Senior FP&A Manager

Role: Senior FP&A Manager
Company: SEGA Europe Ltd
Location: Building 12, Chiswick Business Park, 566 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 5AN Job Summary:We are seeking a detail-oriented and strategic Senior FP&A Analyst to support our Sega Europe and Sega West Studio’s financial planning and analysis efforts. This role will work closely with key stakeholders across studios, publishing, and corporate teams to deliver insights that drive performance,support budget management, and help shape the financial future of our businesses. Key Responsibilities:West Studio Inline P/L analysis:

• Work closely with studios and pubs (West/East) and provide finance simulation analysis and give recommendations from financial perspective for the inline processes.
• Conduct gap analysis from various perspective including vs previous, BP, and mid-term, and provide feedback to all parties involved in timely manner

West Studio Mid-term Plan:

• Create a simplified mid-term plan based on in-line base figures and provide the updated P/L to stakeholders with gap analysis
• Establish a process and framework to monitor a cash-based mid/long-term studio plan to flag risks in studio operations to stakeholders including senior managements
• Identify areas for improvement and recommend actionable strategies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Monthly West Studio fixed costs and Dev costs:

• Review the SG&A, Headcount plan, and cash base by title development costs of west studios as well as SOE studio Ops with the studio COO and finance team every month. Check if there are any abnormal fluctuation against BP or previous projection.
• Create a mechanism to explain the quantitative variation in studio costs along with qualitative information on the status of game development.
• Monitor the budget consumption rate against approved budget by Inline to ensure that there are no risks such as budget overruns.
• Report the cash base by title Dev cost of each studio to SOJ for Getsuji reporting purpose.

SOE fixed costs:

• Collaborate with Finance team to improve SG&A budget control process and frameworks.
• Serve as a check/balance on each department's use of the budget while keeping an eye on the status of each SBU’s business

Business Plan formulation:

• Support SOE Finance team to build annual business plan working closely with other BP team members and providing expected guidelines and schedule from HQ.
• Support West Studio managements, HR and finance teams to build annual studio plan that includes headcount, SG&A, DGC, VGEC, other items.

Process Improvement:

• Identify and implement improvements in budget control processes, formats and systems.
• Automate reporting and forecasting workflows and improve outputs utilizing systems (e.g. Power BI) where possible.

Studio Bonus incentive plan:

• Provide financial plan as well as relevant data to SOE HR team to assist them to create modelling of studio bonus incentive plan.

Knowledge, Skills and ExperienceEssential

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or CPA preferred.
• 5–8 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or a related field.
• Strong analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel; experience with financial systems (e.g., Hyperion, SAP, Oracle, Adaptive Insights).
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Desirable

• Strategic mindset with attention to detail.
• Ability to influence and communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:
 
At SEGA, we celebrate diversity and believe in a diverse, inclusive, and equitable world in which everyone feels valued and respected regardless of what they look like or where they come from. Whether you’re a prospective employee or a full-time member of staff, we want you to feel involved and supported in all aspects of our work and to have amazing opportunities during your time with us regardless of your background. We welcome people regardless of age, race, ethnicity, disability, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, neurotype, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave.
 
SEGA is a place where staff have a voice which is integral to our success as a business. Our inclusive, passionate people are empowered to educate, inform, and build awareness through our inclusion and wellbeing staff led values groups which include DEN (Disability Employee Network), RISE (Reinforcing Inclusion through Solidarity and Equality), Women at SEGA, PRIDE, SEGA Minds (group supporting mental health), Momiji (group that celebrates our Japanese heritage, language, and culture) and VIBE (our social and engagement committee).