Finance Analyst, Technology & Strategic Services

Paramount is a global media and entertainment organisation with some of the best known and loved brands in the world. Employing over 1,700 people locally, and a further 25,000+ globally, we deliver premium content through multiple platforms for the young (and the young at heart of course!). 

We pride ourselves on creating content that gets people talking. What’s more, you’ll find all these great shows (and more) on our free-to-air channels (10, 10 Bold, 10 Peach, Nickelodeon), our digital platform 10 Play that also includes a vast array of Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV known as FAST channels (including numerous MTV and Nickelodeon channels), and our subscription video on demand service Paramount+.  
 

This is a leave cover contract based in SYDNEY.

Enough about us! What you’ll do as a Finance Analyst:
 
This role will provide support to Financial and Business colleagues and assist in financial planning as well as promoting financial discipline to evaluate, budget and actively manage the financial discipline for technology and strategic services.
  
Functions will also include: 
 

• Managing the annual operating plan, long-range plan, capital planning
• Preparation of month reporting including P&L variance analysis vs budget/forecast
• Preparation of reporting & analysis of capital expenditure submissions
• Assist in preparing and consolidating various ad hoc analysis, reports and information requests
• Partnering with the finance team to collect accurate information and input data into financial systems
• Ensuring accuracy of data uploaded into the planning tool

What are we looking for in a Finance Analyst? What’s important?  

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance preferred
• CPA/CA qualified preferred
• 2-4 years of experience in a broad range of accounting functions
• Strong business English language skills both spoken and written
• Proficient in MS Office Suite, intermediate to advanced Excel skills essential
• Experience in SAP or Oracle is an advantage, as is experience in the Media and Entertainment industry 
• Desire to be recognized by stakeholders as a business partner
• Ability to demonstrate a proactive approach to challenges and issue resolution
• Ability to work independently and show ownership and accountability for assigned tasks and meet deadlines
• Confident in working with multiple deadlines with ability to prioritise
• Absolute attention to detail
• A team player with a cooperative attitude

Why Paramount?
We could just list the numerous benefits our employees avail of every day.  However, for now we'll just leave you with how our employees feel about us:
•    92% of our employees stated they would highly recommend Paramount to a friend (Glassdoor)
•    We hold a 4.4 STAR rating, by far the highest rating in the media sector (Seek Company Profiles)

Paramount embraces differences and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds regardless of factors such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property or birth. These grounds also include age, nationality, marital status, disability, place of residence and sexual orientation.

We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First Peoples, and the Traditional Custodians of the land where we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging, and we are proud to live in a country which is home to the world’s oldest living cultures.

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Reasonable adjustments  
Paramount recognises that everyone is unique, and you might require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply and be considered for this position.  If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to help set you up for success please contact us at careers@networkten.com.au.  Adjustments include but are not limited to; alternative application methods, interview setups, physical requirements, guidance for trans or gender diverse applicants, specific interview availability times and more