Analyst, Ad Sales Finance

Job Description

Analyst, Ad Sales Finance (FP&A)

Overview and Responsibilities

We are looking for a Revenue Analyst, to join the Pluto Financial Planning & Analysis team, who will play a critical role in analyzing data and building financial models to identify key opportunities that drive strategic business initiatives around our ad-sales revenue model. This role will be that of a strategic, financial and analytical partner to our Ad Sales, Monetization, Ad Operations and Ad Tech teams globally.

This is a meaningful role with a wide range of responsibilities, including:
• Support the Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Budgeting and Forecasting & Financial Close cycles for Pluto TV Advertising Sales FP&A – which includes the consolidation of underlying data and analytics supporting the revenue organization.
• Preparation of weekly financial summary to Finance & Ad Sales Leadership, which includes analysis on cash pacing, pricing & other key sales metrics.
• Preparation of Operating Review, Budget, and Long-Range Plan presentations for Senior Leadership including both the CFO and ViacomCBS corporate groups.
• Monitor and report on changes to the Ad Sales Balance Sheet & Statement of Cash Flows, identifying key drivers in account variances for corporate pacing, estimates, & financial closes.
• Manages monthly reconciliations between various sources of data, conducts light billing activities to ensure timely payments and monitors aging of advertising clients.
• Calculates quarterly commissions of sales teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deeply understand business objectives and drive successful outcomes

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics) or equivalent practical experience
• 2-4 years of experience in management consulting, investment banking or project management in a technology/media company
• Strong understanding of Ad Sales, revenue recognition and analytics.
• High technical proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Docs including building complex financial models
• Desire to learn database querying (e.g. SQL) and 3rd party visualization tools (Periscope, Tableau, Looker)
• Experience developing data-driven hypotheses and effectively communicating actionable insights to decision-makers
• Ability to translate analysis results into business recommendations
• Ability to work outside of your comfort zone and embrace the ambiguity of a high-growth startup environment

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d8jmxg-3-147-104-248-42 in your application.