Planning Budgeting and Analysis Officer

Global Sports Jobs Limited; United States; Remoto; USD 100.000 - 150.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Private health insurance

Mental health support

Wellness programs

Gym membership

Meal vouchers

Transportation vouchers

Pension plan

Visa and relocation assistance

Work from home flexibility

Descrizione del lavoro

Olympic Broadcasting Services is seeking a Planning and Budgeting & Analysis Officer to join its Financial Planning & Analysis team. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis to provide senior management with reliable information for decision-making, while driving data-driven improvements and AI-enabled transformation.

You will collaborate across business lines, support month-end close, prepare monthly reports, and advise on opportunities to enhance performance and manage risk

Competenze

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics or a related field.
• Strong experience with Power BI and other financial and automation tools, including a practical understanding of AI utilisation and a passion to continuously improve these.
• Clear written and spoken English, with the ability to explain financial information to different audiences.
• Ability to approach unstructured problems thoughtfully and apply financial and business analysis techniques to develop practical solutions.
• Confidence working collaboratively across departments and gathering input from varied stakeholders.
• Inclusive interpersonal skills, with the confidence to facilitate meetings, ask constructive questions and present evidence-based recommendations.
• Strong analytical judgement, attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Proactive, dependable and focused on achieving high-quality outcomes.
• Strong interest in balancing strategic transformation initiatives alongside day-to-day operational responsibilities, ensuring both innovation and execution are effectively supported.
• Availability to travel, including to host cities during Games Time (up to 3 months on a two-year cycle).

Mansioni

• Create project budgets and forecasting processes, ensuring updates are delivered accurately and on time.
• Coordinate, consolidate, review and analyse data from all business lines to support budget and forecast processes.
• Support month-end closing, providing financial control and accuracy of accounting and results.
• Ensure data integrity in line with accounting principles and compliance with policies and procedures.
• Prepare accurate monthly reporting for relevant stakeholders.
• Conduct ongoing analysis of actual results versus plan or forecast and help identify risks and opportunities.
• Assist in the preparation of financial presentations for plans and forecasts and on an ad-hoc basis.
• Build collaborative relationships with business partners and provide timely, constructive support on financial matters.
• Continually enhance and streamline processes within Finance workflows.
• Assist with supplier and vendor payments, account reconciliations and validation of Games-time expenses.
• Manage freelance payment processes.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis as required.

Conoscenze

Power BI

AI utilisation

Financial analysis

English communication

Formazione

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Economics

Descrizione del lavoro

About the Role

Olympic Broadcasting Services is looking for a Planning and Budgeting & Analysis Officer to join its Financial Planning & Analysis team, a group primarily charged with preparing project budgets and periodic forecasts that provide senior management with clear, reliable information for decision-making. The role combines finance reporting, forecasts and variance analysis with the application of data and process improvement, and involves advising management and colleagues on decisions such as how to improve performance, minimise risk or capture new opportunities within the company and the external environment. The position offers a motivated finance professional the opportunity to take ownership of key planning and budgeting functions while actively contributing to a broader AI-driven transformation agenda.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate in the creation of project budgets and forecasting processes, ensuring updates are delivered accurately and on time.
• Coordinate, consolidate, review and analyse data from all business lines to support budget and forecast processes.
• Support month-end closing, providing financial control and accuracy of accounting and results.
• Ensure data integrity in line with accounting principles and compliance with policies and procedures.
• Prepare accurate monthly reporting for relevant stakeholders.
• Conduct ongoing analysis of actual results versus plan or forecast and help identify risks and opportunities.
• Assist in the preparation of financial presentations for plans and forecasts and on an ad-hoc basis.
• Build collaborative relationships with business partners and provide timely, constructive support on financial matters.
• Continually enhance and streamline processes within Finance workflows.
• Assist with supplier and vendor payments, account reconciliations and validation of Games-time expenses.
• Manage freelance payment processes.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis as required.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics or a related field.
• Strong experience with Power BI and other financial and automation tools, including a practical understanding of AI utilisation and implementation and a passion to continuously improve these.
• Clear written and spoken English, with the ability to explain financial information to different audiences.
• Ability to approach unstructured problems thoughtfully and apply financial and business analysis techniques to develop practical solutions.
• Confidence working collaboratively across departments and gathering input from varied stakeholders.
• Inclusive interpersonal skills, with the confidence to facilitate meetings, ask constructive questions and present evidence-based recommendations.
• Strong analytical judgement, attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Proactive, dependable and focused on achieving high-quality outcomes.
• Strong interest in balancing strategic transformation initiatives alongside day-to-day operational responsibilities, ensuring both innovation and execution are effectively supported.
• Availability to travel, including to host cities during Games Time (up to 3 months on a two-year cycle).

Preferred Skills

• Minimum of 4-8 years' experience working with data-heavy budgeting or analysis processes and developing related functions in multinational companies, which the source describes as very desirable.

Benefits & Perks

• Health and well-being: private health insurance, mental health support, wellness and gym programmes, and online support focused on employee well-being.
• Work-life balance: work from home flexibility (up to 30%), paid time off and parental leave.
• Other incentives: meal vouchers, transportation vouchers and a pension plan.
• Visa and relocation assistance: support for employees obtaining visas and relocating from outside Spain.
• Professional growth: training, language classes and development opportunities.