Manager - Corporate FP&A

Job Title:

Manager – Corporate FP&ARequisition :

R027829

Job Description:

Job Title
:
Manager – Corporate FP&A

Reporting To: Director, Finance

Department
:
Finance

Location
:
Playa Vista, CA

Your Platform

Activision Blizzard plays a centralized role in the creation of epic entertainment by supporting our interactive gaming brands and studios with a diverse range of career opportunities across corporate functions such as Marketing, Communications, Legal, Human Resources and Finance.

This role is anticipated to be assigned as a hybrid work model position, with some work on-site at an Activision Blizzard office and some work remote.

Your Mission

The Manager position on the Corporate FP&A team is a critical and highly visible role within the team that performs integrated company wide analysis and consolidation to support the Activision Blizzard King executive leadership team and assists with the company wide planning and forecasting processes. Reporting to the Director, Finance, this role will work to analyze, report and support the performance of the Corporate Support functions and specifically demonstrate a strong aptitude for interpreting, analyzing, and communicating complex business issues, and identifying opportunities for improvement.

Problem solving, prioritization, and attention to detail are critical.

The core functions of the role includes supporting the Annual Operating Plan, Quarterly Forecast and Quarterly Close processes and ongoing partnership with various support function leaders to optimize efficiencies, while ensuring we are maintaining flexibility and supporting the strategic objectives of Activision Blizzard King. Key outputs include preparation and analysis of c-suite and senior leader reporting packages, coordinating data-gathering across the organization, and assessing risk and opportunity ranges for initiatives and guidance.

• Work with stakeholders across the business and the regions to plan for expenditures and headcount in the year ahead
• Load all necessary information into the Hyperion system
• Prepare AOP FY27 decks to relay all necessary information to stakeholders

• Support the coordination of forecast inputs from various regions and business units, alignment of key assumptions and drivers
• Prepare journal entries, reclasses, and accruals for month end close
• Prepare various analyses that drive business insight and frame financial risks and opportunities
• Perform variance analysis, and ensure an environment of no surprises for senior leadership

• Drive standardization and effective evolution of the company’s Hyperion-based financial planning system to drive efficiencies and meet business needs
• Help automate standard processes and reporting to reduce reporting burden and increase sophistication and capacity for analysis
• Assist with Microsoft integration work

• Functional Business Leaders, and their direct reports
• Director Corporate FP&A ABK
• Microsoft leads

Minimum Requirements:

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of FP&A experience
• General Financial
  
  Skills:
  • Exceptional quantitative and financial modeling
  • Ability to thrive and multitask in a rapidly evolving environment
  • Able to vary work hours as needed to collaborate with global teammates
  • Able to work independently, with limited direction
  • Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills at coordinating and consolidating inputs across multiple functions
  • The highest standards of accuracy and attention to detail in a dynamic, multitasking environment
  • Outstanding organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Hyperion/Essbase experience…