Sony

• Do you have experience in Analysis, Forecasting, Budgeting in a multinational company?
• Can you bring excellent SAP ERP and Excel skills to empower decision making and direction?
• Are you ACCA or CIMA qualified with a curious and exploring mentality?

If so, apply now and let’s start your journey with Sony.

You will be a key player in our Operational Planning & Control team, where you will jointly lead the Fixed SGA Planning & Control calendar requirements across Sony Electronics Europe, and utilise your understanding of the financial/operational outputs of the business to drive results with cross-functional departments.

You should be someone with a credible finance background, from operational levels up to more strategic / business partnering more recently in your career. You’ll enjoy the challenges of working across a complex multi-national business with large datasets and truly multicultural and modern working environment.

You will:

• Own Month-end close including final sign off (in liaison with GFA –Global Finance Accounting)
• Undertake post-close detailed analysis and compilation of financial bridges (presented to SEU management and submitted to Tokyo)
• Complete Budget and Forecast execution within Sony Europe framework (leading the process and driving the results)
• Become a Business Partner with department heads and budget holders to review cost management and decision support
• Be responsible for the allocation of costs to reporting units process (in liaison with BI team)
• Maintain and control of the table of authority
• Co-ordinate and run controlling processes for Fixed SGA
• Contribute to Corporate projects for increased efficiencies

You will have:

• Experience required in core Planning & Control and Management Reporting
• Knowledge of SAP ERP (FI-CO module principally) required and ideally of BW/BO systems
• Experience of working across a European business within a multi-cultural environment would be a strong advantage
• Good understanding of core Finance & Accounting process areas preferred
• Fully qualified CIMA preferably or ACA, ACCA or international/experience equivalent

Your new office

Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment with full accessibility. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack (useful if you’ve made the most of the Cycle-to-Work scheme), or if you will use public transport we have a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times.

Take a look at our Weybridge office here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwbMOzjoVA

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at AccommodationRequest@eu.sony.com or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.