Senior FP&A Analyst
- Recruiter
- Sauce Recruitment Ltd
- Location
- Central London
- Salary
- £170 - 250 per day
- Posted
- 16 Apr 2019
- Closes
- 23 Apr 2019
- Ref
- 23731
- Contact
- Ella Graham
- Job Title
- Finance Analyst
- Category
- Media / Entertainment
- Experience Levels
- Newly Qualified
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
Great opportunity to work for a leading global Entertainment giant. This role sits within the Home Entertainment team and will support the commercial teams providing financial insight to allow for business decisions to be made.
This commercially focused role requires someone with extensive analytical skills and advanced Excel. You will support a number of non-finance teams so you will need to have exceptional communication skills and have a confident and approachable manner.
Ideally you will be a qualified accountant who has gained their experience within the media (ideally entertainment/distribution) industry.
This role is initially for 3 months but is likely to be extended.
The Role:
- Prepare and review the rolling forecast and budget; managing the relationship with the relevant teams
- Assist marketing in evaluating profitability of new titles
- Analyse marketing spend against actuals/accruals and explain variance
- Analysis of distribution costs and explain key variance
- Validate and prepare monthly cashflow
- Update cross-divisional P&L for titles
- Manage variance analysis in monthly financial statements
- Assist with projects to improve internal reporting and process improvements.
The Requirements:
- Educated to degree calibre
- Ideally fully qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)
- Experience gained within media or distribution is preferred
- Advanced Excel skills is essential
- Exposure to SAP would be beneficial
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Commercially focused, self motivated, and flexible