Sky
Senior Finance Analyst - 6 Month FTC
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 DeliveryWe 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:
Access to free NOW, for streaming all your favourite shows
A generous pension package
Private healthcare
Discounts and cashback at over 800 Retailers
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:
Livingston Watermark HouseOur lively campus is a free shuttle bus away from Livingston North train station and the town centre. Plus there’s onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.
Inclusion:
We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.
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.
And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.
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.