Senior Analyst - Business Finance 18 Month FTC

Senior Analyst - Business Finance - 18 Month Fixed Term Contract

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
   

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 one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to : the perks. Here’s a taster:

• Sky TV, for the TV you love all in one place
• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences
   

How You'll Work

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Inclusion

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.

We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.

Why wait?

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

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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.