Senior financial analyst

Job Description Senior Financial Analyst

• Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
• Requisition Number: 185131
• Can this position be remote?: No

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators, and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

The CFO organization comprises a broad group of finance disciplines, with the common goal of partnering with business teams delivering strategies and providing our players with amazing experiences. Our finance teams assist the business in achieving profitable creativity by proving financial insight, reporting, and guidance. We use progressive tools to analyze and visualize data, telling the story of financial drivers, performance, risks, and opportunities. We value attributes like collaboration and learning. We celebrate diversity and inclusion by creating a place where you can come to work and be yourself.

Location: Hyderabad

You will report to Manager, FP&A

Business Partnering:

• Build relationships with partners and actively collaborate to work toward delivering studio goals
• Provide deep financial analysis focused on a variety of areas such as maximizing profitability or resource allocation
• Prepare, hold, and present business reviews for leaders focused on the story (not just data) with clear insights and actionable presentation material
• Drive results by partnering on business-related projects such as modeling business scenarios and tracking performance metrics
• Reviewing & building forecasts and budgets, suggesting changes, and implementing the changes to ensure smooth forecasting
• Partner with Studio business partners to track opex and headcount monthly and act as a financial advisory to maximize OC
• Approve headcount and opex requisitions based on sufficient evidence and budget identify and lead projects to continuously improve, standardize, and automate forecasting and reporting tools and processes
• Partner with Studios finance partners to consolidate total Mobile Studio Financials on a monthly and quarterly basis

Financial Close, Forecasting, Reporting, and Analysis support:

• Own the financial forecast (full P&L) and provide insightful analysis to highlight variance drivers and identify opportunities to mitigate risk/improve performance
• Report and analyze the performance of live games on a weekly and monthly basis
• Partner with the Accounting group to manage Close deliverables, timelines, process, and reporting
• Responsible for month-end accruals, headcount, and Opex for BUs in India
• Responsible for month-end opex reviews with all finance partners in Studios to track their spends
• Preparation of forecast decks, including commentary for leadership meetings
• Ad-hoc analysis for senior leadership on a variety of areas such as P&L as a whole and also individual areas of Revenue, R&D, M&S, and Headcount

Qualifications:

• Academic Qualifications – Good to have Master of Business Administration in Finance but not mandatory. Bachelors degree required Finance / Accounting related field preferred.
• 8 years of related Financial and FP&A experience
• Demonstrated passion for learning and growing.
• Highly motivated with an ability to manage multiple and sometimes competing priorities.
• Comfortable building analysis based off data from multiple sources.
• Extreme attention to detail with a rigorous process for review of accuracy.
• Excellent oral / written communication and interpersonal skills that enable clear and concise communication to all levels of the organization.
• Adept in MS Office, with an emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with Anaplan and / Power Bi is a plus

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

Were looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Tagged as: Accounting, Accruals, Business, Business Administration, Collaboration, Creativity, Diversity And Inclusion, finance, Financial Analysis, Forecasting, Imagination, Leadership, Learning, Presentation, Timelines