Finance Analyst

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

The Group Financial Reporting team is responsible for producing the consolidated financial results of the Sky group and for the reporting of financials to our US parent company, Comcast. The team also advises on financial accounting matters and the control environment underpinning the production of financial results.

What you'll do:
As a member of the financial reporting team within Group Finance, you'll help produce the group's consolidated financial results and help drive standardisation across the territories, through work with finance teams across the business to analyse and automate where possible our financial processes
- Assisting with the production of the group monthly consolidated results
- Preparing reporting for internal audiences and for our US parent company
- Communicating regularly with local finance teams to deal with any queries and ensure that results can be produced accurately and on time
- Working with finance teams to integrate new business areas into our standard reporting and accounting processes
- Compliance with internal governance and controls, ensuring key controls are operating effectively
- Maintaining the integrity of the group consolidation process through standardisation of processes by the territories on group reporting
- Analysing opportunities to automate process via SAP BI reporting, Cognos Controller or TM1
- Accounting advice and due diligence on corporate transactions and commercial deals, including acquisitions/disposals/investments, new products and services

What you'll bring:

- You will be a newly qualified finance professional, and will likely have experience of financial accounting and reporting from working in a group financial reporting environment and/or from corporate audit
- Looking for better ways of doing things and proactively taking ownership to see things through
- An ability to work independently within a highly controlled and process lead environment
- Efficient and accurate delivery of reporting for a variety of partners
- Preparation of accounting analysis and insight
- Building relationships with colleagues across the group's businesses and territories

The Rewards:
There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband
- Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you'll work:
We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your office base:
Osterley:
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:
We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we've been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we've committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We've also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky, we don't just look at your CV. We're more passionate about who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.

Why wait?

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.