Associate, FP&A, Ads

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

We are currently looking for an Associate to support Financial Planning & Analysis for our Ads business globally. In this role you will have the opportunity to learn and grow quickly in this space, collaborating closely with a highly cross-functional and global team. This role will be the central point of contact for global consolidations, working closely with the regional Ads FP&A teams to bring together global financial planning and reporting for ads revenue and expenses. This role will help develop and own a set of management reports for consistent P/L analysis for revenue, people costs/headcount, non-people costs, and contribution margin. This role will be the primary owner of the Ads Finance deliverables calendar, in close coordination with the corporate finance teams for monthly & quarterly close, quarterly forecasts, and long-range planning. This role will also assist with streamlining and automating our modeling. 

A successful candidate will need to be a self-starter with exceptional analytical, financial modeling, and communication skills. We are looking for someone who can bring financial planning experience, strategic thinking, and project management ability. This role requires comfort operating in ambiguity, problem-solving in a collaborative environment, and managing complex work streams with multiple stakeholders.

Visit our culture memo and long-term view to learn more about Netflix's unique culture and the opportunity to join our team. The position reports to the Ads Sr. Manager FP&A.

Responsibilities will include:

• Support roll-up of long and short-term financial forecasts, budgeting, and headcount planning

• Support global creation, standardization, and automation of management reporting in dashboards, reports, & templates. 

• Develop and manage workflow to consolidate variance analysis from regional FP&A. 

• Perform ad hoc financial analyses to deliver insights, and facilitate trade-off discussions, scenario plans, opportunity size, etc. 

• Create insightful presentations to summarize analyses and facilitate decision-making 

• Consolidation of our financial projections and assumptions in planning systems including Anaplan, Workday, TM1, etc.

• Develop Global KPIs, metrics, and dashboards to track the ongoing impact of Ads business. Facilitate training and adoption of KPIs and standard reporting across EMEA, LATAM, and APAC 

• Building strong relationships with a wide group of stakeholders (Ad Sales & Ops, Data Science, Accounting, Talent Acquisition/HR, etc.) and being able to effectively communicate financial tracking/impact

• Refine modeling and develop automation in partnership with the Data Science team

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a fast-paced, highly analytical environment. Prior experience in advertising FP&A, management consulting, and strategic finance in tech or high-growth startups is highly preferred 

• Experience building & refining financial reporting processes, with high ambiguity and shifting requirements

• Strong modeling skills and comfort with manipulating large datasets in Excel, Google Sheets, Tableau, and other data visualization tools 

• Candidates must be motivated, disciplined, flexible, able to work autonomously and perform tasks with a wide range of difficulties

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to build successful relationships and partners at all levels

• Very strong project management, planning, & organizational skills, including the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, and deliver work under tight timelines.

• Strong attention to detail with sound judgment on when to apply the 80/20 rule to address problems.

• Familiarity with financial systems such as Workday, Essbase, Anaplan, sales incentive compensation, and general knowledge of the streaming advertising and ad tech ecosystem is a plus, though not required. 

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