FP&A Lead - 12 month FTC
Finance & Growth | Job ID 2442780JOB SUMMARY
Good storytelling starts with great listening. At Audible, that means each role and every project has our audience in mind. Because the same people who design, develop, and deploy our products also happen to use them. To us, that speaks volumes.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Reporting into the Senior Finance Director, the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) lead will work closely with APAC business teams to manage financial planning processes and analytics.
ABOUT YOU
The ideal candidate will be a motivated self-starter who has high attention to detail and can work independently in a fast-paced environment while scaling comfortably in FP&A. You should be a fast learner with outstanding business acumen, intense curiosity, excellent analytical abilities, a strong bias towards data-driven decision making, as well as superior written and verbal communication skills.
ABOUT AUDIBLE
At Audible, we innovate and inspire through the power of voice. We're changing the narrative on storytelling. As a leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, we've redefined the ways people access, discover, and share stories. The stories we tell have the ability to transport and transform everyday moments into meaningful experiences and it's our people who make Audible's service possible. We're listeners, storytellers, and problem-solvers. Our perspectives and experiences power our ideas and come together in our mission to unleash the power of the spoken word. Audible offers a Hub+Home hybrid workplace model that gives employees flexibility between gathering in an Audible workspace (work from hub) and remote work (work from home). For more information, please visit adbl.co/hybrid.
Key job responsibilities
- Own and coordinate all aspects of FP&A processes, including long term planning, annual budgets and quarterly guidance with key business stakeholders and Senior Finance Director
- Build business cases to assist in evaluating new business concepts, perform ad hoc deep dive analysis as required by the business to drive key insights that can assist in making business decisions
- Work closely with the Accounting Managers to provide insightful analysis of monthly operating results against budget or forecast, bridge variances to financial/non-financial business drivers and communicate risk and opportunities to the business
- Conduct analysis on new business initiatives to help leadership determine financial feasibility and prepare dynamic scenario analysis to facilitate discussion when faced with economic trade-offs
- Work closely with global FP&A team to improve budgeting and forecasting processes and tools. This include designing, testing and implementing appropriate modelling functionality in TM1 forecasting tool
- Synthesize large datasets to consumable executive summaries for stakeholders
- Build and develop relationships with functional leaders and regional finance peers
- Collaboration with International Finance colleagues to ensure alignment with best practices
- Execution of ad hoc finance initiatives as & when required
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Sydney, NSW, AUS
ABOUT THE ROLE
Reporting into the Senior Finance Director, the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) lead will work closely with APAC business teams to manage financial planning processes and analytics.
ABOUT YOU
The ideal candidate will be a motivated self-starter who has high attention to detail and can work independently in a fast-paced environment while scaling comfortably in FP&A. You should be a fast learner with outstanding business acumen, intense curiosity, excellent analytical abilities, a strong bias towards data-driven decision making, as well as superior written and verbal communication skills.
ABOUT AUDIBLE
At Audible, we innovate and inspire through the power of voice. We're changing the narrative on storytelling. As a leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, we've redefined the ways people access, discover, and share stories. The stories we tell have the ability to transport and transform everyday moments into meaningful experiences and it's our people who make Audible's service possible. We're listeners, storytellers, and problem-solvers. Our perspectives and experiences power our ideas and come together in our mission to unleash the power of the spoken word. Audible offers a Hub+Home hybrid workplace model that gives employees flexibility between gathering in an Audible workspace (work from hub) and remote work (work from home). For more information, please visit adbl.co/hybrid.
Key job responsibilities
- Own and coordinate all aspects of FP&A processes, including long term planning, annual budgets and quarterly guidance with key business stakeholders and Senior Finance Director
- Build business cases to assist in evaluating new business concepts, perform ad hoc deep dive analysis as required by the business to drive key insights that can assist in making business decisions
- Work closely with the Accounting Managers to provide insightful analysis of monthly operating results against budget or forecast, bridge variances to financial/non-financial business drivers and communicate risk and opportunities to the business
- Conduct analysis on new business initiatives to help leadership determine financial feasibility and prepare dynamic scenario analysis to facilitate discussion when faced with economic trade-offs
- Work closely with global FP&A team to improve budgeting and forecasting processes and tools. This include designing, testing and implementing appropriate modelling functionality in TM1 forecasting tool
- Synthesize large datasets to consumable executive summaries for stakeholders
- Build and develop relationships with functional leaders and regional finance peers
- Collaboration with International Finance colleagues to ensure alignment with best practices
- Execution of ad hoc finance initiatives as & when required
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Sydney, NSW, AUS
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related field
- Minimum 6 years of finance experience
- Excellent attention to detail with strong problem solving and critical thinking ability
- Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously, and drive tasks to completion while meeting tight timelines
- Proven ability to develop strategic relationships with key stakeholders
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Comfortable working with cross-functional teams in an unstructured environment
- Superior proficiency with Excel and complex financial modeling
- Minimum 6 years of finance experience
- Excellent attention to detail with strong problem solving and critical thinking ability
- Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously, and drive tasks to completion while meeting tight timelines
- Proven ability to develop strategic relationships with key stakeholders
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Comfortable working with cross-functional teams in an unstructured environment
- Superior proficiency with Excel and complex financial modeling
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- MBA or advanced degree
- Demonstrated financial acumen through experience with forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, performing financial analysis using advanced Excel functionality and providing recommendations based on results for decision making
- Experience working independently in a fast-paced environment similar to a high tech start-up
- Advanced user of Excel – VBA knowledge will be a plus
- Proficiency in TM1 will be an advantage
- Demonstrated financial acumen through experience with forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, performing financial analysis using advanced Excel functionality and providing recommendations based on results for decision making
- Experience working independently in a fast-paced environment similar to a high tech start-up
- Advanced user of Excel – VBA knowledge will be a plus
- Proficiency in TM1 will be an advantage
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