Job Title: Financial / Market Analyst

This will also involve analysing the market in terms of the markets/regions we operate in and the competitive offerings, campaigns and competitor activities. 

• Detailed interpretation and presentation of costs and margins for existing services to ensure budget compliance and cost control, to include:
• Content costs/margins, by channel, by pack, by bundle etc.
• Financial support and analysis for content negotiations
• Telephony usage /Tariff analysis for new service offers
• Sales offers / upsell campaign analysis i.e. margin impact of free installs, free subscriptions etc. and relative success of varying campaigns versus each other and budgets
• Analysis of above and below the line campaigns/activities
• Departmental Budget preparations and adherence
• Contribute to Customer projections/ sales and upsell forecasts for budget preparations
• Competitive data analysis alongside Marketing and Programming
• Maintenance of regular reports and performance and ad hoc analysis

• Degree educated
• Professional accountancy qualifications (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or similar financial experience

• 1-2 years in Telecoms/media industry preferably
• Development of successful new business plans, strategic planning and financial planning
• Technophile approach to new technological paradigms
• Financial Competence
• Ability to build, evaluate and interpret complex financial models
• Understanding of budgeting and accounting principles

• Analytical thinking with a structured approach
• Ability to communicate complex data in a simple way
• Results orientated

• Competence at using a range of strategic frameworks including market sizing, value chain analysis, hypothesis driven analytics, and customer segmentation.
• Understanding of strategic threats and opportunities from new and existing platforms and technologies
• Ability to interpret consumer trends and understand implications for platforms and services