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Our New York, NY client has a contract opportunity for a Financial Analyst who will be working on international finance, working on regional P&L’s, tracking marketing expenses, PO’s, ensuring month-end activities are completed, actions completed in a timely manner, and preparing for quarterly requirements. Ad-hoc activities will occur, and much of the things will be routine month-over-month activities.

• Hybrid, NY, NY 10036; 1-2 days in person a week typically Wed/Thursday however the manager can be flexible on days, however this could be subject to change
• Hours: standard 9:30am to 5:30pm eastern

TOP Critical Skills or Must Haves:

• Excel is required – advanced level 3+ years
• 3+ years’ experience in Accounting or Finance
• Attention to detail is critical, must be detail-oriented and able to communicate effectively, and be a team player
• Willingness to learn and go through training, and be proactive in their learning experience
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment that requires an evolving industry
• Understanding of expense and revenue accounts, corporate finance/accounting background

About the Role:

• Provide financial and strategic support to International regions in consolidating, analyzing, and managing the P&L, and assist in regular reporting and ‘ad hoc’ analysis for business leaders.
• Business partner to regional teams internationally
• Support Finance Manager in maintaining oversight of the regional DTC P&L
• Responsible for detailed modeling of key metrics, marketing, subscriber additions, conversion, churn and revenue for the business in these regions for all forecasts, outlooks, annual and long range plans
• Accurate reporting of P&L against forecast including narrative on business performance and variances
• Co-ordinate on the month end close process with cross functional finance teams, e.g. P2P, RtR, Controllership
• Focus on measuring, reporting and driving core KPI’s and business activity
• Support the long-range planning (LRP) process and quarterly reviews, Budget and monthly forecast process
• Collaborate with the wider International Finance team to drive process improvements through automation of reporting packages and dashboards to support all regions
• Ad hoc reporting, modeling, and analyses, and supporting local commercial teams with business case development
• Ownership of PO tracking and reporting, provide stakeholders with transparency of spend and ensuring POs raised in a timely manner
• Work with Controllers, Tax, Legal teams to determine requirements applicable to client in each region
• Ensure that the appropriate financial procedures and controls are maintained, including continuous review and improvement of working practices

Personal Qualities:

• Proactive self-starter who takes ownership and responsibility for assigned tasks
• Flexible attitude to achieve results
• Excellent time, project management, and execution skills
• Clear and strong communicator
• Ability to remain calm under conflicting deadlines and pressure
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholder groups
• Commercially focused with a client service approach
• Strong organization and prioritization skills to help manage the work and coordinate tasks to complete our deliverables
• Champions of working that promote DE&I advocacy

Nice to Have:

• 5+ years of Finance/Accounting-related experience
• Demonstrated experience working in a similar role, experience working in entertainment/media industry is a plus
• Strong analytical skills, with an ability to understand and articulate financial data
• Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Experience working with SAP and LongView a plus
• Experience of interacting with stakeholder groups across multiple finance functions and regions, working in a fast-paced high-pressure environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an acute attention to detail
• Passion to learn and take on new challenges
• Direct to consumer experience, streaming related experience is highly preferred