Strategic Finance Analyst - Central Game Studios

Job Description

The Games Studios Finance team at Riot is dedicated to helping Riot's most senior leadership make the best decisions for Players. Our team strives to provide the strongest insights on game development and operations at Riot while looking for ways to improve processes to unlock our developers' focus to provide the highest value to our players.

The Strategic Finance Analyst, reporting to the Strategic Finance Principal within the Game Studios, will be a member of the Strategic Finance department within the Game Studios group and will support Game Studios leadership and the teams within. The Strategic Finance Analyst role will develop financial guidance and processes and promote collaboration across multiple teams within the Game Studios group to build consistent and comparable financial reporting with high data integrity to give senior decision makers a sophisticated understanding of a Game Studios portfolio of teams.

Responsibilities:
• Work with Game Studios BU Strategic Advisory (SA) Leads and Strategic Finance team members to create tools, standardized reports and establish best practices around financial reporting and analysis
• Craft reports and presentations that are easily understood by the less monetarily minded
• Provide guidance, set policies, and establish best practices around strategic planning and forecasting (SPF) process with Game Studio BU SA leads and Strategic Finance team members
• Monitor department P&Ls, compare forecasts to actuals, and work with Strategic Finance lead to ensure efficient resource allocation (headcount and financial)
• Work with the Games Studios leadership to complete projects on strategic and priorities
• Provide sound strategic support on all issues relating to cost and financial processes/standards
• Provide a deep analysis on cross-BU financial challenges (data, process, analytical) and align team members around recommendations that lead to the best operational and outcomes
• Work with central Finance, Tax and Treasury, Accounting and Purchasing functions to provide support to Games Studios

Required Qualifications:
• 5 or more years experience in finance, consulting or corporate strategy
• A Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

Desired Qualifications:
• 4 or more years experience in finance, consulting or corporate strategy with a Master's Degree
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets)

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about the experiences of players, this could be the role for you!
Our Perks:

Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming. It's our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history.

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