Head of FP&A
Miniclip has grown substantially over the last few years; not just in terms of revenues and headcount, but also in complexity as the company has combined organic growth with M&A activity. To support our ambitious growth strategy, we are creating a new role of Head of FP&A to lead our FP&A team and move our reporting analytics and business partnering capabilities to the next level.
Reporting to the Director of Finance , this role offers exposure to Executives and studio heads , and the opportunity to help shape , not only the FP&A department, but input into the future of the business itself. The intention is to build a best-in-class FP&A team that can not only inform decision making, but actively contribute to those decisions. The candidate will need to be driven, passionate, and able to adapt in a high paced and dynamic industry .
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
- A self-confident individual that can easily relate to others.
- Connects Finance’s short and long-term plans to business objectives
- Understand cross-functional priorities, plans and objectives
- Can identify trends and patterns in large data sets and translate them into meaningful insights
- Strong team leader able to identify, retain and develop talent
- Innovative and able to find new ways to look at, analyse and present data to drive the business forward
- Capable of designing and implementing new ways o f working, new analytics and reporting functionalities across the entire organisation
- Problem solver who can generate multiple options and identify the most effective solution
- Gaming experience, preferably in mobile sector , with a good understanding of the business model and core KPIS
- Strong presenter and facilitator
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Facilitate and run trading meetings for Miniclip studios
- Set analysis requirements and follow up on action points from meetings
- Review and sign off decks for trading meetings
- Review and sign off weekly outturn reforecasts, developing the monthly updating of OPEX forecasts
- Manage annual budgeting cycle and ensure strategic priorities of the business are reflected
- Develop and deliver OPEX review process , including challenging ROIs on key costs
- M&A accountability for production of business plan, and target value due diligence
- Lead integration process for M&A transactions in conjunction with accounting team
- Review of commercial publishing contracts, highlighting any risks or deviation from normal process
- Input and reviews to increases of UA budgets
- Analysis and challenge of UA performance, particularly on new releases
- Manage a growing FP&A team, currently three people with two direct reports , on day to day operations
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate will be a qualified finance professional with between five and ten years PQE , with the majority of that time spent in commercial facing finance roles.
Other qualifications include:
- Strong analytical skills
- Experienced team leadership
- Ability to coach and develop junior staff to enhance the teams skillset
- Excellent teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft Office Applications
- Experience of Domo or other business intelligence/database software
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
You will be working in our fashionable, open plan Office in Chancery Lane with enthusiasts and professionals from the games industry. We like to maintain a very friendly and relaxed atmosphere, and our new office comes with a pool table, 100” screen with games consoles, fridge with complimentary drinks for all staff, fresh fruit delivered weekly, regular team building and social events, and even free optional yoga once a week!
We also have a fantastic benefits package, with Vitality medical and BUPA dental cover, cash plan, with cover for life insurance, critical illness, and income protection, a generous holiday entitlement and a pension plan with company matching contributions (up to set levels).
ABOUT MINICLIP
Miniclip is a global leader in digital games with a mission of ‘ unleashing the gamer in everyone’ . The Company develops, publishes and distributes highly engaging games to an audience of over 250 million monthly active users across mobile, social and online platforms.
Founded in 2001, the Company has successfully grown a huge global audience in over 195 countries and across six continents. Miniclip has a unique understanding of the digital games space and has developed a strong portfolio of over 60 high-quality mobile games, extensive worldwide distribution, and an internationally recognised brand name. To date, Miniclip franchises including 8 Ball Pool™, Golf Battle™, Football Strike™ and Agar.io™ have generated more than 2 billion downloads. Miniclip has more than 50 million daily active players reaching people across the world in the pursuit of ‘ unleashing the gamer in everyone ’.
In February 2015, Miniclip was excited to receive a large majority investment from Tencent, one of the world’s largest technology companies and the world’s largest games publisher. This new chapter in Miniclip’s history strengthens the Company’s position, with Tencent recognising its achievements to date and future potential.
In the past two years, as part of their ambitious growth plans, Miniclip have been delighted to welcome the teams from Playsport (famous for Motorsport Manager), Yakuto (creators of Darts of Fury), Masomo (home of Head Ball 2), Ilyon (designers of Bubble Shooter), Eight Pixels Square (Sniper Strike) now operating as Miniclip Derby, Gamebasics (creators of OSM Online Soccer Manager), and most recently Green Horse Games (home of Football Rivals) to the Miniclip Group.
For more information, visit http://corporate.miniclip.com