Analyst, Business Planning

Job Description

Analyst, Business Planning

Please note that this role is based in the United Kingdom. In order to enable us to meet statutory and regulatory obligations of the United Kingdom immigration system you must have the appropriate immigration permission needed to work and reside in the United Kingdom.

Role

This role is based in the Finance team, working daily with colleagues in Supply Chain, Sales, and Marketing, and forms a key part in the strategic decisions taken by the business to maximize the success of both physical video and transactional digital markets. With varied and interesting day to day tasks, this role has fantastic development opportunities as part of a high-performing team.

Commercial Planning and Reporting
• Maintaining models with latest weekly performance data, understanding the way the data is trending and re-forecasting accordingly
• Providing data for New Release and Catalogue forecast models
• Identifying key comparable titles by market, ensuring alignment with internal stakeholders (Commercial, Marketing), to predict future release performance
• Populating review templates to allow management to assess data in a common format across territories.

Supporting HE Commercial Finance
• Supporting title-specific scenario planning to maximise GP return, considering potential movements in box office, release date, SKU configuration and release windows.
• Support the evaluation of title-specific release strategies (release date, windows, SKU configuration)
• Supporting assessment of potential third party content acquisitions, providing data and analysis to calculate potential Sony return.
• Supporting various business functions in ad-hoc analysis.
• Provide data for the review of SKU performance and range rationalisation recommendations
• Populate templates to help determine manufacturing and shipment volumes for New Releases

Control & Monthly Financial Period Close
• Supporting regular reconciliation of commercial models to financial actuals and updates to planning assumptions.
• Update the returns model to aid the month end process

Team Contributions
• Support Finance colleagues on a wide range of other processes and projects
• Assist with team admin including producing PowerPoint presentations

Education, Years of Experience, Specialized Knowledge or Skills Required:

Knowledge:
• Strong history of working with numbers – through education or employment
• Has worked in Home Entertainment in some capacity previously
• Studio experience an added bonus; having worked in (or with) TV Distribution also beneficial

Skills:
• A high standard in influencing and interpersonal skills, to build and develop strong cross-functional relationships
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Accurate forecasting and modelling skills
• Needs to be able to demonstrate high degree of logic and method to work
• Must have strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Experience with Tableau desirable
• Fluent in English

Competencies
• Action Orientated – Enjoys working hard; not fearful of action with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunity than others
• Negotiating – Can settle differences with minimum noise; can be both direct and forceful as well as diplomatic; gains trust quickly of other parties to the negotiations; good sense of timing
• Presentation Skills – Is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings, and using both raw data and controversial broader topics; commands attention and can manage group process during the presentation; can change tactics midstream when something isn't working
• Planning – Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.
• Drive for results – Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line orientated; steadfastly pushes self and others for results
• Learning on the fly – Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks
• Comfort Around Higher Management – Can deal comfortably with senior managers; understands how senior managers think and work; can determine the best way to get things done with them by talking their language and responding to their needs; can craft approaches likely to be seen as appropriate and positive.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is committed to equal opportunity in all its employment practices, policies and procedures. No worker or potential worker will therefore receive less favourable treatment due to his or her race, age, creed, sexual orientation, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, religion, gender, marital status or Trade Union membership (if applicable).

GBR - London - Brunel Building

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5wev7-3-141-27-244-42 in your application.