Financial Controller
Sky
Date: 1 week ago
City: Livingston
Contract type: Full time
Job Description
Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.
As the Financial Controller for Account to Report (Capex) within the Global Finance Operations team, you will be a key part of the A2R Leadership team, working with the Head of Finance and Senior Finance Manager to deliver both the operational and strategic objectives of the department.
What You’ll Do
There's a reason people can't stop talking about . Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:
We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.
We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.
Livingston
Your office base:
Our lively campus is a free shuttle bus away from Livingston North train station and the town centre. Plus there’s onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.
Inclusion
At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.
We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.
Why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
To find out more about working with us, search on social media. A job you love to talk about.
Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.
Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.
As the Financial Controller for Account to Report (Capex) within the Global Finance Operations team, you will be a key part of the A2R Leadership team, working with the Head of Finance and Senior Finance Manager to deliver both the operational and strategic objectives of the department.
What You’ll Do
- Lead a team of up to 5 individuals, providing day to day operational leadership as well as leading the wider objectives of the team and the development support required to help the team (and those within it) prosper
- Partner with Commercial Finance & Outsource teams to create robust and lasting relationships
- Owning the performance of the Capex Delivery function at Sky, maintaining world class performance on key metrics for your area
- Work closely with the GPO design team and Cable to identify potential significant transformation improvements and to ensure robust and standardised processes are set up
- Lead on Continuous Improvement initiatives for your business area
- Lead the escalations process between Sky key internal Stakeholders and Sky Outsource Partners for your business area
- Liaising with a wide network of Stakeholders, ensuring that they are provided with relevant, timely and accurate information which informs and directs business decisions.
- Own and be accountable for maintaining a strong, robust and well-designed control environment as well as being the first point of contact for both internal and external audit assignments covering your A2R function.
- Be able to deputise for the Head of Finance / Senior Finance Manager when appropriate.
- Experience of direct line management.
- Proven record of delivery, particularly of insightful and value adding analysis to customers.
- Excellent communication skills, with experience of addressing Senior Partners and building strong, long-lasting relationships with them.
- Strong IT skills, particularly using Excel and PowerPoint. Experience of using SAP.
- A self-starter demeanour, relying less on direction and more on personal initiative.
- A flexible individual, who is open to occasional travel if required
- Experience of managing/leading projects in a large organisation, with cross functional inputs.
There's a reason people can't stop talking about . Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:
- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband
- Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences
We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.
We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.
Livingston
Your office base:
Our lively campus is a free shuttle bus away from Livingston North train station and the town centre. Plus there’s onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.
Inclusion
At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.
We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.
Why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
To find out more about working with us, search on social media. A job you love to talk about.
Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.
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