Financial Reporting Specialist - Fixed-term contract
2 days ago
Watford
This role is being offered with a fixed-term contract until March 2027. Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work. As a Finance Reporting Specialist on the Oracle Fusion transformation programme, you will play a central role in defining and delivering the future reporting landscape for Finance as Sky transitions to the Comcast global Fusion model. You will support the development of the end-to-end reporting strategy, shape the reporting architecture, and ensure all reporting needs across Finance are understood, designed, and delivered using the appropriate Fusion and Data Lake capabilities. You will work closely with process workstreams, data specialists, solution architects, our BI & SI partner, and the wider Finance community to ensure reporting is accurate, governed, secure, and fully aligned with the Fusion data model, Chart of Accounts redesign, and global reporting standards. What you'll do: • Support the development of the end-to-end Enterprise Reporting Strategy for Finance as Sky transitions to the Comcast global Fusion model., • Define the future reporting architecture, rationalising legacy SAP ECC/BW/Excel reporting into a governed Reporting Catalogue aligned with Fusion., • In collaboration with our implementation partners, run structured cycles of reporting requirements discovery across P2P, O2C, R2R, A2R, SCM and FP&A, capturing detailed attributes including data sources, consumers, KPIs and statutory/regulatory drivers., • Validate global vs local (UK & Italy) reporting exceptions and ensure alignment with process design and the new Chart of Accounts., • Work with Solution Architects, Data workstream and SI partners to ensure reporting design is fully aligned with the Fusion data model and data sourcing strategy., • Manage the reporting deliverables backlog across sprints, ensuring we have signed off specifications and test scripts, and overseeing delivery by SI teams., • Validate report outputs, reconcile against source systems and secure stakeholder sign-off., • Maintain the Global Reporting Catalogue and drive alignment to Cable reporting standards across finance., • Work with the Change Team to develop documentation, training materials and guidance to support Finance user adoption and change impactsWhat you'll bring:, • Proven experience in a finance reporting or finance transformation role, with hands-on responsibility for producing, improving, and governing management or statutory reporting, and translating business requirements into actionable data insights., • Practical experience working with ERP systems (e.g. Oracle or similar large-scale finance platforms), with exposure to system changes or transformations highly desirable., • Familiarity with BI and reporting tools beyond Excel (such as Power BI or Tableau) to support finance reporting and insight generation., • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with finance and non-finance stakeholders, contribute to governance forums, and clearly explain reporting logic, data structures, and insights. The rewards: There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky : the perks. Here's a taster: • " Access to free NOW, for streaming all your favourite shows, • A generous pension package, • Private healthcare, • Discounted mobile and broadband " How you'll work: We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home. We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process. Your office base: Osterley: Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers. On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon. Inclusion: At Sky we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working. We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can. Why wait? Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you. To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.
