Finance Analyst, VGS Capex

Viasat; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat is seeking an onsite Finance Analyst in London to join the Global Services team. You will be the strategic right hand to the VP of Finance, delivering comprehensive financial management, Capex governance, and cross-functional partnering.

Your role includes budgeting, forecasting, and translating data into actionable insights for the leadership team. With 3+ years of experience and strong analytical and communication skills, you will collaborate across a multinational environment to drive

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified or equivalent knowledge gained through work experience.
• Working towards ACA, ACCA or CIMA professional qualification.
• 3+ years of relevant work experience.
• Analytical skills with strong business understanding for actionable insights.
• Strong written and verbal communication in a multinational environment.

Responsibilities

• Produce monthly Capex reporting, metrics and analyses.
• Provide visual, commercial insights to leadership and forecast performance.
• Act as Capex business partner for VGS functions on major programs (> $5m).
• Lead investment case preparation and track spend against planned outcomes.
• Own Capex forecasting process and monthly cost-to-complete forecasting for capex > $250k.
• Support Op Plan and Strat Plan with high-quality budgeting and planning.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strategic business understanding

Communication skills

Insight generation

Multinational collaboration

Education

Degree-qualified

ACA/ACCA/CIMA in progress

Job description

About us

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

What you'll do

We are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for an onsite Finance Analyst, Viasat Global Services to join our dynamic team in London

As the strategic right hand to the VP of Finance, you will orchestrate a comprehensive financial management capability, seamlessly integrating direct oversight with shared service expertise. You’ll serve as the mission-critical interface between Group Finance, the PMO, and Project Managers, navigating everything from complex Capex business cases to rigorous budget forecasting. Beyond the balance sheet, you are a translator of data; you will provide the VGS Leadership Team with visual, commercially-shrewd insights that turn raw figures into actionable strategy. By working in lockstep with the VP to build budgets aligned with Group goals, you ensure the business unit’s financial roadmap is both ambitious and precisely executed.

The day-to-day

Business Performance Management. Production and improvement of monthly capex reporting, metrics and analysis

• Collaborate with business teams to provide highly visual insights into actions that drive performance
• Ensure financial and operational results of VGS are provided to the management team on an standardised, accurate and timely basis together with a concise, action orientated, business focused commentary.
• To systematically and objectively review the performance of the business both actual and forecast, working with the VP to ensure that all material issues, risks and opportunities are promptly identified and addressed.

Business Partnering. Act as the Capex business partner for a sub-set of the VGS Functions providing financial and commercial support.

• Project Accountant on major programs (>$5m) to efficiently and optimally manage expenditure. This includes, working closely with procurement during the business case and RFP process to deliver the most cost-effective solution possible, tracking expenditure and results through the life of the program, ensuring an accurate forecast and completing program close off procedures with central finance.
• Business case preparation:Be proactively involved in preparation of investment cases, taking a lead or support role as required but always ensuring that a concise high quality commerical case is prepared in support of all major investment decisions Track actual project spend and results are monitored against the originally planned outcome and that necessary action is taken accordingly.
• Ownership of the VGS capex forecasting process: working with and training Project Managers so that cost to complete forecasts are prepared on a monthly basis for all capex projects >$250k

Budgeting and Long Range Business Planning (Op Plan and Strat Plan). Support the Capex planning process for VGS and take a lead role in ensuring that a high quality Op Plan and Strat Plan is in place that reflects all relevant material issues and business plans, is consistent with and delivers the results required by the Group, is timely basis and is owned by VGS Leadership.

Interface to Group Finance and Financial Systems. Working with Group finance, ensure that the Group accounting, transaction processing and project management capabilities (together with other processes) are appropriate for the needs of VGS.

• Drive improvements in core financial capability where required (e.g. capex and project reporting)
• Sponsor improvements in BI (e.g. dash-boards, data-structure, and data integrity) and drive adoption / roll-out to users

What you'll need

• Degree-qualified or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and experience gained through work experience
• Working towards a relevant professional qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• 3+ years revelevant work experience
• Analytical skills coupled with good strategic business understanding leading to key business insight.
• Ability to draw high quality analysis out of the results that drive decisions.
• Strong people skills, confident and comfortable at engaging collaboratively in an intellectual and multinational environment at all levels. Strong verbal and written communications skills.

What will help you on the job

• Strong work ethic and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with passion for excellence and innovation.
• Proactive individual with the ability to effectively manage various activities while adhering to deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively in an ambiguous environment, maintaining focus and productivity while new processes, structures and ways of working are being developed and embedded

EEO Statement

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here.