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Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

Employer
Sky
Location
United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
Jun 13, 2021

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Job Role
Commercial Finance Manager
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 7 countries, make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.





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:


  • Lead delivery of key financial deliverables, including the budget 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 and own strong relationships with the management team for their business area, delivering analysis, reporting, insight and financial guidance. You will often be the most senior finance person in the room.

  • Build strong relationships across the finance team and wider Sky business

  • Demonstrate finance behaviours

  • Manage mentor and coach finance team below SFA level, 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:


  • A track record of delivery and ambition in your career so far and a desire to develop

  • Qualified Accountant with over 2 years PQE

  • An ability to demonstrate experience of the following within a finance role for a large, complex organisation in industry or practice;

  • Ability to work at pace - we work in an agile, fast-moving way at Sky

  • Comfortable with ambiguity - being able to provide clarity, and guide decision making

  • A strong eye for detail and knowing your numbers

  • Strong analytics skills (Microsoft Excel), and experience of preparing analysis, insight and turning into recommendations

  • Experience in line management and have acted as a mentor and coach to colleagues





Team Overview

Commercial Finance is at the heart of Sky's success. Our business partnering model is central to our role as a trusted advisor to the Exec and business. We strive to be a world-class Commercial Finance team - that means we're forward looking and restless. Our work provides the support for great decisions and financial out-performance through quick, clear actionable insight alongside building best in class analytical and cost transformation capabilities. We recognise that getting the best from our team is the key to success, providing excellent development, support and progression in a diverse, inclusive and high-performance environment.





The Rewards:

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:




  • Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

  • A generous pension package

  • Private healthcare

  • Discounted mobile and broadband





Where you'll work:

Our Osterley campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury, Acton Town and Ealing Broadway tube stations. There's also plenty of parking, bike shelters and showers.



On campus you'll find six subsidised restaurants and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.





Inclusion:

Recognised as an 'Inclusive Top 50 Employer' and a 'Times Top 50 Employer for Women', we're working hard to ensure we're a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and the potential you'll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.



And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you!



We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.





Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you.



To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.



Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

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