Senior FP&A Partner II - Audience Measurement Consolidation

The Nielsen Company•New York, NY

About The Position

The Senior Finance FP&A Partner role is a member of the Audience Measurement FP&A team, supporting the $3B+ segment revenue. In this role, the Senior FP&A Partner will play an integral part in the forecasting, planning, and reporting of revenue for the entire segment. This role won’t just be reporting the numbers, but will be interpreting the story they tell to ensure strategic alignment to the company. The Audience Measurement FP&A team is a fast paced, high performing team that executes financial reporting, planning, and analysis. You will be partnering closely with the entire Nielsen organization to improve reporting packages, planning processes, financial models, KPIs and analytics. Strong financial acumen including forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and strategy is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
8+ years’ experience in Accounting or Finance Role, must have FP&A experience
Media Industry Experience required
Must have a strong work ethic, self-motivated work style and a good attention to detail and enjoy a dynamic environment with new challenges and changing work priorities
Individual contributor and team player with great communication and interpersonal skills
Strong organizational skills, close attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
Ability to adapt quickly and learn new tasks independently
Strong quantitative and analytical competency
Experience manipulating large data sets and turning them into usable information
Comfortable working cross-functionally and with senior leadership
Solves complex problems: takes a new perspective using existing solutions
Works independently receives minimal guidance
Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Google Suite

Nice To Haves

Previous Operations Finance experience is a plus
SAP Financial systems experience strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Assist in the end-to-end revenue forecasting process.
Build sophisticated models to predict recurring revenue, churn, expansion, and new business.
Serve as a finance partner to the Sales, Pricing, RevOps, and Customer Success teams.
Provide the data-driven "why" behind performance gaps.
Analyze the sales funnel from lead generation to close.
Monitor conversion rates, sales cycle length to identify risks and opportunities.
Partner with Compensation to ensure commission structures align with the company's financial goals and motivates the right behaviors.
Prepare monthly presentations on revenue performance for the Executive Committee.
Work closely with Corporate FP&A to ensure consistent and timely reporting.
Modernize and automate reporting framework to provide real-time visibility.
Consolidate disparate data sets to ensure a unified single source of truth.