SGA and FP&A Manager

Sony Corporate Technology Center America; Weybridge; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite canteen

onsite gym

Staff parking with charging points

Shuttle service

Hybrid and flexible working

Wellbeing platform

Job summary

Sony Corporate Technology Center America in Weybridge, UK, seeks an SGA & FP&A Manager to lead budgeting, forecasting and financial governance for Fixed SGA expenses, delivering high-quality management reporting and insightful analysis to support strategic decisions.

The role partners with business leaders, drives cost optimization, oversees month-end close and outsourced finance activities, and ensures IFRS compliance. Hybrid working and onsite Weybridge presence offered.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with professional certification.
• Significant post-qualification FP&A or finance leadership experience.
• Experience translating financial performance into actionable business insight.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budget, long-range planning and monthly forecasting for Fixed SGA.
• Oversee monthly performance reviews with analysis of variances and drivers.
• Collaborate with cost owners to challenge assumptions and improve forecast accuracy.
• Deliver high-quality management reporting, modelling and scenario analyses.

Skills

FP&A leadership

Budgeting & forecasting

Management reporting

Financial modelling

IFRS & controls

Excel advanced

Power BI

Stakeholder management

Education

ACCA/ACA/CIMA or international equivalent

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Job description

The SGA and FP&A Manager leads financial planning, analysis, accounting, and financial control for Selling, General and Administrative (SGA) expenses ensuring accurate financial reporting, effective cost management and robust financial governance.

The role owns the budgeting, forecasting and month end performance cycle for Fixed SGA, providing high-quality analysis, insight and challenge to support business decision making and delivery of financial objectives.

The position serves as a strategic finance partner to business leaders and functional cost owners, providing actionable insights and driving operational efficiency and cost optimization across the organisation to achieve financial objectives.

You will:

• Be responsible for the annual budget and long-range planning and monthly forecasting processes for Fixed SGA expenses, ensuring alignment with business and corporate objectives.
• Lead monthly financial performance reviews, providing clear analysis of actual performance against budget and forecast and identifying key drivers, trends, risks and opportunities.
• Partner with functional cost owners to challenge assumptions, improve forecast accuracy and drive delivery against financial targets.
• Deliver high-quality management reporting, financial modelling, scenario analysis and actionable insights to support senior leadership decision-making.
• Lead the delivery of accurate and complete general ledger accounting, financial reporting and balance sheet management for Fixed SGA.
• Own the monthly, quarterly and annual close processes, ensuring activities are planned, communicated and delivered in accordance with the reporting timetable.
• Lead, develop and motivate the Fixed SGA FP&A and Accounting team, setting clear objectives, responsibilities, deliverables and performance expectations aligned with business priorities.
• Own the governance and performance management of outsourced finance activities, monitoring BPO service delivery through KPIs, SLAs, quality measures and benchmarks, and driving corrective action and continuous service improvement.
• Act as a trusted finance advisor to senior business leaders and functional cost owners, providing constructive challenge and commercially focused financial insight.
• Provide technical accounting guidance and ensure compliance with IFRS, Corporate Accounting Policy, tax, legal, statutory, branch reporting and audit requirements.
• Drive process standardisation, automation and continuous improvement initiatives for onshore and offshore activities to enhance efficiency, control and reporting quality.
• Lead Fixed SGA workstream in system, process and entity integrations while maintaining group and statutory compliance.

You will bring:

• A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or international equivalent).
• Significant post-qualification experience in accounting, FP&A or a related finance leadership role.
• Significant experience in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and management reporting within a complex multinational organisation, with a proven ability to translate financial performance into actionable business insight.
• Demonstrable experience leading finance transformation, process improvement, automation or systems implementation initiatives.
• Excellent commercial awareness and business partnering capability.
• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills.
• Experience managing, coaching and developing finance professionals and driving team performance.
• Experience managing outsourced finance operations and BPO providers service delivery against KPIs and service-level agreements.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, financial controls and balance sheet management.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong experience with ERP, financial planning and reporting tools; experience with SAP and Power BI highly desirable.
• Strong communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.

Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment.

• We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista-style coffee shop.
• There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours.
• We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack, and a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between the train station and the office at peak times.
• Hybrid and flexible working policies.
• Competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking.
• Recognition platform that celebrates colleagues who make a real difference.
• Access to services and platforms for wellbeing, listen to our people thr

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Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture. We celebrate colleagues who make a real difference through our recognition platform. We provide access to services and platforms for wellbeing, listen to our people thr