Sub Department: Commercial Finance
Job Band: L6 or L7
As a Finance Analyst within the Content & Platform Finance team, you will help drive understanding of financial performance across content investment and platform costs, providing clear analysis and actionable insight to support decision-making.
You will take ownership of key areas of reporting and forecasting, working closely with stakeholders to understand performance drivers, identify risks and opportunities, and support both short-term delivery and longer-term planning.
Financial Reporting & Month-End
- Ownership of the Content & Platform month-end close process, ensuring outputs are accurate and delivered on time.
- Provide clear and concise commentary, explaining performance and key variances vs plan
- Own reporting and analysis of specific cost areas
Forecasting & Planning
- Support forecasting and budgeting processes, taking ownership of defined areas of the P&L.
- Maintain and update financial models, ensuring assumptions are robust and clearly understood.
- Track performance against forecast and proactively identify risks and opportunities.
Content & Commercial Analysis
- Deliver analysis on content performance and cost efficiency, identifying trends and areas for optimisation.
- Translate data into actionable insights to support better investment decisions.
Business Partnering
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across finance and commercial teams.
- Translate financial data into clear, actionable insight for non-finance audiences.
- Provide constructive challenge and support to improve decision-making.
Process Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting, processes, and efficiency
- Support automation and simplification of existing workflows
- Maintain a high standard of data accuracy and integrity
Communication & Insight
- Present analysis clearly, both verbally and in written outputs.
- Tailor communication to different audiences.
- Focus on delivering concise, insight-led messaging.
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You will be a newly qualified finance professional or part qualified with experience of working in a high performing commercial finance team. Experience working within a Content or Streaming business useful but not mandatory.
- Insightful financial analysis which creates value, demonstrates good judgement, presentational and influencing skills.
- Clear communication skills, both verbal and written. A great communicator who can cultivate strong cross-functional relationships and communicate effectively with internal teams.
- A proactive approach, looking to challenge the status quo and look for improvements.
- A curiosity to learn.
- Ability to work at pace.
- A strong eye for detail and knowing your numbers.
- An ability to work independently within a controlled and process-driven environment.
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We operate a hybrid working model, with the team office based 2/3 days per week. To maximise the benefits of team collaboration we ask team members to be in the office on Mondays & Thursdays (with flexibility on the 3rd office workday) but offering flexibility is a core value of our team and business.
- Your primary base will be in Osterley, on the Sky campus, a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Free shuttle buses are available, running to and from Osterley, Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury, Acton Town and Ealing Broadway tube stations. On-site parking, bike shelters and showers/changing facilities are also available.
- You can benefit from all the on-site facilities at the Sky campus including: subsidised restaurants, Waitrose, gym, cinema, car wash, hair & beauty salon.
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We’re building a team of passionate, values-driven professionals who thrive on creativity, collaboration, and making an impact. If you're excited by innovation, inspired by storytelling, and ready to help shape the future of streaming, we’d love to hear from you.
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Stage 2: Review
Stage 3: Interview
Stage 4: Hired
