Director of Financial Planning and Optimization

6 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Sony Playstation Full time
Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Director of Financial Planning and Optimization to join our team at Sony PlayStation. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in finance, strategy, and business intelligence, with experience in gaming industry or related field.

About the Role

The successful candidate will be responsible for value optimization across our portfolio of SBG projects and setting financial goals and targets for titles and studio teams within our overall SBG portfolio. This will involve executing top-down SBG business financial targets, portfolio developments, and value optimization analysis performed by the team led by this role.

Key Responsibilities
  • Set/recommend financial targets for titles/studios to meet overall SBG financial targets, projects, and studio team for revenue, opex, and profitability as well as selected KPIs;
  • Dynamically adjusting financial targets if material events occur that require rebalancing under new constraints;
  • Ownership for short-term and long-term P&L value optimization for SBG projects ensuring efficient allocation of capital to maximize value under given constraints;
  • Leading team who performs commercial value optimization work such as marketing spend efficiency, price setting, sales optimization, business models analysis;
  • Collaborating closely with portfolio management team ensuring top-down portfolio constraints are effectively translated into projects as well as with studio partnering groups ensuring targets are stretched but realistic;
  • Effectively collaborate with SBG and non-SBG partners ensuring right information, data, and input is considered in value optimization;
  • Initiating and leading commercial review projects across specific projects or across portfolio or its subset (e.g., price elasticity analysis, marketing efficiency etc.);
  • Effectively influence stakeholders across multiple disciplines from leadership team members to various functional teams;
  • Develop and present results and recommendations to decision-making stakeholders in an effective and influential way;
  • Build, coach, and develop, motivate, and team of commercial and value optimization professionals ensuring forecasting talent bench is developed, maintained, and expanded;
Requirements and Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in business, strategy, finance, economics, or related field; MBA and/or CFA designation preferred;
  • 12-15+ years of experience in roles in finance planning, strategy, and business intelligence, consulting, or market research;
  • Experience in gaming industry and/or is an advantage but not a must;
  • Experience in working on portfolio projects and financial optimization gained in roles operating on the junction of business leadership and project delivery, for example, in portfolio optimization, business analysis, and target setting;
  • Experience in value optimization in consumer businesses (e.g., marketing & sales);
  • Data-driven approach combined with robust judgment and objectivity;
  • Resilience under pressure including from senior stakeholders;
  • Self-starter, showing initiative and ability to work independently;
  • Strong communication and presentation skills;
  • Experience in leading teams: passion for building effective, motivated, and professional teams;
  • Strong work ethic and confidentiality a must;
  • Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams;
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and working under time constraints;
Estimated Salary

$150,000 - $200,000 per year, depending on experience.

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