Financial Analyst Assistant Internship

Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.

The Finance Analytics team is responsible for forecasting financial performance for a portfolio of games and delivering value-added business analyses that support insightful, data-driven decision-making. We are a team of 5 highly analytical individuals, who thrive in delivering solutions to complex problems and collaborating across functions. The team is spread across Ubisoft’s Paris, Montreal, and San Francisco locations.

• Support the development of the Gross Margin PnL and long-term strategy planning cycles.
• Understand market dynamics, business trends, and competitive landscape to assess impact on financial performance of supported titles.
• Collaborate with transversal teams to understand and validate underlying business assumptions and assess risks and opportunities for title portfolio performance.
• Measure the impact and track performance of acquisition tactics, work with pricing and sales team to recommend strategies to boost sales performance to Executive Publisher.

• Advanced Excel skills and data manipulation of large, multi-dimensional data sets.
• Strong attention to detail, with demonstrated analytical ability and judgment to model scenarios and apply insights to reporting and forecasting.
• Experience with business partnering and strong communication skills, with a track record of working across the organization.
• Passionate about games and has a deep interest in our industry.

Recruitment Process

If your application is chosen, you will be contacted by a member of the Campus Team to schedule a phone exchange in order to determine if the job description matches your profile, but also to what you are looking for.

If that exchange is successful, you will be submitted a case study to test your technical skills regarding the offer.

Finally, an interview will be organized (on site or through Teams) with your future manager.

Benefits as a Trainee at Ubisoft

• Internship reward according to the studies level.
• Meal voucher Swile Card, 50% refund of travel pass, 1 day-off per month.
• Ticket reduction (concerts / shows), access to the Ubisoft gym at preferential price.

Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our gamers community.

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