Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

Sonos LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonos is seeking an experienced FP&A professional to support European sales and operations with financial forecasting, budgeting, and strategic analysis. You will partner with commercial teams and the Accounting group to drive accuracy, profitability and revenue growth across the region.

You will build scalable models, challenge assumptions, and deliver insights that inform quarterly earnings and long-range plans, while collaborating across Finance, Operations and Go-To-Market teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or similar field.
• Minimum 5+ years in FP&A, revenue accounting, operations, or related field in a Global public company.
• Proven track record of partnering with commercial teams and influencing non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience with revenue forecasting, reporting and financial planning processes.
• Experience with demand planning and understanding of retail partner margins; basic budgeting experience.
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets financial modeling and analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the European sales and operations teams in evaluating risks, opportunities, contract negotiations and business cases.
• Own financial forecast assumptions and monthly revenue actuals vs forecast analysis.
• Build, validate and analyze demand and financial forecasts from unit and financial perspectives.
• Create scalable models to track performance and evaluate business cases for strategic decisions.
• Partner with Accounting, Finance, Operations and Go-To-Market teams on ad hoc projects and process improvements.

Skills

FP&A

Revenue forecasting

Business partnering

Excel/Google Sheets

US GAAP knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business

Tools

Anaplan

SAP S/4HANA

Analytics for Office (AO)

Tableau

SQL

Job description

At Sonos we want to create the ultimate listening experience for our customers and know that it starts by listening to each other. As part of the Sonos team, you’ll collaborate with people of all styles, skill sets, and backgrounds to realize our vision while fostering a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do the best work of their lives.

At Sonos we want to create the ultimate listening experience for our customers and know that it starts by listening to each other. As part of the Sonos team, you’ll collaborate with people of all styles, skill sets, and backgrounds to realize our vision while fostering a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do the best work of their lives.

What You’ll Do

Support the European sales and operations teams in evaluating risks, opportunities, contract negotiations, business cases, and other initiatives, challenging where needed and always looking for ways to drive revenue, profitability and efficiency. Leverage your commercial acumen to provide insightful financial analysis that drives strategic business decisions and outcomes. Own our financial forecast assumptions and the monthly review of revenue actuals vs forecast and prior years analysis, working closely with our Accounting team to understand results and provide data. Work closely with the sales and operations teams to build, validate, and analyze our demand and financial forecast from a unit based and financial lens; identify and clearly communicate risks and opportunities for the region to our Core FP&A team in support of our quarterly earnings processes. Build financial models that track performance, evaluate business cases and strategic decisions, and improve our forecast accuracy, that are scalable and repeatable. Ad hoc projects supporting key business partners within Finance, Accounting, Operations, and Go-To-Market teams with financial needs, analysis, and navigation through accounting and data. Constantly explore ways to simplify, automate and improve Finance related business processes to drive simplicity and efficiency. Promote a process efficiency mindset with the team and nurture a culture of continuous improvement.

What You’ll Need

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or similar field
• Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in FP&A, revenue accounting, operations, consulting, or related field working at a Global public company that operates in Consumer Products or Retail; Knowledge of US GAAP accounting principles
• Proven track record of business partnering with commercial teams and influencing non-finance stakeholders
• Experience with Revenue forecasting, reporting and financial planning process
• Experience partnering with demand planning teams and basic understanding of retail partner margin agreements; basic budget management experience
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets financial modeling and analysis skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in FP&A in an omnichannel business that sells physical product Self starter with a right first time mentality, a high level of attention to detail, a passion for collaborating with others, with the ability to focus on the highest priority requests
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex data into actionable business insights.
• Agile and adaptable approach to problem-solving, with the ability to balance detail-oriented execution and big-picture strategic thinking.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills with a proven track record of driving strategic decisions across all levels of an organization
• Demonstrated ability to present data and analysis at executive-level quality and a proven ability to work cross functionally, communicating with and working with people at all levels of the organization - Reduce Experience with financial tools such as Anaplan, SAP S/4HANA, Analytics for Office (AO), Tableau, SQL, or AI productivity tools #LI-Hybrid

At Sonos we take the time to hire right and appreciate your patience. Sonos is a sound experience company. We connect millions of listeners all around the world to the content they want, where and how they want it.

Since inventing multiroom wireless audio in 2005, we have continuously innovated the listening experience, designing hardware and software that celebrates sound, empowers our customers, and brings the home to life.

Our team is made up of passionate players united by a culture of respect, transparency, collaboration, and ownership who want to inspire the world to listen better.

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