Senior Finance Analyst - Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom - Sky

    Sky
    Sky Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom

    Found in: Appcast UK GBP C2 - 1 week ago

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    Description

    Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 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.

    As a Senior Finance Analyst in the Account to Report team within Finance Delivery, you'll help deliver accounting and reporting services to our Commercial Finance customers based in Osterley, Munich & Milan, whilst embracing our culture of continuous improvement to ensure processes are efficient and effective.


    What you'll do:
    Review quarterly disclosures for one of Sky Finance's reporting areas
    Manage the accounting and reporting for a complex business area with demanding stakeholders
    Maintain a strong, robust and well-designed control environment and critically review their operation
    Be the first point of escalation for both internal and external audit and support complex audit issues
    Initiate and drive continuous improvement projects such are report automation and standardisation
    Ensure the team have stretching but achievable workloads and objectives and continually review their workload
    Support FC's as necessary in delivering the department's strategic goals
    Lead projects to ensure Finance Delivery requirements are met

    What you'll bring:
    An experienced General Ledger Accountant who can successfully navigate a large organisation. A self-motivated and conscientious team player who is keen to forge a career in finance.

    If adding value in your role gets you out of bed then this is the role for you:

    An experienced, qualified accountant (CA, ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)
    Strong IT skills, particularly using Excel and Powerpoint
    General ledger experience
    Proven track record of Continuous Improvements and leading the change agenda
    SAP system knowledge desirable
    People management or coaching capabilities

    Team Overview:
    Finance Delivery

    We enable Sky to succeed by ensuring we are a cost-effective, scalable operation delivering great service in an agile and responsive way.

    Sky Finance has a deserved reputation for being at the heart of Sky's success - making things Simple by Design, finding the Win-Win for our business and customers, and working as one team.


    The rewards:
    There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky: the perks


    Here's a taster:
    Sky Q, 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.