Director, Planning Corporate FP&A

At Nielsen, we believe that career growth is a partnership. You ultimately own, fuel and set the journey. By joining our team of nearly 14,000 associates, you will become part of a community that will help you to succeed. We champion you because when you succeed, we do too. Embark on a new initiative, explore a fresh approach, and take license to think big, so we can all continuously improve. We enable your best to power our future. 

At Nielsen, we believe that career growth is a partnership. You ultimately own, fuel and set the journey. By joining our team of nearly 14,000 associates, you will become part of a community that will help you to succeed. We champion you because when you succeed, we do too. Embark on a new initiative, explore a fresh approach, and take license to think big, so we can all continuously improve. We enable your best to power our future. 

Nielsen shapes the world’s media and content as a global leader in audience measurement, data, and analytics. Through our understanding of people and their behaviors across all channels and platforms, we empower our clients with independent and actionable intelligence so they can connect and engage with their audiences—now and into the future. We operate in over 55 countries and empower our clients with trusted intelligence that fuels action.

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Our 14,000 employees power our business globally and we have 14 employee-led Business Resource Groups that cultivate and champion a diverse, equitable and inclusive Nielsen. Named one of Newsweek’s Most Love Workplaces for 2021, we’ve also been honored in recent years to be recognized as one of Fortune’s “Best Workplaces” and “100 Best Workplaces for Millennials,” Diversity Inc’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” and Corporate Responsibility’s “100 Best Corporate Citizens.” We’ve also earned top scores on The Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index and 100% scores on both the Disability Equality Index (DEI) and Corporate Equality Index as a “Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality.” 

• Perform mission-critical financial reporting and business partnering activities (planning, forecasting, budgeting, commercial advise, etc.) for a large company  ($3.5B P&L) across its Audience Measurement, Analytics and Content businesses
• Play a key role in the financial planning cycle, including monthly/quarterly forecasting, variance analyses against operating plan, trending analyses and walks vs. prior year
• Drive planning of the annual reporting operating calendar including the budget and LRP process
• Drive operational improvements and implement best practices around forecasting, budgeting and management reporting
• Support financial close and reporting processes in partnership with business, commercial and accounting team 
• Ensure standard reports are produced & available as per stipulated timelines
• Ensure accuracy of revenue recognition/expense reporting / capex and cash reporting by working closely with commercial and accounting teams to ensure data is accurately captured and reported in line with set guidelines
• Ensure high-quality operating plans and forecasts minimizing variances of actuals from plan
• Build advanced analytics for the respective area (revenue/expense / capex and cash) - e.g., customer churn metrics, adherence to pricing and discounting guidelines
• Partner with business teams on delivering analytics, data, and insights to drive key business decisions and support negotiations
• Seek continuous improvement of the FP&A function through the identification of opportunities across people, processes, and technology 
• Support the FP&A org through end-to-end enterprise transformation – drive standardization and automation of reporting at the Corporate and BU level
• Mentor, train, and guide the team towards growth and development.  Have strong communication, and relationship-building skills and build an executive presence
  

• Prior Finance (8-10 years) experience across revenue, expense, cash, and capex preferred but not required. 
• Prior experience in Corporate FP&A experience is highly recommended
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Google Suite (inc. google sheets), SAP, financial systems. Excellent slide/chart-building skills (PowerPoint and/or slides)
• Sound fundamentals on financial knowledge, analytical ability, and sound understanding of the media ecosystem including some understanding of Nielsen’s products and services
• Strong modeling and analytical skills with the ability to tease apart information from data to help inform decision-making
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree, CPA, or MBA highly preferred 
• Ability to develop constructive relationships with executives and colleagues across the organization
• Strong managerial/ leadership skills
• Experience with business insights tools is required, comfort with SAP Analytics Cloud is a plus
• Strong work ethic, self-motivated work style, attention to detail, effective communicator
  

Our comprehensive benefits package (including health & wellness plans for full-time employees, 401(k) retirement coupled with a Nielsen match, a generous paid time off policy, and if eligible, a discretionary incentive/bonus) is designed to be inclusive for all employees and families, and we take pride in ensuring that employees are rewarded holistically for the role they are doing and their performance. 

A reasonable estimate of salary range for a new employee to be offered this role would be between $66,000 - $225,000, which would be adjusted based on each employee's geographic location. The position of each employee within a compensation range at Nielsen is dependent on several individual circumstances, such as experience, training, certifications, and other business requirements/needs. 

Nielsen is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other protected class.