Job Description

Job Summary 

The Senior Finance Analyst role is a member of the Audience Measurement FP&A team, supporting the $3B+ segment revenue. In this role, the Senior Finance Analyst will play an integral part in the forecasting, planning, and reporting of revenue for the entire Segment.  The Audience Measurement FP&A team is a fast paced, high performing team that executes financial planning and analysis.  Cross-functional partnership is required across the entire Nielsen organization to develop and improve reporting packages, planning processes, financial models and analytics. This role will also provide ad-hoc analysis as needed to support and influence senior leadership. Strong financial acumen including experience with forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis is a requirement.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate financial data, prepare forecasts, and support strategic planning decisions.

• Ownership of forecasting and reporting for total Audience Measurement Segment.

• Maintain Master Data and reconciliations

• Align on weekly revenue forecast and forecast updates to facilitate communication with CRO. 

• Ensure effective revenue transition into SAP Analytics Cloud (planning & reporting).

• Lead month end variance analysis to be shared with broader Finance team

• Continually assess and improve revenue reporting, metrics and analyses.

• Preparation and consolidation as part of the financial cycle including monthly/quarterly budgeting & forecasting, annual plan setting, variance to plan and forecast analysis, etc.

• Support for the Board of Directors and other Senior Leadership presentation preparation.

• Solves complex problems: takes a new perspective using existing solutions

• Works independently receives minimal guidance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

• 5+ years’ experience in Accounting or Finance Role, must have FP&A experience 

• Media Industry Experience required

• Must have a strong work ethic, self-motivated work style and a good attention to detail and enjoy a dynamic environment with new challenges and changing work priorities

• Individual contributor and team player with great communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong organizational skills, close attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines

• Ability to adapt quickly and learn new tasks independently

• Strong quantitative and analytical competency

• Experience manipulating large data sets and turning them into usable information

• Comfortable working cross-functionally and with senior leadership

• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Google Suite 

• Previous Operations Finance experience is a plus 

• SAP Financial systems experience strongly preferred

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Additional Information

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 estimated salary range for a new employee has been provided. It 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 makes hiring decisions without regard to disability status, protected veteran status, or membership in any other protected class.

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