Sr. Analyst, Finance

Comcast Advertising is driving the TV advertising industry forward, from delivering ads to linear and digital audiences to pioneering the tech that makes it possible. We help brands connect with their audiences on every screen using advanced data, technology, and premium video content. Our media sales division helps local, regional, and national brands reach potential customers through multiscreen TV advertising. Our ad tech division FreeWheel provides comprehensive adtech that makes it easier to buy and sell premium video advertising across all screens, data types, and sales channels.

Job Summary

FreeWheel Finance is in search of an analytical thinker with strong interpersonal skills who can solve complex issues and effectively communicate at an executive level all in a day’s work. This role requires a high degree of comfort with ambiguity in order to successfully generate insights, often operating with limited guidance. You must be a forward-thinking, solutions-oriented, and innately curious individual who is always looking to optimize processes and identify opportunities to drive meaningful change. This role reports to the Manager, Revenue Finance and is based at the FreeWheel office in New York City.

Job Description

Our Team & You:

The Revenue Financial Planning & Analysis (Revenue FP&A) team has strong business partnerships and influence throughout the company. We drive financially informed decisions in support of leadership’s strategic objectives. Our core competencies center around our superb storytelling abilities and professional execution standards, enabled by our team-first mindset. This role requires constant partnership and learning to nimbly perform wide-ranging tasks. You must be willing to learn detailed revenue models, operating procedures, and industry trends to carry out your diverse array of responsibilities.

We have made investments in advanced analytics capabilities to enhance our data-driven approach to problem solving. We are also focused on process improvement to create an efficient transactional infrastructure for both our internal and external customers. You must approach your daily work with these same principles and partner effectively across Finance and non-Finance working groups to enact meaningful change.

The FreeWheel Finance leadership team has a proven track record of talent development. We invest in our team members and prioritize their career development by offering a wide range of opportunities, including mentorships, special project assignments, and executive exposure.

Detailed Responsibilities:

• Own revenue consolidation and reporting processes related to monthly close and forecast cycles, working in partnership with revenue team members across the entire FreeWheel portfolio to ensure precise reporting across systems, distill meaningful insights, and share summarized results
• Drive revenue budget process for FreeWheel revenue by coordinating team timelines, ensuring timely and accurate submissions, and contributing to deck creation by visualizing detailed projections and drivers
• Along with manager, drive Long-Range Plan (LRP) process for existing and speculative revenue portfolio by administering key inputs from business partners, designing detailed revenue models for each product, generating new analyses, developing LRP narrative, creating meaningful presentation content, and liaising with FreeWheel Executive Leadership, ensuring successful plan understanding and adoption across multiple teams
• Enhance data-driven business intelligence capabilities by regularly updating financial dashboards and generating insights, including revenue KPIs, to drive reliable information used for decision making at an executive level
• Support entire Revenue Finance team as subject matter expert on FreeWheel financial reporting systems (Anaplan, Essbase, etc.), ensuring proper usage across the team and leading implementation of new updates and process changes
• Assist with various personnel expenses and headcount budgeting, planning, and tracking
• Regularly liaise with adjacent teams (e.g. Commercial Finance, Accounting, Strategy) to drive intracompany alignment and accurately represent Revenue Finance priorities to drive overall FreeWheel success
• Special projects and ad-hoc data requests / deal analyses as assigned to support FreeWheel strategic initiatives and executive priorities

General Requirements / Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or another relevant discipline
• 2-5 years of experience in FP&A, revenue operations, or similar capacity within a Finance function, or as an analyst/associate at a fast-paced, high-growth startup, or similar environment
• Highly skilled in analytics and financial modeling – intermediate or better Excel formula knowledge required (INDEX, MATCH, SUMIF, PivotTable, etc.); SQL is a plus
• Experienced/comfortable working with large data sets (basic understanding of multi-dimensional databases and ETL wor