Sr Financial Analyst

At Nielsen, we believe that career growth is a partnership. You ultimately own, fuel and set the journey. By joining our team of nearly 14,000 associates, you will become part of a community that will help you to succeed. We champion you because when you succeed, we do too. Embark on a new initiative, explore a fresh approach, and take license to think big, so we can all continuously improve. We enable your best to power our future. 

Responsibilities

• Perform mission critical financial reporting and business partnering activities (planning, forecasting, budgeting, commercial advise, etc.) for a large company ($3.5B P&L) across its Audience Measurement, Analytics and Content businesses 
• Support financial close and reporting processes in partnership with business, commercial and accounting team 
• Ensure standard reports are produced & available as per stipulated timelines 
• Ensure accuracy of revenue recognition / expense reporting / capex and cash reporting by working closely with commercial and accounting teams to ensure data is accurately captured and reported in line with set guidelines 
• Closely track variances from operating plans and forecasts; proactively identify possible remediation measures 
• Ensure high quality operating plans and forecasts minimizing variances of actuals from plan 
• Build advanced analytics for respective area (revenue / expense / capex and cash) - e.g., customer churn metrics, adherence to pricing and discounting guidelines 
• Partner with business teams on delivering analytics, data and insights to drive key business decisions and support negotiations 
• Seek continuous improvement of the FP&A function through identification of opportunities across people, processes and technology 
• Support the FP&A org through end to end enterprise transformation – drive standardization and automation of reporting at the Corporate and BU level

Qualifications

• Prior Finance (2+ years minimum) experience across revenue, expense, cash and capex preferred but not required 
• Prior experience in private equity, management consulting, or investment banking preferred
• Excellent slide / chart building skills (PowerPoint and/or slides)Sound fundamentals on financial knowledge, analytical ability and sound understanding of the media ecosystem including some understanding of Nielsen’s products and services 
• Strong modeling and analytical skills with the ability to tease apart information from data to help inform decision making
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree, CA, or MBA preferred. 
• Ability to develop constructive relationships with executives and colleagues across the organization 
• Comfort with spreadsheet tools (excel, Google Sheets) is required; comfort with SAP environments is a plus 
• Experience with business insights tools is required, comfort with SAP Analytics Cloud is a plus 
• Strong work ethic, self-motivated work style, attention to detail, effective communicator

Nielsen: Enabling your best to power a better media future. Our comprehensive benefits package (including health & wellness plans, 401(k) retirement coupled with a Nielsen match, a generous paid time off policy, company provided car for those who qualify, and if eligible, a discretionary incentive/bonus) is designed to be inclusive for all employees and families, and we take pride in ensuring that employees are rewarded holistically for the role they are doing and their performance.

A reasonable estimate of salary range for a new employee to be offered this role would be $50,000 - $185,000 which would be adjusted based on each employee's geographic location. The position of each employee within a compensation range at Nielsen is dependent on several individual circumstances, such as experience, training, certifications and other business requirements/needs.

Nielsen is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.

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