Analyst 3, Finance

Comcast Advertising; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Comcast Advertising is seeking a Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis to support monthly forecasts and financial reporting for Connectivity & Platforms. You will consolidate forecasts across business units, analyze performance, and create concise executive narratives for leadership.

The role partners with finance teams to validate submissions, identify key drivers, and improve planning efficiency, delivering executive-ready materials for critical decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field; extensive professional experience may be considered.
• 5-7 years of relevant work experience as indicated in the posting.

Responsibilities

• Support the monthly forecast process across Connectivity & Platforms, including consolidation, review, and reporting of financial results and outlooks.
• Consolidate forecast submissions from business units and functional teams, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment across enterprise-level reporting and planning outputs.
• Partner with Finance stakeholders to understand business performance, forecast changes, risks, opportunities, and key drivers impacting financial results.
• Perform variance analysis versus Prior Forecast, Budget, Long Range Plan, and prior year results to explain changes in financial performance and outlook.
• Analyze revenue, operating expense, and Adjusted EBITDA trends to identify emerging business dynamics and provide actionable insights to leadership.
• Develop executive commentary that synthesizes financial results, forecast updates, and key business drivers into clear, concise narratives for senior leadership.
• Create executive-ready presentations, reporting packages, and leadership materials that translate complex financial information into actionable business insights.
• Support leadership reviews, ad hoc analyses, and process improvement initiatives that enhance forecast accuracy, reporting effectiveness, and planning efficiency.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance.
• Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Annual Budget Planning

Communication

Data Management

Financial Acumen

Financial Analysis

Financial Modeling

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.

Job Summary

The Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis plays a key role in supporting the monthly forecast and financial performance reporting processes for Connectivity & Platforms. This position partners with Finance teams across the organization to consolidate financial forecasts, analyze business performance, and support executive decision-making through accurate, timely, and insightful reporting. The role is responsible for evaluating monthly results and forecast outlooks across multiple business units, identifying key drivers of performance, and translating complex financial information into clear, concise narratives for senior leadership. Additionally, this position helps ensure consistency across forecasting processes, validate financial submissions and assumptions, and deliver executive reporting that supports business performance management and financial decision-making.

Job Description Responsibilities

• Support the monthly forecast process across Connectivity & Platforms, including consolidation, review, and reporting of financial results and outlooks.
• Consolidate forecast submissions from business units and functional teams, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment across enterprise-level reporting and planning outputs.
• Partner with Finance stakeholders to understand business performance, forecast changes, risks, opportunities, and key drivers impacting financial results.
• Perform variance analysis versus Prior Forecast, Budget, Long Range Plan, and prior year results to explain changes in financial performance and outlook.
• Analyze revenue, operating expense, and Adjusted EBITDA trends to identify emerging business dynamics and provide actionable insights to leadership.
• Develop executive commentary that synthesizes financial results, forecast updates, and key business drivers into clear, concise narratives for senior leadership.
• Create executive-ready presentations, reporting packages, and leadership materials that translate complex financial information into actionable business insights.
• Support leadership reviews, ad hoc analyses, and process improvement initiatives that enhance forecast accuracy, reporting effectiveness, and planning efficiency.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance.
• Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Skills

Skills Analytical Thinking, Annual Budget Planning, Communication, Data Management, Financial Acumen, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling

Disclaimer

This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

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Education

Bachelor's Degree While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Certifications

(if applicable)

Relevant Work Experience

5-7 Years

Comcast is an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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