Global Accounting Network is partner with one of the world’s greatest sports brands to find a Senior Finance Analyst. This commercially focused finance role offers the opportunity to be the finance business partner for the international media function, owning the media P&L and driving planning, forecasting, and insight that shape commercial decisions across numerous territories. We are looking for recently qualified (last few years as a guide) CIMA/ACA/ACCA candidates with commercial finance experience.
The Role
- Ownership of Media P&L, including revenues and expenses.
- Lead management submissions for media, including business planning, long range planning and quarterly forecasting; presenting to senior management.
- Key finance business partner for media team based in UK, US, Europe and South America.
- Manage and track progress towards revenue targets, providing insightful reporting to commercial teams.
- Manage and track expense budgets, ensuring spend is in line with contracted terms.
- Review and finance sign off on contracts, understanding P&L impact of commercial terms.
- Support process to accurately account for revenue.
- Support process to review purchase orders and invoices.
- Support financial reporting quarterly close for media; analyse P&L variances and review balance sheet reconciliations.
The Person
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with 1-2+ years’ commercial finance experience.
- Experience of working across international businesses in a multi-currency environment.
- Experience setting & managing budgets, forecasting and tracking real-time updates.
- Relevant experience in TV, digital media or sports business preferred.
- Confident communicator: ability to instruct and direct employees across all functions and communicate complex financial information torecognize non-finance stakeholders.
- Able to use complex data to create simple storylines and insightful action points.
- Proactive problem solver with the ability to multi-task and work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.
- Analytical, organisationalکانات, self-motivated with an eye for detail.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint user with experience using forecasting tool and ERP system.
Seniority level
Employment type
Job function
- Finance and Accounting/Auditing
- Spectator Sports, Sports Teams and Clubs, and Performing Arts and Spectator Sports
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