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King are on the hunt for a Finance Manager! You will be responsible for overseeing and monitoring Kings global marketing investment. This is a broad role performing a variety of duties including but not limited to business partnering with the marketing team, providing insight on investment performance, managing forecast and month end processes, regularly providing leadership with investment outlooks. You will be reporting into the senior Finance Manager.

Your role

  • Being a valued and trusted business partner providing supportive challenge and valuable insight, driving a culture of ongoing continual improvement and lead the implementation of those improvements
  • Utilize your marketing experience to provide financial advice and insights to Marketing Leadership team on all commercial related matters for investment. Influence business performance and support decision- making
  • Lead Forecast process with support from Senior Finance Manager (Weekly and Quarterly) for Marketing spend including analysis on Installs, Costs and Other Key Metrics
  • Support Senior Finance manager in preparing monthly leadership packs which ensure full visibility of costs and preparation of re- forecast materials
  • Translate financial and non- financial marketing metrics into actionable operating plans to support key stakeholders in driving the business forward
  • Support in management of Month End process for all King Marketing costs
  • Seek out opportunities for growth and development within King to take yourself to the next level

Skills

  • Strong commercial acumen, as well as demonstrable experience of understanding relationships between key financial and non- financial business drivers across revenue and marketing investment
  • Strong business partnering experience, collaborative in building robust relationships within the King community
  • Resourceful with ability to deliver and handle change in a fast paced tech company would be beneficial
  • An analytical mindset comfortable working with big data sets and translating results into meaningful analysis, incorporating into forecasts and providing actionable insights
  • Confidence and gravitas in working with and challenging senior management
  • Experience in presenting commercial and financial metrics to non- finance teams and key stakeholders
  • Advanced excel skill and experience and initiative in building robust financial models
  • Developing professional Powerpoint decks/presentations and advanced graph building skills
  • Provide routine and ad hoc analysis and reporting in a form that accurately and clearly articulates the key points and actionable insights
  • Able to maintain quality work and meet rigorous deadlines
  • ACA or CIMA qualified or international equivalent
  • Finance related degree or equivalent experience
  • Hyperion systems experience or similar large enterprise software

FP&A Team Values

  • Ownership and Accountability
  • Commercial and Curious
  • Proactive and Forward- Thinking
  • Improving and Evolving

Background

  • Extensive experience in commercial finance
  • Accounting/audit background essential
  • Experience of managing forecasts/working in matrix structure
  • Finance Marketing experience is preferable

About King

King is the game developer behind the world- famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as mobile game hits including Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch and Pet Rescue. Candy Crush is the top- grossing franchise in US app stores, a position it has held for the last two years, and King’s games are being played by 245 million monthly active users as of Q3 2021. King, which is part of the Activision Blizzard group since its acquisition in 2016, employs nearly 2,000 people in game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in San Francisco, New York, and Malta.

A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes

Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply cannot expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people. A great saga needs all sorts of heroes.

Making the World Playful

Making the World Playful is what inspires us to create new experiences and raise the bar. It’s what makes King a place where we can all dream bigger, continue to add innovation to our games, broadening the portfolio and exploring new territories in mid- core and casual. We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through our curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other and love for our players - and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way. In fact, together with our parent company Activision Blizzard and experts around the world, we believe having fun is good for you. There has never been a better time to join us. We're dreaming bigger and see a world of possibilities ahead. If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful!

Applications need to be in English.