Senior Finance Analyst, Fixed-Term Contract

About the Role & Team

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior Finance Analyst to join our finance team. This role will support multiple lines of business (Media Networks, Theatrical, Streaming) and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical capabilities, a proactive mindset, and a passion for simplifying complex data into actionable insights. This position plays a key role in financial reporting, planning, and forecasting, and will be instrumental in supporting new business growth initiatives. 

This role will require you to be working 4 days a week in our office and 1 day from home. 

What You Will Do

• Create, maintain, and improve recurring and ad-hoc financial reports to streamline work across the finance and business teams. 

• Deliver monthly and quarterly results reporting with detailed analysis, data validation, and commentary for multiple business areas. 

• Support month-end and quarter-end processes, including preparation of accruals, reconciliations, and transaction reclassifications. 

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to provide financial insights and ad-hoc analysis. 

• Assist in budgeting and forecasting cycles by preparing templates, consolidating submissions, and checking completeness and accuracy of data received. 

• Contribute to new business growth initiatives by providing financial modelling, scenario analysis, and profitability insights. 

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 3–5 years of experience in a financial analysis or business finance role, ideally in a cross-functional environment. 

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.

• Fluent in the wider Microsoft 365 stack (Excel, Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, Planner, Forms, Loop, Microsoft Lists) and ability to weave those apps into end-to-end automated solutions. 

• Hands-on experience designing information architecture in SharePoint Online (lists, libraries, site columns, content types, managed metadata). 

• Knowledge on how to design repeatable extract-transform-load (ETL) pipelines with Power Query (M language) in Excel, Power BI Dataflows or Dataverse. 

• Demonstrated ability to turn messy, multi-source data into a clean, dependable dataset that downstream reports and workflows can trust. 

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA systems, including navigating modules, extracting data, and understanding core business processes within the platform. 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English; ability to clearly explain financial topics to non-financial stakeholders. 

• Proven organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. 

• Self-starter with the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team setting with multiple stakeholders.