Finance Director, TV Distribution - EMEA in London

Please note that this role is based in the United Kingdom. To enable us to meet the statutory and regulatory obligations of the United Kingdom immigration system, you must have the appropriate immigration permission needed to work and reside in the United Kingdom for the duration of the employment.

The Finance Director, EMEA TV Distribution, is a key strategic business partner to Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Television Distribution business across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Based in London, this role leads financial planning, analysis, commercial partnering and performance insight for TV Distribution teams located in London, Munich and Dubai, supporting the licensing of SPE content to broadcasters, streaming platforms and digital partners across the region, as well as to third parties operating in the DVD, Blu-ray, Video on Demand (VOD) and Electronic Sell Through (EST) markets.

Working closely with commercial leadership, the Finance Director provides high-quality financial analysis, strategic guidance and decision support to help drive revenue growth, profitability and long-term business performance. The role ensures that senior stakeholders have access to the information, insights and tools required to make informed business decisions and optimise commercial opportunities across a rapidly evolving media landscape.

Success in this position requires exceptional communication, relationship-building and influencing skills. The Finance Director will collaborate extensively with commercial teams across multiple territories, regional finance teams, Home Office Finance in Los Angeles, and Global Financial Operations across several locations worldwide. As a trusted advisor to senior leaders, including Executive Vice Presidents, the individual must be able to challenge constructively, influence decision-making and translate complex financial information into clear business recommendations.

The role also carries leadership responsibility for a team comprising a Senior Finance Manager, a Finance Manager and an intern, with a strong focus on coaching, development and fostering a high-performing finance function.

What you'll do:

• 25% - Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting: Creation, review, and reporting of budgets, forecasts and MRPs for the supported territories of UK, Germany, Nordics, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Preparation and communication of concise and insightful management reporting to help commercial teams understand performance, the level of risk within their plans and detailed variance analysis. Acting as a key point of contact between local commercial teams and the EMEA regional Finance team, leading the territory’s response on any queries or initiatives. Leading in the preparation of distribution team overhead budgets for the region.
• 25% - Analysis & Support: Support of a range of stakeholders within the supported territory team with insightful business analysis & engagement in key meetings. Building of financial models to support commercial decision-making. Understanding the revenue drivers of the business and ways of adding value and working with the business to capitalize on that insight. Helping the business to choose and monitor the correct metrics and measures to guide performance.
• 15% - Control and Risk Management: Monitoring and appropriately challenging costs. Maintaining effective controls for all forecast, planning and reporting processes. Ensuring the accuracy and efficacy of financial models in use by the commercial teams. Maintaining a high understanding of risks. Advising, and where necessary challenging, management. Acting as the key area of control in data management for the supported territories. Acting as the key liaison between FP&A and the RTR, PTP, OTC, Stat and Tax and Home Office teams at the territory level. Understanding and improving SPE’s working capital position. Establishing and ensuring adherence to Sony accounting policies and IFRS.
• 20% - Projects and Continuous Improvement: Continually working to drive efficiency through the elimination, standardization, optimization, automation and roboticization of processes and tasks. Continually work to improve forecasting accuracy. Driving adoption of new AI tools to increase efficiency and effectiveness. Acting as a lead on the implementation of system improvements. Initiating, leading and supporting projects as required.
• 15% - Team Management: Management, coaching, and development of three reports.

What you have:

• Typically 10+ years of experience in a related field.
• SAP, EPM, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Chat GPT.
• Knowledge of IFRS and understanding of key financial analysis techniques, such as investment appraisal.
• The listening, coaching, collaboration, and interpersonal skills required to build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at different levels.
• The emotional intelligence to appropriately challenge stakeholders and to balance the needs of competing stakeholders.
• The ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing. Can present financial information in a way that reaches non-financial team members.
• The ability to challenge and influence all levels of the commercial team.
• The ability to manage a complex workload and to deliver to deadlines.
• The ability to analyse financial and non-financial data to generate unbiased insights that improve the business, including the ability to work with partial or ambiguous data.
• The ability to create analysis that can drive high-quality decision-making and the ability to sell recommendations to stakeholders.
• The ability to identify self-development needs and to work to fulfill them.
• Sensitive to cultural differences, works inclusively and acts as a role model for positive behaviours.
• Core leadership skills: responsible and effective delegation, ensuring accountability, motivating others, developing others, and providing effective feedback.

How we take care of you:

• Competitive salary, with annual bonus eligibility.
• A choice of comprehensive health plan options that fit your lifestyle, including private medical insurance.
• Rest and recharge during a week off during the winter holidays, in addition to the 25 days of paid annual leave.
• Participate in extensive learning & development opportunities at all levels, including curated instructor-led classes and high-impact online resources.
• Build your community by joining our Employee Business Resource Groups, and/or Sony Pictures Action – our racial equity and inclusion strategy.
• Access to an employee online store filled with a variety of discounted Sony products.
• Watch the newest movies and TV shows at our exclusive employee screenings at work.
• Entitlement to apply for an interest-free season ticket loan.
• Automatic enrolment in the Company’s Pension Plan.
• Free counselling and advisory service.
• You will be automatically enrolled in the Company’s Life Insurance and Group Income Protection Plans, subject to any applicable service requirements.
• The opportunity to attend various social events in our state-of-the-art offices in Paddington.
• In addition to the above, we have a range of other optional discounted benefits that are reviewed regularly (e.g., gym memberships, travel insurance, activity passes, car leasing, experience days and many more!).

If you require any reasonable adjustments with any part of the recruitment process, including the application or interview process, please contact us at uk_-_peopleandorganisation@spe.sony.com. Please put Reasonable Adjustment Request in the subject line of the email.

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