- Location
- Osterley, United Kingdom
- Workplace
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Sales
- Source
- Workday
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.
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.
For this role we offer the hybrid working approach with 3 days a week onsite in Osterley campus.
What you'll do:
Build great business partnering relationships with the management team for your business area, a trusted advisor who can both challenge and support
Deliver best-in-class analysis, reporting, insight and financial mentorship, driving action from monthly results and partnering with the Shared Service Centre responsible for management accounts
Produce detailed analysis and clear recommendations to support commercial deals, business decisions, and investment appraisals / business cases
Own accurate financial planning processes, including budgeting, rolling forecasts and strategic long‑range plans
Managing risks and opportunities for your business area, ensuring numbers are clearly understood
Mentor and coach junior members of the finance team (including graduates)
What you'll bring:
ACA/CIMA/ACCA/CPA qualification (or equivalent)
2:1 Degree (or equivalent)
A track record of delivery and ambition in your career to date with a desire to develop further
An ability to demonstrate the following from within either industry or practice:
Ability to work at pace – we work in an agile, fast-moving environment at Sky
Comfort with ambiguity – being able to provide clarity and guide decision making
A strong eye for detail and a deep knowledge of the numbers you are responsible for
Ability to maintain a strong financial control environment
Strong analytical skills (Microsoft Excel), experience of preparing analysis, delivering insight and turning into recommendations that benefits your business
Good communication skills through business partnering or client relationship management
Team Overview
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
The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate
A generous pension package
Private healthcare
Discounted mobile and broadband
A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences
Your office base:
Osterley:
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.
On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.
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 #LifeAtSky 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.