Key skills
FP&A experienceMedia Industry ExperienceSAP Financial systemsBachelor’s degree in AccountingFinanceExcelAnalytical competencywork ethicCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsTeam playerAnalyticsSAPLeadershipStrategic PlanningBudgetingCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
Nielsen is a leading company in the Broadcast Media industry, dedicated to providing powerful insights that drive client decisions. The Financial Planning & Analysis Partner will support the Audience Measurement FP&A team in forecasting, planning, and reporting for a significant revenue segment, requiring cross-functional collaboration and strong financial acumen.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluate financial data, prepare forecasts, and support strategic planning decisions
- Ownership of forecasting and reporting for total Audience Measurement Segment
- Maintain Master Data and reconciliations
- Align on weekly revenue forecast and forecast updates to facilitate communication with CRO
- Ensure effective revenue transition into SAP Analytics Cloud (planning & reporting)
- Lead month end variance analysis to be shared with broader Finance team
- Continually assess and improve revenue reporting, metrics and analyses
- Preparation and consolidation as part of the financial cycle including monthly/quarterly budgeting & forecasting, annual plan setting, variance to plan and forecast analysis, etc
- Support for the Board of Directors and other Senior Leadership presentation preparation
- Solves complex problems: takes a new perspective using existing solutions
- Works independently receives minimal guidance
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 5+ years' experience in Accounting or Finance Role, must have FP&A experience
- Media Industry Experience required
- Must have a strong work ethic, self-motivated work style and a good attention to detail and enjoy a dynamic environment with new challenges and changing work priorities
- Individual contributor and team player with great communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational skills, close attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to adapt quickly and learn new tasks independently
- Strong quantitative and analytical competency
- Experience manipulating large data sets and turning them into usable information
- Comfortable working cross-functionally and with senior leadership
- Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Google Suite
- Previous Operations Finance experience is a plus
- SAP Financial systems experience strongly preferred