Manager, Marketing Finance (FP&A) New

PlayStation Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company based in London seeks a Global Financial Planning Manager to oversee analytics and team management. This role involves leading the development of marketing KPI frameworks, partnering with global teams for insights, and ensuring accuracy in planning deliverables. The ideal candidate will have senior experience in financial planning and effective communication skills to collaborate with executive leadership. This dynamic environment fosters innovation and offers competitive benefits including hybrid working and a discretionary bonus.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus opportunity

Hybrid Working

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Scheme

25 days holiday per year

On Site Gym

Subsidised Cafe

Regular team and company events

Flexible working

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Proven senior experience in global financial planning & analysis, commercial finance and financial analytics.
• Effective communication and people skills to partner at the executive leadership level.
• Organized self-starter with a proactive approach to drive effective ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and standardisation of Marketing KPI frameworks.
• Partner with Global Marketing and BI teams to translate campaign data into actionable insights.
• Drive marketing effectiveness reviews to guide budget reallocation.

Skills

Leadership

Effective communication

Financial planning & analysis

Organizational skills

Change management

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and standardisation of Marketing KPI frameworks, including campaign ROI, customer acquisition cost (CAC), lifetime value (LTV), media efficiency, and conversion metrics, ensuring clear alignment between spend and business outcomes.
• Partner with Global Marketing and BI teams to translate campaign data into actionable insights, establishing dashboards that connect investment to impact across awareness, engagement, and retention funnels.
• Lead the development of ROI models where applicable, for paid media, content, and partnership investments, linking performance metrics (impressions, CTR, view-through, subscriber growth) to financial results.
• Drive marketing effectiveness reviews, identifying under- and over-performing channels, and providing scenario modelling to guide reinvestment or budget reallocation.
• Collaborate with Global Brand and Commercial teams to evaluate cross-channel impact - quantifying how digital, retail, influencer, and experiential activity drive incremental engagement, revenue, or retention.
• Own and evolve marketing analytics governance, ensuring consistency in definitions, measurement methodologies, and reporting standards across all global markets.
• Integrate KPI and ROI outputs into long-range planning and forecasting cycles, supporting strategic decision-making and board-level visibility.
• Active hands‑on management, direction and support to the Global Marketing FP&A team in the delivery of accurate, timely and complete Planning deliverables (e.g. annual Budget, MRP, quarterly Forecasts, monthly latest estimates, ad‑hoc financial assessment and reviews).
• Drive and challenge the on‑going development and establishment of streamlined and automated Global Marketing dashboards and Reporting suite(s) to meet senior leadership management reporting needs, focussed on value-added insights, analysis and financial analytics.
• Maintain traditional FP&A excellence through accurate forecasting, insightful variance analysis, and clear financial storytelling that highlights drivers of performance and opportunities for improvement.
• Business partnering with the Global Marketing, FP&R and Strategy teams to understand key business updates and related financial impacts to support ongoing Risk and Opportunity assessments for both divisional leadership and SIE group risk management and decision making.
• Continue to drive, build and implement new key processes to ensure financial rigor, controls and governance (e.g. across marketing spend, investments), and support Global Marketing management committee approval requirements.
• Partner closely in alignment with other commercial finance to help drive Global Marketing teams accountability, fully understanding investments and spend initiatives to align with FP&A responsibilities.
• Conduct holistic global assessments and provide clear direction to actively drive and guide the team to develop ways of working to improve efficiencies, leverage systems / tools to drive automation, and help educate wider business stakeholders to gain buy‑in to drive new and improved processes / business inputs (e.g. Global Marketing trackers).
• Direct line management responsibilities of a Global team, working to accommodate San Mateo, London, and Tokyo based team members.
• Ad‑hoc work and projects where required.

Qualifications

• Proven senior experience in global financial planning & analysis, commercial finance and financial analytics.
• Leadership with a continuous challenge, change and improvement mindset.
• Forward‑thinking planner, who is methodical, detailed and output focussed to drive new initiatives.
• Organised self‑starter, strong initiative, and proactive approach to drive efficient and effective ways of working.
• Effective communication and people skills to partner at the executive leadership level, and the ability to maintain and develop strong working relationships with both non‑finance and finance professionals.
• Ability to prioritise and multi‑task in an ambiguous, constantly changing environment.
• Ability to flex leadership and management styles between hands‑on approach and appropriate delegation, where required.

Company & Culture

PlayStation isn't just the Best Place to Play - it's also the Best Place to Work. Today, we're recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStationreg;5, PlayStationreg;4, PlayStationreg;VR, PlayStationreg;Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team. The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly‑owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.

Role Overview

This London based role is responsible for the overall leadership, global team management and interaction (US, UK and Japan based) and accurate & timely delivery of the financial planning and commercial deliverables for our Global Marketing division, to support the strategic goals and objectives of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) group.

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus opportunity
• Hybrid Working (within Flexmodes)
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Scheme
• 25 days holiday per year in addition to public holidays
• On Site Gym
• Subsidised Cafe
• Free soft drinks
• On site bar
• Access to cycle garage and showers, Training Provided
• Regular team and company events
• Free drinks, fruit or food
• Flexible working
• Free Gym or Gym Subsidy
• Private Medical/Dental healthcare
• Bonus/Reward Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Game Jams