Manager of Business Planning & Finance, PlayStation
$138.3-207.5k
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Be an early applicant
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$138.3-207.5k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
- Experience with and ability to work with senior & executive leaders
- Strong communication and leadership skills
- Experience & understanding in applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- Ability to multitask and deliver against aggressive timelines
- Advanced proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
- Willingness to assist with a variety of tasks and able to work both independently and collaboratively
- Knowledge/understanding of accounting and financial statements
- Strong interest in internet and/or media & entertainment industries
- Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- Japanese language proficiency considered a plus but not essential
What the job involves
- The Manager, Business Planning will be responsible for financial planning & analysis as part of the Global Business Planning team. Key tasks include business analysis, management reporting, analyzing key trends and recommending potential strategies to management to ensure that we achieve our financial and non-financial targets, as well as leading a team of analysts and senior analysts
- Lead a team of analysts and senior analysts, providing guidance and mentorship for their development and ensuring team goals are achieved
- Provide budget, forecast, and mid-range planning support for global divisions as financial business partner:
- Work with budget owners to prepare and review bottom-up Budget/Forecast
- Analyze data - provide recommendations, challenge assumptions
- Review data at the cost center, consolidated function level, leadership team/global division head. Ensure data integrity of submission. Understand key business drivers of the global division
- Create budget presentation materials and monthly financial reporting. Lead monthly financial review meetings with budget owners. Ensure accountability
- When applicable, perform g/l analysis and work with vendor management team and business to prepare monthly journal entries for Accounting Dept. (accruals, reclasses, recharges, and intercompany transfers)
- Support our overall annual (budget, mid-range plan), quarterly and monthly forecasting processes. Support the consolidation process. Ensure data integrity
- Develop thoughtful analysis and deliver key insights that support strategic decision making. Perform ad-hoc analysis and develop financial models, ex: gap and trend analysis, risks and opportunities, ROI, others. Takes initiative and ownership to ensure successful outcomes
- Work with internal leadership team/stakeholders as part of the monthly and quarterly reporting process. Prepare consolidated global reporting for HC, OPEX, CapEx / fixed asset tracking, and other KPI’s
- Liaison between global division and global/regional CP&A, Accounting, and Finance teams
- Drive the automation of reporting and streamline processes
- Support globalization efforts
- Ensure financial controls (i.e. – implementation of the financial KPI) and governance
Our take
Since the release of the PS1 in 1994, PlayStation has been a consistent leader in the video gaming market. Its consoles are iconic in the gaming community - Playstation has produced both the top-selling and fastest-selling console of all time - and the company is still pushing boundaries. Its current flagship - the PS5 - promises to revolutionize gaming, featuring new technology that will create improvements across the board.
As well as its consoles, PlayStation has also developed online services, connecting its users and giving them access to diversified media. A PlayStation can be used for a huge range of activities - from Netflix to guided workouts - which has led to the expansion of the company's audience over time and across generations.
PlayStation faces competition in its field from the likes of Microsoft, with its Xbox range, and PC gaming, which has been becoming more popular in recent years. Regardless, PlayStation shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming implementation of in-game ads in free games looks to significantly increase revenue, and the wider PlayStation gaming experience also appears to be evolving from plans to launch live service games in upcoming years.
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Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Flexible working policy (remote working, flexible hours)
- Free fruit every day in our offices
- On-site free gym (London & Liverpool)
- On-site subsidised cafés
- On-site bar (Thursdays & Fridays, London & Liverpool)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care assistance
- x2 volunteering days each year
- Group pension plan
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Discretionary days off over Christmas and summer
- Free giveaways of select first party products and services
- Discounts on PlayStation products
- Discounts on Sony products
- Access to other corporate discounts
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
Jim Ryan
(CEO, not founder)Ryan joined Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) in 1994. Taking over as SIEE president in 2011, he later moved on to head of global sales and marketing at SIE in April 2016. Ryan has served as deputy president of SIE since January 2018, before being appointed CEO in February 2019.
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