Principal, Financial Planning & Analysis (Finance)
Nintendo of America Inc.
About Nintendo of America: From the launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System™ more than 30 years ago, Nintendo's mission has been to create smiles through unique entertainment experiences. Here at Nintendo of America Inc., we deliver on this mission by partnering closely with Nintendo Co., Ltd., to bring Nintendo's iconic and cherished franchises including Mario™, Donkey Kong™, The Legend of Zelda™, Metroid™, Animal Crossing™, Pikmin™ and Splatoon™ across the Americas through our video games, hardware systems, and collaborations with partners on a range of other entertainment initiatives like feature films and theme parks.
Based in Redmond, Wash., Nintendo of America serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Americas. We are an equal opportunity employer offering a welcoming and inclusive environment in service to one another, our products, and the diverse consumers and communities we call home. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company's website at https://www.nintendo.com/ .
Team/Job Summary: This role is within NOA's Financial Planning & Analytics (FP&A) department, and is responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis modeling and reporting across the organization and supports management decision making, including the continued drive for automation, driving efficiencies in the FP&A process, interpreting and reporting financial forecasts and operational performance.
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:
• Creates, organizes and maintains the financial planning and analysis data, inputs, templates, process and models (budgeting, forecasting and modeling) for Monthly Forecast, Initial Plan and Mid-Year.
• Assesses current financial results of business activities across the organization, by analyzing past trends and forward-looking in-depth analysis.
• Contributes to transfer pricing and standard-cost margin tracking between, Nintendo Company Limited (NCL) and Nintendo entities in the Americas.
• Collaborates with accounting team to monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variances, identify opportunities, risks and errors.
• Proactively reaches out to various business partners to gain ongoing business insights, including but not limited to BAP, SPA, Digital, Operations, IT and Department budget owners.
• Creates and provides value-added analysis and recommendations to Finance and Nintendo of America (NOA) leadership, including ad hoc business initiatives and requests.
• Develops and maintains senior management level reporting, including presentations and provide actionable insight through detail in-depth analysis where applicable.
• Manages the metrics for monthly forecasting and reporting process.
• May manage a team or provide direction to teammates, based on business needs.
