Interim FP&A Analyst

Global Accounting Network are excited to be partnering with one of the worlds greatest sports brands on the search for their new Senior FP&A 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 open to look at both practice and industry backgrounds with a requirement to be at least part-qualified and ideally recently qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).

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 -

• Part or Fully Qualified (CIMA/ACA/ACCA)
• 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 to 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, organised, self-motivated with an eye for detail.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint user with experience using forecasting tool and ERP system.