Senior Business Planning Analyst, PlayStation
12 Month Fixed-Term Contract
+ Discretionary bonus opportunity
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Be an early applicant
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Discretionary bonus opportunity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is an enthusiastic and flexible teammate with a strong analytical mind; strong modelling skills, an excellent communicator who thrives in a fast-paced commercial environment
- CIMA/ACCA Qualified with several years relevant PQE in a Commercial Finance Role
- Revenue Forecasting experience essential
- Deep technical skills: SQL, Tableau, Domo, Financial Modelling, Tooling, PowerPoint, Excel (VBA, Macros) – Experience with planning tools desirable (e.g. Board, IBM, Oracle)
- Organised self-starter, with the ability to deliver under pressure, and is capable of confidently working alongside the most senior stakeholders across the wider business
- Senior level business partner experience ideally at board or global level
What the job involves
- The Commercial Finance team are part of a vibrant organisation that brings together staff from around the world, with a passion for engaging PlayStation gamers with relevant and entertaining content
- This area of Sony Interactive Entertainment has seen significant growth in recent years to become a key revenue contributor and continues to evolve with the industry to create new business opportunities
- We will look to drive accountability for business results through empowering leadership with data & intelligence, implementing Key Performance Indicator frameworks linked to our goals and accurate forecasting & planning
- We are looking for individuals who are motivated by being part of a truly distributed team, working together at the forefront of digital content distribution
- Working with the Store Business Planning, Senior Manager, the Senior Business Planning Analyst will be part of a small team responsible for planning & forecasting PlayStation’s Digital Store revenue
- They will design and implement forecasting models that deliver business recommendations, identify risks/opportunities, and achieve forecast accuracy
- Responsible for building, running and maintaining forecasting models for the digital store, analysing sales trends, identifying risks and opportunities and supporting decision making
- Continuously refine forecasting models/methodologies to enhance accuracy & effectiveness
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, collaborating with partners to drive insightful data-informed analysis/conversations
- Complete critical business analytics requests in partnership with key business leaders
- Responsible for communicating the Store revenue forecast clearly to Senior Stakeholders outlining assumptions and trends based of data analysis, articulating areas of risks and opportunities
- Support implementation of planning tool working collaboratively with other team members and driving the modelling process forward
- Effective stakeholder management, with the ability to engage, communicate and develop consensus with both internal and external partners
- Continuous improvement of processes/ways of working
- Mentor junior team members, providing guidance on best practices
Salary benchmarks
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
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
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
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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.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at PlayStation
- We're proud to celebrate diversity at PlayStation
- Our Employee Resource groups, including Women@PlayStation, REPRESENT@PlayStation, Wellbeing@PlayStation, and our award-winning LGBTQ+ group, Pride@PlayStation, actively promote inclusion in the workplace and beyond
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