Senior FP&A Analyst

NBC Universal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media and entertainment company in London is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst to own budgeting processes and provide essential financial support across teams. This role requires previous FP&A experience and will involve analyzing subscriber data and revenue, managing annual budgeting, and improving reporting processes. Candidates should possess excellent communication and analytical skills and an active interest in automation for increased efficiencies. This position supports a vibrant and inclusive workplace culture.

Benefits

Inclusive workplace

Support for community service

Opportunities for process improvements

Qualifications

• Previous FP&A experience in a similar role.
• Ability to manage workload effectively under pressure.
• Strong attention to detail and self-checking.

Responsibilities

• Own budgeting processes and provide financial support.
• Analyze subscriber data and related revenue.
• Support business stakeholders with ad-hoc analysis.

Skills

FP&A experience

Budgeting and planning

Excel and data analysis

Strong analytical skills

Communication of financial insights

Tools

SAP

BPC

Tableau

PowerBI

Job description

• Business Segment: International Networks & DTC

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Outside the U.S., NBCUniversal operates its International Networks & Direct-to-Consumer brands and delivers quality content to over 160 territories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific. Its pay TV channels portfolio spans localized versions of the well-known U.S. brands such as Bravo, Syfy, Telemundo, DreamWorks but also locally-born brands such as 13th Street, Diva, Universal TV and Studio Universal. Universal+ (a hybrid linear and non-linear service) aggregates the group’s brands on affiliate platforms, offering subscribers both live programming and an extensive range of compelling VOD content, including territory premieres and full boxsets, available all in one place. In terms of pure direct-to-consumer service outside the U.S., NBCU operates Hayu, the genre-focused SVOD service super-serving thousands of hours of reality content from global franchises The Real Housewives and Below Deck, to all-time classics Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Made in Chelsea, to original productions such as The Real Housewives of London. Highly curated and available through a full range of devices, Hayu offers the majority of U.S. shows day-and-date with the U.S., is available in 45 countries – including the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Nordics, Benelux and other territories throughout Europe and Asia.

Job Description

The Senior FP&A Analyst is a commercial and operationally focused role, acting as a finance business partner to the Hayu and EMEA business. It will involve owning all budgeting processes and providing financial support for spend across specific budget cost lines and working collaboratively with controllership counterparts to ensure actuals track to budget. This role will also have responsibility for analysis and insight of subscriber data and subsequent revenue, as well as incremental revenue from promotions. It will also support the development of both Hayu and Universal+ (available in France and Belgium) through best-practice learnings.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Partnering

• Support and guide stakeholders with budgeting as to meet overall and specific financial goals and commitments.
• Work with data team on tracking and reporting subscribers and other key metrics.
• Assess and capture impact of campaign activities for both spend (over/ under) and subscriber trend.
• Own the price promotion models across Hayu and U+ deriving incremental revenue from various parameters.
• Continuously refine and control budget trackers across multiple regions and business units.
• Support business stakeholders with ad-hoc analysis and reconciliations.

Financial Budgeting/ Pacing

• Manage the annual budgeting and monthly pacing process for dedicated P&L lines.
• Prepare and update financial models for revenue and costs for each pacing deadline.
• Ensure most accurate planned allocation of costs by spend type, media, territory and channel/ brand.
• Prepare all relevant slides and analysis for above-mentioned business areas but also broader narrative.

Controllership Support

• Review and approve Purchase Orders, ensuring backup is provided and costs are in line with expectations.
• Prepare back-up required by the controllership team for accruals.
• Own the variance analysis commentary at month-end and support controllership in investigations.
• Support process improvements and explore new solutions to plan, track and report actual spend.
• Work with Accounts Payable for ad hoc issues and requests.

Broader Team Support

• Stay abreast of possible FP&A process improvement and take lead on some automation projects.
• Take lead or provide support on broader financial project analysis and presentations.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Previous FP&A experience in a similar role, including budgeting and planning.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and multi-task, managing own workload.
• Strong attention to detail, with ability to sense-check own work and feed upwards.
• Excellent Excel and data analysis skills with experience in building models and working with large quantities of data.
• An active interest in seeking out new ways to use automation to bring efficiencies in day-to-day work.
• Strong ability to communicate complex financial insights clearly and confidently to those without a financial background.
• Strong analytical skills.

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience tracking and reporting on subscribers in a streaming business.
• Knowledge of SAP, BPC and other equivalent FP&A budget-management solutions.
• Experience and knowledge of Tableau, PowerBI or other data visualisation programmes

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [e-mail].