Financial Analyst, Global Marketing Finance & Business Operations 

San Mateo, CA (Collab) 

The PlayStation Global Marketing (GM) Finance & Business Operations Team is seeking a candidate for the role of Financial Analyst. Key responsibilities include financial planning, reporting and analysis in support of our monthly/quarterly/annual budget and forecasting processes, key investments, cost optimization initiatives, and strategic decision-making.  This critical team member will act as a finance business partner with select Global Marketing Teams, providing financial operations support and driving accountability of budgets, expenses, and forecasts in alignment with our strategic goals and objectives. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual Global Marketing budget and forecasting processes.
• Collaborate with select Global Marketing Teams on expense management (budget and expenditure tracking, accruals/reclasses, forecasts and reporting) and quarterly financial reviews.
• Ensure client team budgets are consistently tracked, measured, and reconciled, ensuring data integrity and variance explanations for discrepancies.
• Extract, interpret and analyze financial data to identify meaningful trends and uncover insights in support of key initiatives and projects.
• Develop frameworks, build scalable models/templates, and repeatable processes to enable collecting, analyzing, and reporting datasets and financial results.
• Manage and optimize workflows and processes to minimize complexities and promote efficient business operations.
• Provide ongoing support to select Global Marketing Teams by collaborating with Finance to help troubleshoot accounting, vendor management, payment processing, and financial system-related issues.
• Provide ad hoc expense analysis and reporting for leadership team and key partners.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 3-5 years of work experience in finance/accounting/business analytics role
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
• Detail-oriented with experience collecting, organizing, and disseminating data and abundant information with accuracy
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive, resourceful, and takes ownership to ensure successful outcomes
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and deliver against aggressive timelines
• Willingness to assist with a variety of tasks and work independently as well as collaboratively on a team
• Client-focused with ability to build relationships and partnerships with internal cross-functional teams
• Ability to quickly master new information systems and reporting tools and applications
• Experience in digital media, Internet, technology, or gaming industries a plus

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