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Financial Analyst, Mobile Studios

Role Overview

Our Mobile Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team plays a critical role in providing strategic partnership to leaders across EA. We achieve this through effectively engaging with our partners to understand our broad strategy, analyzing data, and delivering insights to help drive EA’s current and future performance. Located at the EA headquarters in Redwood City, California, the Financial Analyst reports into the Sr. Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis.

Business Partnering

• Support various business groups within EA Mobile
• Provide detailed and timely analysis to help drive business decisions
• Receive, analyze, integrate, and consolidate assumptions and data from business and finance partners
• Prepare and present information to business partners and senior leadership

Financial Management

• Coordinate FP&A tasks with the assigned deadlines
• Create and update budgets, forecasts, and annual plans
• Ensure month-end processes are complete in accordance with company accounting policies
• Track variances against forecast and assess impact to financial plan
• Provide regular financial reporting to business units to assess performance
• Understand and identify risks and opportunities on a regular basis

Ad Hoc Projects

• Drive process improvements with both business and finance partners
• Perform financial scenario analysis
• Define, incorporate, and report on financial and/or non-financial key performance indicators

Skills & Capabilities

• A team player able to work collaboratively, within the group and cross-functionally across business units/functions, as a thought leader, project manager, partner, and effective independent team member
• Strong initiative and desire to drive change and enhance processes
• Ability to proactively identify business risks and opportunities
• Flexible and adaptable to the rapid changing needs of the business and/or finance
• Ability to work independently, process information quickly, and assess impact
• Attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy on work output
• Strong business acumen with an ability to build strong professional relationships with business partners in both operational and financial roles
• Ability to effectively prioritize multiple or competing demands
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Experience and Education

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum 2-3 years of related financial experience
• Experience with P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis
• Demonstrated proficiency in Accounting and general GAAP knowledge
• Excellent MS Excel and PowerPoint expertise required, knowledge in Hyperion Essbase, Tableau and Oracle preferred