Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 7 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 be at the heart of our new UK&I Controllership team, playing a critical role in helping the team to be a key partner at the heart of Sky's operations. You'll play a key role assisting the Financial Controller and Financial Analyst in our management and statutory reporting, ensuring Sky has a reporting framework which is best in class. You'll help to ensure that reporting is underpinned by a robust and well-developed control framework, working with our business to ensure that financial reporting is at the heart of decision making. To do all of this, you'll have strong technical knowledge and enjoy dealing with complex elements of accounting.
What you'll do:
1. Assist in our monthly financial reporting review, including consolidated reporting and analysis of our Balance Sheet, including movement and reconciliation.
2. Assist in research and analysis of reporting impacts of new regulatory reporting/regulatory standards, being proactive in identifying potential impacts in advance of publication.
3. Assist with our control assurance procedures, including working with the business to improve, review and analyse control performance.
4. Assist in Sky's statutory financial reporting process helping to ensure all financial statements are completed in a timely manner.
5. Assist the Financial Analyst in the management of our annual reporting process, working with several partners to ensure a smooth and well controlled annual reporting process.
6. Helping to co-ordinate the preparation/consolidation of business review materials, highlighting key areas of potential focus for the UK&I Controllership team.
7. Get involved in ad-hoc projects in Sky which impact reporting/control, providing analysis and assistance to achieve the project aims and objectives.
What you'll bring:
1. Accounting/audit experience with sound knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP reporting, ideally within a large organisation or professional services organisation.
2. A proactive attitude to risk identification, management and mitigation and a willingness to work with the business to improve control.
3. Great analytical skills with a high attention of detail, particularly in your approach to review of financial statements and/or associated management information.
4. Be sufficiently motivated and ambitious to work on their own initiative without always requiring direction.
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:
1. Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place.
2. A generous pension package.
3. Private healthcare.
4. Discounted mobile and broadband.
Where you'll work:
You'll be based in Watermark, Livingston but you will also be able to benefit from Sky's hybrid approach to working.
Inclusion:
Recognised as an 'Inclusive Top 50 Employer' and a 'Times Top 50 Employer for Women', we're working hard to ensure we're a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and the potential you'll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we'll do all that we can to support maintaining work/life balance.
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.
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.
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