Finance Business Partner

12 Hours ago • All levels • Finance

Job Summary

Job Description

Wargaming is seeking a Finance Partner for its Financial Planning and Analysis team. This role involves overseeing financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis for various functions/products to align with strategic objectives and aid senior management decision-making. The candidate will improve operations through effective commercial procedures, possess strong accounting knowledge, and have sound judgment. Key responsibilities include participating in financial planning processes, coordinating with business units, analyzing financial results, preparing reports, building relationships with senior managers, providing insights into financial performance, evaluating strategic initiatives, and monitoring financial results against forecasts. The role also involves process improvement, streamlining data collection, and fostering a collaborative team environment.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
  • Proven experience in financial planning and analysis
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel
  • Excellent analytical and communication skills
  • Strategic mindset
  • Ability to handle ambiguity
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize
Good to have:
  • Experience or interest in the video game industry
  • Ability to implement structured financial processes
Perks:
  • 5 weeks of Annual Leave (increasing with tenure)
  • Holiday buy scheme
  • Additional paid time off (Birthday, Marriage, Compassionate Leave)
  • Sick Leave Compensation
  • Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
  • Dog-friendly office
  • Onsite canteen with free snacks and drinks
  • Video games area
  • Family coverage for Private Medical Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Pension scheme
  • Mental well-being program (iFeel)
  • Wellbeing perks (Mental Health Days, Dedicated Well-being room, Mental Heath First Aiders)
  • Career development and education opportunities
  • Employee discounts via Perkbox
  • Personal Wargaming Gaming Account
  • Company events
  • Seniority Awards
  • Referral program

Job Details

Job Overview

Wargaming is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Finance Partner to join our Financial Planning and Analysis function. This role is responsible for overseeing the financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis activities across a number of functions/products, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and facilitating informed decision-making by senior management.

The successful candidate will add value and improve our operations by providing effective commercial procedures, or initiating change, to ensure key operational, commercial and financial targets are delivered. The successful candidate will possess a thorough knowledge of accounting procedures and a sound judgement.

This is very much a strategic role. Information and reporting are just the tip of the iceberg. What really matters is your ability to see the value in the information you provide and to inspire others to make use of it. 

What will you do?

Financial Planning and Analysis:

  • Active participation in the implementation (and improvement) of the group-wide financial planning process, including annual budgeting, forecasts, and long-range strategic planning
  • Coordinate with business unit leaders and finance teams to gather inputs, assumptions, and drivers for financial models
  • Analyse financial results, variances, and trends to provide insights and recommendations to senior management
  • Prepare and present comprehensive financial reports, including key performance indicators (KPIs), to executive leadership

Functional Business Partnership:

  • Build partnerships and maintain strong relationships with all senior managers and their teams
  • Support business leaders and their teams understand their financial performance
  • Deliver strong insights into functional performance to drive budget owner accountability and detailed insight into what is driving consolidated financial performance
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to evaluate strategic initiatives, investment opportunities, cost optimisation and business performance
  • Conduct financial modelling, forecasting and scenario analysis to assess potential outcomes and risks associated with strategic decisions
  • Collaborate with business units to develop performance metrics and dashboards for tracking key business drivers
  • Monitor actual financial results against forecasts and budgets, identifying deviations and drivers of performance


Process Improvement and Optimization:

  • Contribute to the review and enhancement of FP&A processes, tools, and methodologies to improve efficiency and accuracy
  • Work collaboratively with FP&A team members & cross functional teams to implement best practices in financial planning, budgeting, and analysis to enhance decision-making and resource allocation
  • Lead initiatives to streamline data collection, analysis, and reporting, leveraging technology and automation where applicable


Teamwork:

  • Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning within the FP&A team and the business unit responsible
  • Ensure effective communication and coordination with other finance and business functions to support organizational goals

What are we looking for?

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
  • Proven experience in financial planning and analysis roles, with a track record of achievement
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel
  • Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide actionable insights
  • Effective communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey financial information to diverse audiences
  • Strategic mindset, with the ability to think critically and contribute to the development of organizational strategy
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and being a part of deeply complex strategy discussions while maintaining operational excellence
  • Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work efficiently in a fast paced, dynamic and changing multicultural environment

What additional skills will help you stand out?

  • Previous experience or interest in the video game industry is a strong plus
  • Ability to implement more structured financial processes while maintaining flexibility

Work mode

  • Hybrid - 3 days of work from the office (Can be based in either our Guildford, UK or Nicosia, Cyprus offices).
  • This role isn't eligible for relocation & immigration support.
  • Travel may be required occasionally
  • The role may involve working across multiple time zones and interacting with international stakeholders

Benefits

Benefits and perks are tailored to the local market and culture. Our benefits in Guildford include:

  • 5 weeks of Annual Leave per calendar year - increasing over time to a maximum 30 days per year, with the ability to buy up to an additional 5 days through our holiday buy scheme
  • Additional paid time off (Birthday Leave, Marriage Leave, Compassionate Leave)
  • Sick Leave Compensation and enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave Benefits
  • Dog-friendly office
  • Onsite canteen (with an endless supply of free snacks and drinks)
  • Video games area
  • Family coverage for Private Medical Insurance (pre-existing conditions are covered), Life Insurance, Pension scheme offering a matched 4% tax free employee contribution
  • Mental well-being program (iFeel)
  • Wellbeing perks (Mental Health Days, Dedicated Well-being room, Team of Mental Heath First Aiders)
  • Career development and education opportunities within the company
  • Employee discounts via Perkbox
  • Personal Wargaming Gaming Account
  • Company events (including events for partners/children)
  • Seniority Awards
  • Referral program - you can recommend the best talents to the Company and receive a reward
  • DPS Games, a Wargaming company, is one of the main European hubs for game development with 25 years of experience on the market
  • To learn more about our studio in Guildford, follow this link: https://dpsgames.com/studio
Please submit your CV in English to ensure smooth processing and review.

About Wargaming 

Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. Operating since 1998, Wargaming has become one of the leaders in the gaming industry with 15 offices worldwide, including studios in Chicago, Prague, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Vilnius. Our diverse and multicultural team works together to deliver a top-class experience to millions of players who enjoy Wargaming's titles across all major gaming platforms. Our flagship products include free-to-play hits World of Tanks, World of Warships and World of Tanks Blitz.

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