Senior Financial Analyst - Ad Sales

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Your New Role...
As the FP&A Ad Sales Senior Analyst you will support Ad sales revenue domain within COE for EMEA which offers you a great opportunity to participate in the overall finance transformation roadmap setting standards for the FP&A processes related to Ad sales revenue management. Your main responsibility is to ensure proactive and timely high-quality data preparation, models' update and various analysis, support forecasting and month-end close process in the Ad sales revenue domain. In addition, you will manage the financial modelling based on market trends and key KPIs and provide expertise and insights to commercial teams.
Your Role Accountabilities...

• Update Ad sales models on a regular basis, track and verify the data to make sure it is complete and accurate

• Provide variance analysis to explain actual and forecasted performance of managed channels vs prior year/plan/prior forecast
• Support forecasts/annual budgets development by reviewing historical data and working with business stakeholders providing recommendations of revenue drivers
• Prepare advertising sales analysis to understand performance (customer, agency, industry, KPI trends analysis)
• Responsible for development and updates of standard SMT and local commercial team reporting to highlight important trends, events, or unexpected variances
• Manage ad hoc strategic and BAU Ad sales related financial requests i.e. preparing business plans, financial models and scenario analysis
• Collaborate with Billing/Revenue Accounting/Collections teams supporting month-end closing processes, reviewing accruals, providing feedback etc.

• Assist the business partners with Ad sales related projects
• Support automation and simplification projects to improve efficiency in working in FP&A Ad sales area
• Exchange knowledge and share best practice working with different teams and with members of the Ad Sales Team (Digital and Linear)

Qualifications & Experience...

• 5+ years' experience in Finance function in FP&A department
• Diversified experience in financial reporting, forecasting, planning, modeling, and strong analytical skills
• Self-motivated individual, detail-oriented with ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Knowledge of media industry dynamics and key metrics impacting revenue would be an asset
• Very good English
• Great communication skills and relationship building
• Ability to establish professional, trust-based relationship with variety of finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Be able to meet stringent deadlines and work under pressure while showing excellent attention to detail
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, prioritize and adhere to strict deadlines
• Advanced Excel skills
• Strong working knowledge of financial software packages and Microsoft Office suite.
• Experience in using EPM solution such as SAP BPC, Hyperion, Anaplan, Adaptive

What's in it for you...

• Contract of employment
• Hybrid work model, flexible working hours
• Free access to Max
• Benefit package: private medical health care, life insurance, MyBenefit cafeteria including sport card, social funds, retirement pension plans, recognition platform, employee referral program
• Work-life balance initiatives: wellbeing platform, yoga, massages, educational webinars, Employee Assistance Program, internal media initiatives
• training & development: sharing the cost of English lessons, Employee Resource Groups, Bridge learning platform, sharing sessions with experts, periodic movie shows in the office cinema room
• CSR activities: volunteering, eco & social initiatives
• Casual dress code
• Parking space available for booking

#LI-Hybrid
Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.
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