SENIOR FINANCE ANALYST

Want to do the best work of your life? Make your mark at Europe’s leading entertainment brand. Our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work - a place where you can be yourself and let your skills shine.
You’ll play a key role in helping Sky to deliver its financials, partnering with business stakeholders to interpret and analyse financial performance, and use your influencing skills to provide recommendations on how to drive more value.

What You’ll Do

• Build and own strong relationships with the management team for your business area.; delivering analysis, reporting, insight and financial guidance. You will often be the most senior finance person in the room.
• Financial lead for key deliverables, including budget, long range plan and monthly results.
• Preparation of management reporting and insight.
• Preparation of accounting analysis and advice for commercial deals or corporate transactions.
• Bring a commercial lens to your insight (outside in), owning how this translates into operational and financial performance
• Build strong relationships across the finance team and wider Sky business
• Mentor and coach team members below SFA level, being accountable for delivery through them alongside your own work
• Act as ambassador for Sky Finance, both with the business and externally

What You’ll Bring

• ACA/CIMA/ACCA/CPA qualification (or equivalent)
• 2 to 3 years Post Qualification Experience
• A track record of delivery and ambition in your career to date and a desire to develop further
• An ability to demonstrate experience of the following within a finance role for a large, complex organisation, either in industry or practice;
• Show keen commercial acumen when presented with complex problems
• Ability to work at pace - we work in an agile, fast-moving environment at Sky
• Comfortable with ambiguity - being able to provide clarity, and guide decision making
• A strong eye for detail and a deep knowledge of the numbers you are responsible for
• Ability to maintain a strong financial control environment
• Strong analytical skills (Microsoft Excel), experience of preparing analysis, delivering insight and turning into recommendations
• Good communication skills through business partnering or client relationship management

What You’ll Do

• Build and own strong relationships with the management team for your business area.; delivering analysis, reporting, insight and financial guidance. You will often be the most senior finance person in the room.
• Financial lead for key deliverables, including budget, long range plan and monthly results.
• Preparation of management reporting and insight.
• Preparation of accounting analysis and advice for commercial deals or corporate transactions.
• Bring a commercial lens to your insight (outside in), owning how this translates into operational and financial performance
• Build strong relationships across the finance team and wider Sky business
• Mentor and coach team members below SFA level, being accountable for delivery through them alongside your own work
• Act as ambassador for Sky Finance, both with the business and externall