Financial Planning Analyst

Actively contribute to the strategic decision-making of the studio by providing reliable financial analyses, relevant reports, and informed recommendations. This role involves close collaboration with studio management, production teams, the Zone, and HQ, with the aim of optimizing financial performance and ensuring compliance with project and studio budgets. Responsibilities include strategic partnership & performance management, budget construction & continuous improvement.

Must Have

• Contribute actively to the studio's strategic decision-making
• Provide reliable financial analyses, relevant reports, and informed recommendations
• Collaborate closely with studio management, production teams, Zone, and HQ
• Optimize financial performance and ensure budget compliance
• Be the privileged financial contact for MD, Zone, and HQ on budget, forecast, and consolidation topics
• Support management and producers in financial project evaluation and strategic arbitration
• Present financial results, analyses, and perspectives to management committees
• Monitor and challenge project and studio performance, analyze deviations, identify risks, recommend corrective actions
• Develop annual studio and project budgets, as well as monthly and quarterly forecasts
• Build, consolidate, and analyze project P&Ls, ensuring reliability and consistency of financial data
• Contribute to monitoring subsidies and tax credits
• Produce, maintain, and ensure reliability of dashboards and KPIs for clear, fast, decision-oriented management
• Guarantee the quality and usability of financial data (staffing, costs, actual vs. forecasts)
• Perform ad hoc analyses and support financial planning initiatives
• Degree from a business or engineering school
• Significant experience in financial analysis, project controlling, accounting, and reporting
• Strong interpersonal skills, rigor, organizational sense, and synthesis ability
• Autonomous in project management, clear communication, persuasive
• Curious, adaptable, proactive
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI
• Comfortable with multidimensional data cubes (reporting tools, ERP, databases)
• Fluent in English

Good to Have

• Team spirit
• Ability to unite
• Strong interest in the video game industry

Job Description

Main mission: Actively contribute to the studio's strategic decision-making by providing reliable financial analyses, relevant reports, and informed recommendations.

This role involves close collaboration with studio management, production teams, the Zone, and HQ, with the aim of optimizing financial performance and ensuring compliance with project and studio budgets.

Responsibilities:

Strategic partnership & performance management

• Be the privileged financial contact for the MD, the Zone, and HQ on budget, forecast, and consolidation topics.
• Support Management and producers in the financial evaluation of projects and strategic arbitration.
• Present financial results, analyses, and perspectives during management committees and other key instances (Townhall, Gate, CSE, etc.).
• Monitor and challenge the performance of projects and the studio: analyze deviations, identify risks, recommend corrective actions, and ensure objectives are met.

Budget construction & continuous improvement

• Develop the annual budgets for the studio and projects, as well as monthly and quarterly forecasts.
• Build, consolidate, and analyze project P&Ls, ensuring the reliability and consistency of financial data.
• Contribute to the monitoring of subsidies and tax credits, and participate in the preparation of associated declarations.
• Produce, maintain, and ensure the reliability of dashboards and KPIs for clear, fast, decision-oriented management.
• Guarantee the quality and usability of financial data (staffing, costs, actual vs. forecasts).
• Perform ad hoc analyses and support initiatives related to financial planning.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a business or engineering school, with significant experience in financial analysis, project controlling, accounting, and reporting.
• Recognized for your interpersonal skills, rigor, organizational sense, and ability to synthesize.
• Autonomous in managing your projects, you communicate clearly and know how to convince your interlocutors.
• Curious, adaptable, and proactive.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI; comfortable with multidimensional data cubes (reporting tools, ERP, databases, etc.).
• Team spirit, ability to unite, and strong interest in the video game industry appreciated.
• Fluent in English is essential.

Additional Information

Contract: Permanent contract or MISSION

Location: based in Annecy – France

Remote: hybrid

Hiring Process:

• Interview with the hiring manager

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