Assistant Manager - Planning & Controlling

Sony Corporation; Weybridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite canteen

Barista-style coffee shop

Onsite gym

Staff car park with charging points

Shuttle bus service

Video tour of Weybridge site

Competitive salaries and benefits

Job summary

Sony Corporation in Weybridge is seeking an Assistant Manager to lead financial reporting for select areas within Sony Europe’s Service & Logistics department, ensuring accurate data and efficient processes. You will play a key role in financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting, and partner with stakeholders across regions.

You will prepare monthly dashboards, analyze results vs budgets, drive cost improvements, and support projects with strong financial insight in a collaborative

Qualifications

• Experienced in business or financial controlling with strong analytical skills.
• Good knowledge of Excel, SAP and Power BI; Co-Pilot is a benefit.
• Structured, methodical and able to summarize large data sets.
• Willingness to improve processes and drive efficiencies; adaptable.

Responsibilities

• Prepare timely monthly financial and operational dashboards and reports.
• Liaise with management on planning, forecast, and variance analysis.
• Lead yearly budget and monthly forecast processes.
• Be the first point of contact for financial matters and coordinate analyses.
• Prepare and coordinate monthly review meetings to explain numbers.
• Perform financial analyses to inform management decisions.
• Contribute to projects using financial expertise.

Skills

Financial Controlling

Excel

SAP

Power BI

Data analysis

English proficiency

Change management

Tools

Excel

SAP

Power BI

Job description

We are seeing an Assistant Manager - Planning & Controlling to lead financial reporting for certain areas within Sony Europe’s Service & Logistics department, ensuring accurate financial data and efficient financial processes. You will play a critical role in financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting, and act as a trustworthy business partner towards all stakeholders based on a strong knowledge of the business and the financial processes. You should be someone who is a team player, who is highly communicative and an exceptional collaborator. Joining a supportive team in our Planning and Controlling department, you will have the opportunity to partner with a variety of business groups, cultures, countries and diverse group of colleagues, and hold a high profile position within our sales operations. As such you should be a confident relationship builder, and someone who prides themselves on accuracy and attention to detail.

You will:

• Prepare timely the monthly financial & operational dashboards and reports.
• Liaise with the departmental management about the planning and forecast, as well as the analysis of the monthly results compared to budget and forecast and advise them on potential cost improvement actions.
• Play a key role in the yearly budget and monthly forecast process.
• Be the first point of contact for financial matters and liaise with other financial experts if necessary.
• Prepare and coordinate the monthly review meetings with management to explain the financial numbers.
• Perform financial analyses to support management decision making.
• Contribute to projects based on financial expertise.

You will bring:

• Experienced in business or financial controlling (qualifications a benefit Good knowledge of Excel, SAP and Power BI (Co-Pilot a benefit)
• Structured, methodical and highly analytical
• Able to summarize complex matters from big data
• Desire to continually improve processes and drive efficiencies, advocates for change
• Flexible, ready to adapt to new ways and means
• Proficient knowledge of English (other EU languages a benefit)

Your new office Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack (useful if you’ve made the most of the Cycle-to-Work scheme), or if you will use public transport we have a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times. Take a look at our video tour of the Weybridge site here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwbMOzjoVA

Benefits

• Onsite canteen with a wide range of options available
• Barista style coffee shop
• Well-provisioned onsite gym run by Sony Wellbeing Coordinator with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours
• Staff car park including electric charging points and an undercover and secure bike rack
• Shuttle bus service regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times
• Video tour of the Weybridge site available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwbMOzjoVA
• Competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking
• Healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies
• Collaborative community that celebrates colleagues via recognition platform
• Access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing
• Allowances for volunteering days so staff can support the causes they are most passionate about
• Learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills
• Mobility team to support staff taking new roles in other countries

Bring your uniqueness to Sony We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique. With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale. Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe.

Equal Opportunity Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [e-mail] or by mail to: Sony Europe Limited, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.

Equal Opportunity Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [e-mail] or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.