Overview
Commercial Finance plays a critical role in Sky’s success. Our business partnering model positions us as trusted advisors to the Executive team and the wider business. We aim to be a world-class Commercial Finance team, recognized for our forward-thinking approach and relentless pursuit of excellence.
Our work enables smart decision-making and financial outperformance through fast, clear, and actionable insights, while building best-in-class analytical and cost transformation capabilities.
We believe that unlocking our team’s potential is key to success. That’s why we offer development opportunities, support, and career progression within a diverse, inclusive, and high-performance environment.
What you’ll do
As part of the ADV team, you will:
- Manage Budget, LRP, and rolling reforecast processes across all On Demand revenues (owned and third-party) and operating costs.
- Monitor Brand Solutions cost expenditure and related revenue streams.
- Take full ownership of Advertising Opex financials at month-end, providing clear variance explanations and identifying risks and opportunities.
- Evaluate Opex and On Demand business cases.
- Deliver insightful ad-hoc financial analysis that creates value, demonstrating strong judgment, presentation, and influencing skills.
- Provide Finance Business Partnering to Sky Media stakeholders.
What you’ll bring
- A proven track record of delivery and ambition, with a strong desire to grow.
- Experience in Commercial Finance, including business partnering and budgeting/planning.
- Strong analytical skills (Microsoft Excel) and ability to turn data into actionable insights (Microsoft PowerPoint, Tableau).
- Proficiency in finance systems (preferably SAP & Hyperion).
- Fluency in Italian and English.
- Ability to work at pace in an agile, fast-moving environment.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage both finance and non-finance stakeholders
Location: Milan
Fixed - Term Contract
Top Skills
What We Do
Sky is one of Europe’s leading media and entertainment companies and is part of Comcast Corporation, a global media and technology company that connects people to moments and experiences that matter. At Sky, we Believe in Better. It’s in our DNA. We’re famous for innovation. We offer the world’s smartest TV, Sky Glass; our plug and play streaming puck, Sky Stream; the best aggregation platform, Sky Q; and streaming services NOW and WOW. We provide connectivity you can count on in mobile, fast, secure, reliable residential and business broadband, as well as smart home protection through Sky Protect. We’re Europe’s premium content producer. We create award-winning original content, produce the biggest live sporting events, and we provide free access to news and the arts. We believe that we can have a positive impact on society, by supporting and creating tens of thousands of jobs, addressing digital inequality, being a diverse and inclusive employer, and becoming net zero carbon by 2030.
