Financial Planning Analyst

As a Financial Analyst, you will join Ubisoft's IT team. This department specializes in the development, integration, and maintenance of technologies and infrastructures necessary for game development and the operation of online multiplayer game components.

Your mission will consist of several parts. On one hand, you will facilitate budget operations with the various stakeholders in the department as well as analyses for senior management decision-making during monthly and quarterly reviews.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Being the key contact for all IT-related cost issues within the department;
  • Producing analyses and assisting various managers in managing their budgets;
  • Presenting analyses and budgets to IT top management, IT teams, and internal clients;
  • Acting as a liaison with the IT Financial Planning (ITFP) teams and participating in or assisting with the monthly close process (calculating provisions, profit & loss impacts, monitoring hosting consumption), reviewing references and services;
• Proposing improvements in IT cost modeling;
  • Analyzing costs proactively and helping to quickly identify inconsistencies and budget risks;
  • Actively contributing to the automation, standardization, and optimization of our financial processes;
  • Implementing relevant key performance indicators (KPIs) for domain monitoring;
  • Optimizing activity reports;
  • Following up with various vendors and service managers;
  • Developing financial and investment plans for future investments.

Requirements

• Demonstrated professional experience in financial planning analysis, accounting, or financial analysis;
• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint;
• Excellent communication skills - presentations to executives;
• Thoroughness in ensuring detailed and error-free analysis proactively and independently;
• Experience with tools such as Anaplan, MicroStrategy, Tableau, PowerBI, HFM, PeopleSoft would be an asset.