Senior Finance Analyst - Close & Controls Lead (Hybrid)

Sky UK Limited; Livingston; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Sky TV package

Private healthcare

Pension with up to 9% employer

Sky VIP rewards

Sharesave and Tech schemes

Digital GP

Discounts on Sky products

Job summary

Sky UK Limited in Livingston is seeking an experienced accountant to own end-to-end accounting for a group of complex business areas, ensuring accurate ledgers and robust month-end to year-end close. You will support the offshore RTR team and lead improvements that speed up the close and strengthen controls.

Key responsibilities include reviewing journals and reconciliations, explaining movements to senior stakeholders, and acting as a primary contact for external auditors.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA or ACA).
• Strong record-to-report experience in a large, multi-entity organisation, including review responsibility.
• Sound knowledge of IFRS and financial controls.
• Advanced Excel skills and ERP experience (SAP preferred).
• Confident communicator who can explain accounting issues clearly and challenge stakeholders constructively.
• Proven ability to manage competing deadlines and prioritise effectively.

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end, quarter-end and year-end close for your entities or process area, and sign off results before they're submitted to Group.
• Review journals, accruals, provisions and complex judgement areas; ensure accounting treatment follows SOX, IFRS and policy.
• Analyse and explain P&L and balance sheet movements to Financial Controllers, FP&A and senior finance stakeholders.
• Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations, challenge aged or unexplained items, and drive resolution.
• Oversee intercompany matching, settlement and disputes for your entities.
• Look after technical accounting questions, such as new contracts, unusual transactions and policy changes, and escalate when needed.
• Act as the main contact for external auditors and ensure key controls are designed and operating effectively; remediate deficiencies.
• Coach and develop colleagues through knowledge sharing, training and onboarding new team members.
• Lead improvements across the close (journal automation, reconciliation standardisation, SAP/Power Automate/AI usage).
• Represent A2R on finance transformation, system and organisational change projects; assess accounting and controls impact.

Skills

IFRS knowledge

SOX compliance

Advanced Excel

SAP ERP

Stakeholder communication

Deadline management

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA

Tools

SAP

Power Automate

Job description

Sky UK Limited in Livingston is seeking an experienced accountant to own end-to-end accounting for a group of complex business areas, ensuring accurate ledgers and robust month-end to year-end close. You will support the offshore RTR team and lead improvements that speed up the close and strengthen controls.

Key responsibilities include reviewing journals and reconciliations, explaining movements to senior stakeholders, and acting as a primary contact for external auditors.