Electronic Arts

Financial Analyst 

Location: Hyderabad

You will report to Manager II, FP&A.

The CFO organization comprises a broad group of finance disciplines, with the common goal of partnering with business teams to deliver strategies and providing our players with amazing experiences. Our finance teams assist the business in achieving profitable creativity by providing financial insight, reporting, and guidance.
We use progressive tools to analyze and visualize data, telling the story of financial drivers, performance, risks, and opportunities. We value attributes like collaboration and learning. 

Role Overview:
This position is for a creative and self-motivated Financial Analyst within the FP&A team supporting the Publishing organization.  

As the ideal candidate:
 • Possess a strong foundation in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), with proven expertise in data visualization and leveraging advanced reporting and analytics to drive financial insights and decision-making.
 • Demonstrate a continuous learning mindset with a strong desire to acquire new skills that enhance problem-solving capabilities and improve operational efficiency.
 • Assist the onshore finance team in monthly and quarterly forecasting, as well as annual planning processes.
 • Ensure accurate and timely completion of reporting deliverables in advance of Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs), and other key meetings.
 • Report actual financial results, compare them with plans/latest forecasts, and provide commentary on major variances.
 • Work directly with global business and finance partners to support daily finance ad hoc requests.
 • Create new Power BI reports in response to business team requests for new information or reporting needs.
 • Regularly interact with business partners across various global locations.
 • Develop & maintain all consolidated financial reporting for Publishing with an eye towards proactive insights and process improvements that add strategic value and drive efficiency and consistency.
 • Challenge the status quo and focus on continuously improving efficiency, standardization and automation.

Other:
 • Highly motived with an ability to manage multiple and sometimes competing projects / priorities
 • Able to collaborate effectively across multiple finance stakeholders
 • Excellent oral / written communication and interpersonal skills that enable clear and concise 
 communication to all levels of the organization
 • Comfortable building analysis from multiple data sets and sources
 • Strong customer-first approach
 • Extreme attention to detail with a rigorous process for review of accuracy.
 • Extensive experience with MS Office tools such as Excel and PowerPoint.
 • Experience with Anaplan and Power BI would be a plus.

Qualifications:
 • Academic Qualifications - Good to have a Master of Business Administration in Finance but not mandatory. 
 Bachelor’s degree required – Finance / Accounting related field preferred.
 • 2-4 years of related Financial and FP&A experience