Interim Finance Analyst

A leading media business require an interim finance analyst to join their team.

The role will comprise of:

Group Reporting:

• Ensuring the accruals & actual transactions are correctly recorded for FLASH
• Assisting with the collection of financial information from the Business Heads & local businesses
• Developing templates for the review of P&L reporting for monthly actuals, quarterly forecast & annual budget
• Consolidation of quarterly forecast & annual budget financial reporting in parallel with corporate requirements
• Supporting the monthly recharges of Regional costs to all territories within the region
• Monitoring the status of actual recharges against budget & ensuring the correct allocation
• Assist & support additional finance teams with month-end procedures
• Assist in the creation of monthly Presentations to present to the Executive Team

Business Finance:

• Assisting each Business Heads on tracking their individual marketing spend against budget by maintaining the spend tracker
• Own the product KPI Dashboard & transfer monthly actual results, forecasts & budget from reporting template into a presentable format (KPI Dashboard) for each product Business Heads
• Collect & collate non-financial information from Business Heads & include key metric information into the KPI Dashboard
• Consolidate quarterly royalty reports into the Tracker to assist the Manager & the VP on forecast & budget of P&L
• Assist the Manager & the Director on forecast & budget of P&L

Other:

• Assisting with establishing & maintaining planning & reporting processes
• Supporting Manager supplementary analysis & ad hoc requests
• Be a point of contact for any transaction process related questions from businesses
• Working with local finance teams to ensure consistent & accurate reporting in compliance with Group policies
• Supporting local finance teams with PeopleSoft to ensure effective utilisation of the system by all teams

You will be:

• A Newly Qualified Accountant (ACA/CA/CPA/ACCA) with some experience in financial reporting & business partnering
• Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to communicate clearly with a range of people across countries & businesses
• Strong analytical & organizational skills, with experience of managing multiple deadlines
• Proven ability to work efficiently and effectively under pressure
• Excellent team player, who consistently displays a positive attitude
• Proactive, with quick understanding of the business model
• Proven track record and fast learner
• Commercially astute and highly numerate
• Financial reporting experience in a multi-site, multi-currency business
• IT literate with strong Excel skills and accounting systems knowledge
• Use of Hyperion reporting systems desirable