at Yahoo Holdings Inc. in Champaign, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Yahoo is a global media and tech company that reaches hundreds of millions of people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love-from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news-with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.
A Little About Us
The Consumer FP&A team helps to drive success by providing our business partners and key stakeholders with the operational support, insights and direction essential to continue growing our business. We're responsible for delivering the financial forecast, providing senior leaders with detailed analysis and driving profitable growth.
A Lot About You
You have a passion for finance, analytics and operations. You are a self-motivated individual who works well both in teams and independently. You are a high achiever who is ready to roll up their sleeves and add value to an organization in whatever form that may take (scenario modeling, multi-year planning). You can live in uncertainty and get satisfaction from figuring things out and how they work. You are curious, eager to learn and excited to share those learnings with your colleagues. You enjoy partnering directly with senior business leadership, strategic collaboration and are comfortable presenting/explaining your assumptions. You have fun, and ideally are familiar with Yahoo.
Your Day
This is a Finance Manager role supporting our central Monetization team. You'll own the financial models that help explain how we drive revenue most effectively from the products and content we produce alongside internal and external benchmarking and competitive analysis. You will also understand the associated cost of and be responsible for planning of said cost. You will conduct variance analysis on revenue through free cash flow. You will partner closely with executive leadership and drive growth in our revenue and margin. Your time will be split between weekly/monthly/quarterly reporting & variance analysis, senior management presentations and a lot of ad hoc analysis and investigation.
Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Forecasting, planning, reporting and analysis (Monthly, quarterly and ad hoc)
- Project management and operational support (ad hoc deep dives, industry benchmarking, process optimisation)
- Cross-functional partnership and communication (executive presentations, partnering with Biz Ops, yield and strategy teams)
- P&L ownership and variance analysis to help the business with product, process and operational initiatives
You Must Have
- Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field
- 5+ years of related financial experience
- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills; attention to detail; problem solving abilities
- Strong teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects in an environment that is fast-paced and highly dynamic
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