Senior FP&A Manager

SEGA; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company is seeking a Senior FP&A Manager to oversee financial planning and analysis efforts. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to drive performance, manage budgets, and develop strategic financial plans. Key qualifications include a strong background in finance, advanced analytical skills, and proficiency in financial systems like Hyperion and SAP.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or a related field.
• Strong analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support financial planning and analysis efforts for Sega Europe and Sega West Studio.
• Conduct gap analysis and provide recommendations for budget management.
• Create and monitor mid-term plans for efficiency and effectiveness.

Skills

Analytical skills

Modeling skills

Problem-solving skills

Advanced Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics

MBA or CPA preferred

Tools

Hyperion

SAP

Oracle

Adaptive Insights

Power BI

Job description

Role: Senior FP&A Manager

Company: SEGA Europe Ltd

Location: Building 12, Chiswick Business Park, 566 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 5AN

Job Summary: We are seeking a detail-oriented and strategic Senior FP&A Analyst to support our Sega Europe and Sega West Studio's financial planning and analysis efforts. This role will work closely with key stakeholders across studios, publishing, and corporate teams to deliver insights that drive performance, support budget management, and help shape the financial future of our businesses.

Key Responsibilities:

1. West Studio Inline P/L analysis:
   • Work closely with studios and pubs (West/East) and provide finance simulation analysis and give recommendations from financial perspective for the inline processes.
   • Conduct gap analysis from various perspectives including vs previous, BP, and mid-term, and provide feedback to all parties involved in a timely manner.
2. West Studio Mid-term Plan:
   • Create a simplified mid-term plan based on inline base figures and provide the updated P/L to stakeholders with gap analysis.
   • Establish a process and framework to monitor a cash-based mid/long-term studio plan to flag risks in studio operations to stakeholders including senior management.
   • Identify areas for improvement and recommend actionable strategies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
3. Monthly West Studio fixed costs and Dev costs:
   • Review the SG&A, Headcount plan, and cash base by title development costs of west studios as well as SOE studio Ops with the studio COO and finance team every month. Check if there are any abnormal fluctuations against BP or previous projections.
   • Create a mechanism to explain the quantitative variation in studio costs along with qualitative information on the status of game development.
   • Monitor the budget consumption rate against approved budget by Inline to ensure that there are no risks such as budget overruns.
   • Report the cash base by title Dev cost of each studio to SOJ for Getsuji reporting purposes.
4. SOE fixed costs:
   • Collaborate with the Finance team to improve SG&A budget control processes and frameworks.
   • Serve as a check/balance on each department's use of the budget while keeping an eye on the status of each SBU’s business.
5. Business Plan formulation:
   • Support SOE Finance team to build annual business plans, working closely with other BP team members and providing expected guidelines and schedules from HQ.
   • Support West Studio management, HR, and finance teams to build annual studio plans including headcount, SG&A, DGC, VGEC, and other items.
6. Process Improvement:
   • Identify and implement improvements in budget control processes, formats, and systems.
   • Automate reporting and forecasting workflows and improve outputs utilizing systems (e.g., Power BI) where possible.
7. Studio Bonus incentive plan:
   • Provide financial plans and relevant data to SOE HR team to assist in creating modeling of studio bonus incentive plans.
8. Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

   Essential:

   • Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or CPA preferred.
   • 5-8 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or a related field.
   • Strong analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills.
   • Advanced proficiency in Excel; experience with financial systems (e.g., Hyperion, SAP, Oracle, Adaptive Insights).
   • Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
   • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

   Desirable:

   • Strategic mindset with attention to detail.
   • Ability to influence and communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
   • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

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