliver planning & forecasting processes: Budget & LRP, monthly rolling Forecasts, Ultimates and such other forecasts as required
* Ensure monthly/quarterly close in line with policies.
* Manage and review the variance analysis in monthly financial statements, provide details, 'value-added' analysis.
* Provide business advice for developing other business models for the mobile games business.
* Responsibility for the review and/or calculation of all key financial information, provisions and accruals and the retained divisional monthly close process.
* Responsible for games Salesforce targets and enhance use of salesforce across all areas of the business, including deal tracking, pricing and lifecycle calendars
* Report and deliver insightful analysis of actual business performance
* Manage Games Inventory by Format, Retailer, Channel and Warehouse and use this information to support provisions analysis.
* Development of internal reporting and processes, in particular the Digital forecasting processes.
* Provide commercial support to the sales team for digital and physical customers.
* Support / Assist Business Decision Support team to evaluate new business models and commercial games opportunities.
* Other duties as required by the business.
Education/Qualifications:
* Graduate or high calibre candidate with the relevant work experience and competencies
* Part-qualified accountant and working towards accountancy qualification
Other requirements:
* Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with finance and non-finance people
* Previous work experience in a financial planning and analysis role (forecasting, budgeting, strategic long range planning and business decision support)
* Ability and passion for understanding finance and curating the financial story for others
* Experience in the media industry is highly desirable
* Must have the ability to adapt and be agile amongst a changing environment. Be able to translate complex problems into solutions.
* Must be detail-oriented, with the ability to distil and elevate the most important points, clearly conveying them to the right audience
* Must have excellent analytic skills.
* Must be able to work independently and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
* Must be willing to expand knowledge relating to industry trends.
* Must be willing to collaborate with management and peers to advance team and company goals
* Advanced Excel required (pivot tables, macros, formulas), with proficiency with other MS Office applications (PowerPoint, Word, Access). Tableau experience a plus.
* Demonstrable experience of working with finance systems, eg/ SAP, Essbase, Hyperion with a willingness and ability to learn new systems quickly.
A notice period of 1 week or less is essential for this role.
If this is the role for you, apply now!
The role is hybrid - 2 days a week in the office based in Central London.
Department Overview
UK & Ireland seek a Senior Analyst for the Finance department to serve as trusted business partner for the Games business.
Primary Purpose of the Role:
* Key Business Partner to the Games team across Physical & Digital Games.
* Delivers a clear picture of future performance through accurate forecasts, confidence in actual results through consistent accounting and provides insightful reporting and analysis to the UK business
Essential Job Functions:
* Scope: UK & Ireland WM physical Games and Digital businesses and other businesses as directed by line management.
* Business Partner to the UK and EMEA Games teams
* Deliver planning & forecasting processes: Budget & LRP, monthly rolling Forecasts, Ultimates and such other forecasts as required
* Ensure monthly/quarterly close in line with policies.
* Manage and review the variance analysis in monthly financial statements, provide details, 'value-added' analysis.
* Provide business advice for developing other business models for the mobile games business.
* Responsibility for the review and/or calculation of all key financial information, provisions and accruals and the retained divisional monthly close process.
* Responsible for games Salesforce targets and enhance use of salesforce across all areas of the business, including deal tracking, pricing and lifecycle calendars
* Report and deliver insightful analysis of actual business performance
* Manage Games Inventory by Format, Retailer, Channel and Warehouse and use this information to support provisions analysis.
* Development of internal reporting and processes, in particular the Digital forecasting processes.
* Provide commercial support to the sales team for digital and physical customers.
* Support / Assist Business Decision Support team to evaluate new business models and commercial games opportunities.
* Other duties as required by the business.
Education/Qualifications:
* Graduate or high calibre candidate with the relevant work experience and competencies
* Part-qualified accountant and working towards accountancy qualification
Other requirements:
* Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with finance and non-finance people
* Previous work experience in a financial planning and analysis role (forecasting, budgeting, strategic long range planning and business decision support)
* Ability and passion for understanding finance and curating the financial story for others
* Experience in the media industry is highly desirable
* Must have the ability to adapt and be agile amongst a changing environment. Be able to translate complex problems into solutions.
* Must be detail-oriented, with the ability to distil and elevate the most important points, clearly conveying them to the right audience
* Must have excellent analytic skills.
* Must be able to work independently and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
* Must be willing to expand knowledge relating to industry trends.
* Must be willing to collaborate with management and peers to advance team and company goals
* Advanced Excel required (pivot tables, macros, formulas), with proficiency with other MS Office applications (PowerPoint, Word, Access). Tableau experience a plus.
* Demonstrable experience of working with finance systems, eg/ SAP, Essbase, Hyperion with a willingness and ability to learn new systems quickly.
A notice period of 1 week or less is essential for this role.
If this is the role for you, apply now!
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