Sky Hiring for Group Financial Accountant (Finance Analyst) Job at Isleworth, England Full Time

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 a member of the financial reporting team within Group Finance, you’ll help drive production of the group’s consolidated financial results and work with finance teams across the business to analyse and advise on financial accounting matters.

Please note – internally this role will be known as ‘Finance Analyst’

What you’ll do:

• Assisting with the production of the group monthly consolidated results
• Preparing reporting for internal audiences and for our US parent company
• Communicating regularly with local finance teams to deal with any queries and ensure that results can be produced accurately and on time
• Maintaining the integrity of the group consolidation process through close liaison with finance teams across the group
• Assisting with the Intangible and Fixed asset consolidation processes to ensure all transactions are accurately reported
• Preparing intercompany reporting for internal audiences and for our US parent company
• Working with finance teams to integrate new business areas into our standard reporting and accounting processes
• Resolution of queries and provision of advice relating to the appropriate accounting treatment of transactions within both the Sky Group and with our US parent company
• Compliance with internal governance and controls, ensuring key controls are operating effectively

What you’ll bring:

• You will be a qualified finance professional, and will likely have experience of financial accounting and reporting from working in a group financial reporting environment and/or from corporate audit
• Previous experience dealing with the accounting, reporting and elimination of intercompany transactions preferred
• An ability to work within a highly controlled and process-driven environment
• Looking for better ways of doing things and proactively taking ownership to see things through
• Efficient and accurate delivery of reporting for a variety of stakeholders
• Preparation of accounting analysis and insight
• Building great relationships with colleagues across the group’s businesses and territories

Team Overview

The Group Financial Reporting team is responsible for producing the consolidated financial results of the Sky group and for the reporting of financials to our US parent company. The team also advises on financial accounting matters and the control environment underpinning the production of financial results as well as dealing with the group’s external auditors.

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

Where you’ll work:

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:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

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!

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

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. 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.