Sr. Revenue Financial Analyst (Japan)

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Who We Are:

Revenue Finance provides insight into X’s business using financial models built on strong relationships. We engage directly with both senior management and front-line sales to understand the drivers of X’s revenue and how to optimize that revenue. As such, you will need to:

• Develop strong collaborative relationships with key stakeholders in Sales, Finance and across the company

• Relate financial performance to advertiser needs and provide compelling cases for action to senior sales management

• Be personable, approachable and able to connect with each and every person on the team and throughout the business

• Be able to work in a fast-paced environment and handle many competing requests

• Demonstrate the ability to effectively navigate and thrive in ambiguous situations, adapting quickly to changing priorities and evolving business needs.

What You’ll Do:

• Build models to analyze complex and sometimes ambiguous business issues: revenue forecasting, market sizing, compensation structures, product launches

• Work closely with Sales management and Ops Leadership to create revenue growth plans, establish financial and operating targets, and determine optimal resource requirements

• Use metrics and analytics to identify growth risks and opportunities and influence business partners to drive timely decision making

• Work with key stakeholders to create, draft, and communicate policies to facilitate smoother operations and improve decision making

• Work with large data sets, synthesize insights, and present recommendations to executives

• Design and implement reporting tools for your business partners

• Create meaningful presentations and analyses that tell a story focused on insights, not just data

• Streamline processes and increase bandwidth within the Revenue Finance team through automation and outsourcing

Requirements:

• Proficiency in both Japanese and English languages is required for this role to effectively communicate with stakeholders in bilingual environments.

• Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record

• At least 5 years of experience preferably in investment banking, investment management, management consulting, FP&A or in the internet industry

• Demonstrated experience writing SQL queries and pulling data from relational databases

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across different functions and effectively influence senior business partners

• Superior Excel/Google docs and financial modeling skills

• Experience manipulating complex and large data sets

• Tableau and R / Python / Git a plus

• Knowledge of digital ad space; knowledge of social media a plus