Senior Finance Analyst

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!