Senior Manager Financial Modelling & Analysis United States, San Mateo, CA

Company: Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc
Location: San Mateo
Posted on: November 13, 2024

Job Description:

United States, San Mateo, CAWhy PlayStation?PlayStation isn't just the Best Place to Play - it's also the Best Place to Work. Today, we're recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation5, PlayStation4, PlayStationVR, PlayStationPlus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.Job Title: Snr Manager, Financial Modelling and AnalysisLocation: Virtual, remote worker location possibleStudio Business Group (SBG) is looking for Snr Manager of Financial Modelling and Analysis who will be responsible for establishing a center of excellence for financial modelling and analysis of SBG titles and IPs ensuring standardization of models and analysis and consistency across the portfolio. This is a newly created team aiming at consolidating all key modelling and analysis under one team. The team will own modelling and valuation standards, ensure that each IP, title and business opportunity has an up-to-date financial model and will provide modelling analytical support to key decision-making and business processes such as title greenlighting, title reviews, business performance review processes or (new) business development opportunities or commercial negotiations. Team members under the leadership of the Director Financial Modelling will collaborate with other SBG teams, such as business development, product management, revenue forecasting, and finance business partners providing financial modelling support. The role will report via Finance and require collaboration with multiple teams ensuring the right assumptions and input are getting into the models. The Director leading the team will champion an "always forecasting" mindset, excellence and passion in modelling, accuracy and attention to detail, and a continuous improvement mindset and insights generation from financial analysis. It is envisioned that the team will consist of early career professionals passionate and experienced in analysis who will see this role as a springboard into other roles within finance teams.Responsibilities:

• Defining a long-term vision for financial modelling and analysis collaborating with Finance leaders to execute it effectively across the portfolio of projects.
• Build, develop and lead a team of financial modelling and analysis professionals who are acting as key support members of project teams at project key milestones.
• Lead and influence within a complex organizational structure, fostering collaboration cross-functionally and with external partners.
• Ensuring all titles, IPs and opportunities have up-to-date financial models in place especially during key moments in the title lifecycle such as investment decisions, reviews, and portfolio planning.
• Develop, implement and maintain standards in financial modelling for SBG titles and IPs ensuring consistency, clarity, accuracy, and insightfulness of analysis.
• Financial modelling and analysis supporting business development and commercial opportunities and co-dev, XDEV, outsourcing, or any other external opportunity commercial discussions.
• Ownership for financial metric definitions and calculation methods.
• Manage a high-performance team, providing coaching, mentoring, and identifying development opportunities as well as appropriate portfolio coverage and succession plans.
• Facilitate and champion proactive communication and collaboration between the modelling and analysis team and multiple functional teams ensuring effective flow of data and validation of input as well as insights from analysis.
• Promote a culture of standardization, continuous improvement, and accountability in financial modelling and analysis.
• Champion a culture of collaboration with the Portfolio management team ensuring seamless flow of processes between individual projects analysis to portfolio analysis.
• Staying apprised of broader industry developments and key business metrics and industry trends and benchmarking analysis of the gaming industry.
• Provide ad-hoc analysis and presentations for the leadership team.Qualifications & Skills:
  • BA/BS in business, strategy, finance, economics or related field; MBA and/or CFA designation preferred.
  • 10-12+ years of experience in roles in finance, investment analysis and consulting roles with multiple modelling, analysis and investment decisions advisory responsibilities.
  • Experience in the gaming industry is not required but passion and interest in gaming will be a plus from a culture fit perspective.
  • Experience in building, developing, and leading teams.
  • Passion and energy for process excellence and continuous improvements.
  • Attention to detail and accuracy; ability to review complex models quickly.
  • Ability to work with multiple stakeholders and influence outcomes through insights and analysis.
  • Resilience under pressure including from senior stakeholders.
  • Self-starter, showing initiative and ability to work independently.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills.
  • Experience in leading teams; passion for building effective, motivated, and professional teams.
  • Strong work ethic and confidentiality a must.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and work under time constraints.
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