Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Manager for Financial Planning & Analysis to drive financial insights and support decision-making. This role offers the chance to work closely with cross-functional teams, ensuring the financial success of music publishing rights. You will be responsible for managing the planning and forecasting cycle, providing impactful data-driven insights, and collaborating with senior management. Join a dynamic finance team that values diversity and offers a flexible working environment, competitive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Subsidised gym membership

Private Health Insurance

6 months fully paid parental leave

Annual gig allowance

Cycle to work scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Workplace Nursery Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Post-qualified accountant with experience in planning & reporting.
• Strong understanding of data analysis and storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Deliver financials and conduct forward planning and analysis.
• Collaborate with teams to provide insights for decision-making.

Skills

Financial Planning

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Critical Thinking

Education

Post-qualified Accountant

Tools

SAP/BW

Advanced Excel

Anaplan

Looker

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Come As You Are.

As the great Kurt Cobain* once said, “Come as you are.” BMG is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and we celebrate diversity in all forms. Equal opportunity runs deep in our core value of fairness and we are determined to create a truly inclusive work environment, where everyone can flourish. If you’re good at what you do, come as you are.

All applicants to BMG will receive equal treatment regardless ofage, disability, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.*BMG is the proud representative of Kurt Cobain’s publishing catalogue, including the 1992 single ‘Come As You Are’

Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis (Publishing)

Join BMG’s Finance team as Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis where you will be responsible for the delivery of financials and the forward planning and analysis of the UK owned Music Publishing rights, integrating sound financial insights and foresights into value based decision making, owning the planning and forecasting cycle and promoting data-driven decision making.

In this role you will collaborate closely with cross functional teams, providing valuable insights and supporting decision-making processes to ensure the financial success of our projects.

Your responsibilities will also include ensuring credibility of financial analysis through oversight of financial information from end to end of the UK publishing value chain and by being integrated with Publishing, Sub-Publishing and Production Music teams plans and information needs.

Key Responsibilities.

INTEGRATED PLANNING & ANALYSIS

• Business partner and build rapport with Music Publishing Senior Management Team, A&R and Creative Teams, Sub-Publishing team, Production Music and sync team, providing relevant and impactful data driven management information and insight.
• Influence and inform profitable decision making.
• Work with Investments Team in preparing and reviewing Investment Appraisals to enable FP&A sign off.
• Be responsible for interrogation and analysis of periodic royalty payment run/earnings reports, collaborating directly with royalties teams to ensure effective and insightful client reviews when presented to UK management.
• Identify and interpret industry trends and market developments, understand root causes and communicate deeper insights to business decision makers

OPERATIONAL FP&A

• Ensuring the timely reporting of all monthly, quarterly and year-end financial information and deadlines. Including identifying trends, variances to budget and risks to achieving annual results.
• Prepare annual budget, monthly rolling forecasts and long range projections in line with up to date actuals, operational and strategic plans and industry trends.
• Responsible for presenting Publishing results, forecasts and budgets to UK CFO and Group Finance Team.
• Involvement in quarterly royalty true up and advance provisioning, working to find efficiencies through automation
• Budgeting & /forecasting of cash flows, advances received, future committed requirements, recoupments, deal pipeline, contracting, options, cash requirement
• Support wider Group data and automation projects such as the Royalties Integration Project and the implementation of the Controlling Concept

PROMOTING DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING

• Pro-actively ensuring that regular deal monitoring is performed using up to date internal and external information and insights from available tools (. Looker).
• Ensure correct data architecture in place for best in class and relevant management reporting.
• Ensure relevant management reporting and KPIs are available and easily disseminated across the business through suitable tools.
• Streamline, enrich and optimise financial data in close cooperation with Group FP&A and Local Royalty teams to provide automated analysis and insights throughout the business (. dashboards, reports)

COMPLIANCE

• Collaborate closely with other Group Controlling Functions, particularly in the fields of reporting and technical developments

TEAM WORK

• Work alongside wider UK FP&A team, Global Publishing Team, Royalties and International Teams to share knowledge and foster best practice eg Looker Dashboards

Your Profile.

• You are a post-qualified accountant
• You have experience of planning & reporting across P&L, balance sheet & cashflow
• You have gained a strong understanding of data analysis and story telling
• You are proactive and challenge the status quo
• You hold excellent communication (verbal and written) skills with finance and non finance teams and senior stakeholders Clear business focus and understanding
• You are service orientated and take pride in customer/in house clients service
• You are approachable and able to build rapport with wider business
• Comfortable working in a fast paced changing environment
• Critical thinker and driven to get under the root cause of the problem and issues
• Diligent, conscientious, proactive and flexible

You have experience working with:

• SAP/BW
• Advanced Excel
• Anaplan
• Looker

It’s a plus (not a must!)if you have: experience working with royalties as well as royalty systems

Now, what's in it for you?

• 25 days pro-rated annual leave, plus 3 days between Christmas & New Year and an extra day for your birthday!
• Flexible working opportunities.
• Subsidised gym membership.
• Private Health Insurance.
• All parents, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, will receive 6 months of fully paid parental leave.
• Annual gig allowance.
• Artist showcases.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Season Ticket Loan
• Workplace Nursery Scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Give As You Earn Scheme.
• A fun and sociable office environment.

Are you interested? Follow the link to apply!

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BMG is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. All job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.