Senior Financial Analyst - Activision
Job Summary
Job Description
- Support studio planning and strategy efforts.
- Support business planning (annual and long-range).
- Support quarterly forecast with accurate forecasting and variance analysis.
- Act as finance representative for game studios.
- Deliver updates to studio leadership.
- Partner with business counterparts on development budgets and investments.
- Assist with project greenlights and status updates.
- Partner with HR to monitor hiring trends.
- Assist with ad-hoc projects.
- 3-5+ years of experience.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
- Advanced degree or certification
- Experience with financial systems
- Passion for games
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
- 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
- Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
- Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
- Relocation assistance (if required to move)
6 skills required
Job Details
Your Platform
We’re headquartered in Santa Monica, California, housing multiple teams across many disciplines of Marketing, PR, Sales, Supply Chain and other corporate functions such as HR, IT, Legal, Facilities and Finance. Santa Monica is the nerve center of our company, where the best ideas combine with unrivalled rigor to create the biggest and best entertainment experiences in the world.
Your Mission
Activision is looking for a highly motivated, energetic and financially minded individual to join the Activision Publishing Finance team. This position will provide global studio finance support to the iconic first-person shooter Call of Duty franchises (which includes the storied Modern Warfare, Black Ops and Warzone franchises!).
What you bring to the table
Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:
- Support studio planning and strategy efforts to help develop the next wave of blockbuster titles
- Support business planning efforts (annual and long-range planning)
- Support the quarterly forecast with a focus on accurate forecasting and variance analysis to provide business understanding
- Act as the finance representative for a collection of our game studios
- Play key role in the delivery of updates to studio leadership
- Partner with business counterparts globally to plan, forecast and ensure delivery against development budgets, influence long-term investments, cost savings and efficiencies.
- Assist with the execution of project greenlights and provide monthly project status updates
- Partner with HR to monitor hiring trends and ensure projects are adequately supported
- Help with other ad-hoc projects that arise in this fast paced, ever-changing industry
Our team is lean, dynamic, and focused - which means you will have real responsibility and the opportunity to have high impact in one of the leading companies in the interactive entertainment space. Strong financial and business acumen, a desire to learn, attention to detail, timely follow-through, adaptability, and the ability to effectively manage against multiple priorities are keys to success in this role.
Player Profile
The key qualifications for this role include:
- Strong partnership and collaboration skills
- 3-5+ years of experience plus 4 year degree
- Strong personal presence and communication to work across finance, marketing, development, and executive leadership in pursuit of business goals
- Strong user of Excel, PowerPoint and financial management tools
- Strong finance, business acumen and general analytical skills
- Self-starter with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (advanced degree or certification a plus)
- Experience with financial systems desired
- High energy; passion for games is a plus
Our World
At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We’re driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our “press start” is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.
We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization.
We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up.
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