Manager I, Financial Planning And Analysis

Description & Requirements
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

Manager I, FP&A
The CFO organization comprises a broad group of finance disciplines, with the common goal of partnering with business teams delivering strategies and providing our players with amazing experiences. Our finance teams assist the business in achieving profitable creativity by proving 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..

Location: Hyderabad

You will report to Manager II,

FP&A Business Partnering

• Provide financial analysis for Revenue & COGS
• Reviewing PPF forecasts and budgets, suggesting changes, and implementing the changes to ensure smooth forecasting
• Partner with business partners on PPF, discuss on future spend and forecast accordingly
• Identify and lead projects to continuously improve, standardize and automate forecasting and reporting tools and processes
• Partner with finance partners, identify challenges and suggesting changes – Regular catchups with various finance partners

Financial Close, Forecasting, Reporting And Analysis Support

• Partner with the finance partners to manage close deliverables, timelines, process, and reporting
• Responsible for month end reporting, estimate reporting and analysis across Publishing
• Responsible for handling PPF budget and report the numbers on monthly basis to the leadership.
• Preparation of forecast decks, including commentary for leadership meetings
• Ad-hoc analysis for senior leadership - Publishing group
• Design and implement reporting tools to provide further transparency and visibility to enable flexibility in spend and analysis

Drive FP&A Excellence

• Manage and develop 4 direct reports
• Identify and lead projects to continuously improve, standardize and automate forecasting and reporting tools and processes
• Provide timely feedback to the team members on performance
• Identify challenges in Publishing team, streamline and automate processes that will improve accuracy and reduce time
• Ensure the reporting is consistent across Publishing group .

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.
• 10+ years of related Financial and FP&A experience
• 5+ years of experience in People Management
• Demonstrated passion for learning and growing.
• Highly motived with an ability to manage multiple and sometimes competing priorities.
• Comfortable building analysis based off data from multiple sources.
• Extreme attention to detail with a rigorous process for review of accuracy.
• Excellent oral / written communication and interpersonal skills that enable clear and concise communication to all levels of the organization.
• Adept in MS Office, with an emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with Anaplan and / Power Bi

About Electronic Arts
We're proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.