Finance Analyst

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.

Your role will be focused on delivering excellent cost management and reporting through building a deep understanding of the key drivers and dynamics of our business. 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 and deliver on Sky’s ambitious and stretching plans.

In our drive to build the best Finance team in Ireland, our teams support great decisions through quick, clear actionable insight. They want to make it ‘brilliantly easy’ to do Finance, and by seizing better ways of doing things, our team adds value and increases efficiency at every turn. They strive to get the best out of the best people, by providing great development and progression. 

What you'll do:

• Accurately record and analyse all costs associated with the business, ensuring compliance with contract terms, financial policies and controls. 

• Prepare detailed cost reports and variance analyses to support business decision-making. 

• Analyse supplier performance and costs to drive negotiations that optimise cost efficiency and supplier preference. 

• Develop and maintain supplier reconciliation processes to ensure accurate and timely payments. 

• Prepare accurate cash flow forecasts and working capital analysis to support financial planning. 

• Support month-end close activities, including accruals, and reconciliations.  

• Identify and implement efficiencies in financial processes, streamlining reporting and reconciliation activities. 

• Build great business partnering relationships with the management team for your business area, being a trusted advisor and being able to both challenge and support with financial mentorship

What you'll bring: 

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent). 

• Strong financial analysis and reporting skills, with experience in cost accounting. 

• Experience in supplier reconciliation, contract analysis, and cost optimisation. 

• 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 in complex situations, and guide decision making 

• A strong eye for detail and knowing your numbers  

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

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 #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.

Your office base:

Dublin

Our striking Ireland HQ has an A-list location on Burlington Road, walking distance from central Dublin. Grand Canal Dock and Pearse train stations are both around 1.5km away, and we’re a short stroll from the buses of Baggot Street, Leeson Street and Waterloo Road.

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.

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.