Financial Analyst

Dublin

Want to do the best work of your life? 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.

Your role will be focused on delivering excellent business partnering through building a deep understanding of the key drivers and dynamics of our business. You'll play a key role in helping Sky to deliver its financials, partnering with business stakeholders to interpret and analyse financial performance, and use your influencing skills to provide recommendations on how to drive more value and deliver on Sky’s ambitious and stretching plans!

What you'll do:

Deliver key financial outputs, including budget forecasts, monthly results and strategic long-range plans, for at least 1 distinct business area
Evaluate monthly results of pricing strategies, customer acquisition and retention efforts and implementing appropriate actions
Build phenomenal business partnering relationships with the management team for your business area, being a trusted advisor and being able to both challenge and support with financial mentorship
Bring a commercial lens to your insight (outside in) owning how this translates into operational and financial performance
Build great relationships across the finance team and wider Sky business
Act as ambassador for Sky Finance, both within the business and externally

What you'll bring:

A track record of delivery and ambition in your career so far and a desire to develop
A Fully Qualified Accountant – CA, ACCA, CIMA
Experience delivering the key financial outputs, including the budget and monthly results
Experience preparing management reporting and insight
An ability to demonstrate experience of the following within a finance role for a large, complex organisation in industry or practice;
Ability to work at pace – we work in an agile, fast paced way at Sky
Comfortable with ambiguity – being able to provide clarity in complex situations, and guide decision making
A strong eye for detail and knowing your numbers
Strong analytics skills (Microsoft Excel, Tableau), and experience of preparing analysis, insight and turning into recommendations

Finance

Commercial Finance is at the heart of Sky’s success. Our business partnering model is central to our role as a trusted advisor to the Exec and business. We strive to be a world-class Commercial Finance team - that means we’re forward looking and restless. Our work provides the support for great decisions and financial out-performance through quick, clear actionable insight alongside building best in class analytical and cost transformation capabilities. We recognise that getting the best from our team is the key to success, providing excellent development, support and progression in a diverse, inclusive and high-performance environment.

The Rewards:

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. 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

How you'll work:

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.

Your office base:

Dublin

Our striking Ireland HQ has an A-list location on Burlington Road, walking distance from central Dublin. Grand Canal Dock and Pearse train stations are both around 1.5km away, and we’re a short stroll from the buses of Baggot Street, Leeson Street and Waterloo Road. There’s plenty of parking for cyclists and drivers, too!

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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 #LifeAtSky on social media.

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.

Average base salary estimate

€61,270

/yr (est.)

The minimum salary range is

€58K

The maximum salary range is

€65K

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Company overview

Size

10000+ Employees

Founded

1989

Type

Company - Public

Industry

Broadcast Media

Sector

Media & Communication

Revenue

$5 to $10 billion (USD)

Sky Ratings

3.8

Recommend to a friend
Approve of CEO
Dana Strong
875 Ratings

Career Opportunities
Comp & Benefits
Culture and Values
Senior Management
Work/Life Balance

Sky Reviews by financial analyst

Pros

"Good experience and benefits are good too" (in 33 reviews)
"Exciting work and generally nice people" (in 25 reviews)
"Great culture" (in 19 reviews)
"Pay is fair." (in 21 reviews)
"Good work life balance and great office at Osterley" (in 21 reviews)

Cons

"Culture has changed for the worse since Comcast takeover with management structure replaced by comcast hires." (in 19 reviews)
"low pay and hard to move up" (in 21 reviews)
"The office is located far from central london" (in 21 reviews)

Sky – Why work with us

“We are constantly evolving and changing how we operate; Keith talks about his life at Sky.”

Job title: Retail Commercial and Assets Manager

What area of the business do you work in? Retail

What’s your career journey been like up until now?

I have been working in Retail since I was 16 years old and have had so many Retail related roles from Sales Advisor to Stock Room Manager. I joined Sky in 2013 as an Area Manager looking after a number of our stores throughout Ireland. In 2017 I was promoted to Retail Commercial and Assets Manager.

What does a typical day working here look like for you?

It might sound cliché, but no working day is ever the same and that’s something I love about working for Sky. We are constantly evolving and changing how we operate and constantly bringing new products to the market. My role is split in to the here and now day to day work and the long-term projects which can be anything as short to planning activity for an upcoming quarter to long term strategy changes which can take 18 months’ worth of planning.

What’s been your proudest moment since working here?

We have just opened 4 Flagship stores nationwide which I have been leading on for the past year and a half. It’s been the biggest moment for Sky Retail in Ireland since its inception and it’s work that I’m so proud to have played a major part in.

What’s the most enjoyable thing about your job?

It’s the people 100%, in Sky there is a massive culture of collaboration and teamwork to achieve our goals. This goes from all the office staff to the third-party suppliers that we also align ourselves with. You will see in Sky Ireland that there are so many people who have really long tenure, this speaks volumes about how happy people are within the business.

Describe your work/life balance?

It’s pretty good, you need to set your own rules and stick by them. I try to switch off when I’m on leave and empower those in my team to step up and take responsibility when I’m not around. We live in an age now where phones are glued to our hands and knowing when to switch off is key to keeping the batteries charged.

What advice would you give to others trying to develop their career?

Ask as many questions as you can. Knowledge is key to be successful and the only way to improve is by gaining as much knowledge as you can from those around and above you.

An interesting fact/something no one else knows about you?

I’ve never seen the movie the jungle book! Shocker I know

Sky Benefits

4.3

3 Ratings