FSGA Accounting and FP&A Expert (Personnel)

Join our European Finance team and take ownership of the financial management of personnel-related Fixed Selling, General and Administrative (FSGA) expenses. Combining accounting controllership with financial planning and analysis, you will turn complex headcount and cost data into clear insights that support senior leaders and business decision-making.

This is a high-visibility role offering regular exposure to senior leadership, including opportunities to contribute to discussions with the wider leadership team. You will help shape workforce and financial decisions, and have the opportunity to make a visible impact within a changing environment.

You will:

• Manage monthly close activities for personnel-related costs, including accruals, journals, provisions, reconciliations and balance sheet positions, ensuring accurate and timely reporting. 
• Lead the annual budgeting and monthly forecasting processes for personnel expenses and headcount across Sony Europe. 
• Analyse variances between actuals and forecasts, identify trends, risks and opportunities, and prepare clear reports and presentations for senior management. 
• Act as a trusted finance business partner to business leaders and HR, providing insight and guidance on headcount, payroll, benefits, mobility costs and workforce planning. 
• Maintain strong governance over financial and master data, supporting IFRS, SOX, audit, statutory reporting and internal control requirements. 
• Build effective cross-functional relationships with Finance, HR, Accounting Operations, reporting units and external service providers. 
• Drive standardisation, automation and process improvements to strengthen efficiency, accuracy and reporting quality. 
• Take ownership of your area, work proactively through change and ambiguity, and use your expertise to move priorities forward.

You will bring:

• A professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA or an international equivalent. 
• Around four to five years of relevant experience, including strong payroll, personnel expense accounting, headcount management and reporting experience in a large, multinational organisation. 
• A good understanding of IFRS, financial controls and the confidentiality required when handling personnel and headcount information. 
• Good SAP and financial systems knowledge, with advanced Excel and data analysis skills. Experience with Power BI and Power Query is highly valued. 
• Experience using Workday or another HR information system would be beneficial. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and deliver accurate work to deadlines. 
• A proactive, hands-on approach and the confidence to take initiative, find information and deliver results with limited guidance. 
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with a collaborative and personable approach to working across Finance, HR and the wider business.

Your new office

Weybridge

Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack (useful if you’ve made the most of the Cycle-to-Work scheme), or if you will use public transport we have a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times.

Take a look at our video tour of the Weybridge site here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwbMOzjoVA

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by mail to: Sony Europe Limited, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.

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