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On May 31, 2023, Viasat completed its acquisition of Inmarsat, combining the teams, technologies and resources of the two companies to create a new global communications partner.

About Viasat

Viasat is a global communications company that believes everyone and everything in the world can be connected. With offices in 24 countries around the world, our mission shapes how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the world communicate and connect. Viasat is developing the ultimate global communications network to power high-quality, reliable, secure, affordable, fast connections to positively impact people's lives anywhere they are—on the ground, in the air or at sea, while building a sustainable future in space.

Chief Finance Office

The Chief Finance Office (CFO) processes millions of transactions a month that enable us to interact efficiently with our suppliers, customers, trading partners and regulators. We make sure that the Company is properly funded and well controlled, that our taxes are paid and that shareholders and banks continue to support our plans. Our commercial teams help ensure that the business takes sound decisions through robust planning, careful pricing, sound contracts, skilled procurement and rigorous evaluation of every major business decision.

Primary role purpose:

The Financial Analyst play a key role in ensuring the delivery of various accounting month end tasks, including Operational Expenses variance analysis for various business units in order to allow for a timely General Ledger close. Assist with SAP Master-data maintenance and any other ad-hoc work within the department.

Key Responsibilities:

• Produce the monthly P&L variance analysis for a number of business units, against budget/forecast and actual prior month, ensuring accuracy of recorded costs and raising correcting journal entries where required
• Ensure timely recoding of monthly accruals, prepayments cost reallocations and other manual journal entries in order to ensure the accuracy of the income statement at month end close
• Regular contact and meetings with business unit finance managers discussing queries and post month end debriefs
• Regular review and investigation into all open purchase orders to determine the validity and closure, in conjunction with the procurement department
• Finance partnering with the procurement department, business unit finance managers and end business users (purchase requisitioners) to discuss & highlight issues, facilitate improvements to the purchase to pay cycle and training on how to use the system / follow the process effectively
• Responsibility for certain balance sheet GL Reconciliations each month
• Provide ad hoc service and assistance, reports, commentary or analysis when required to the business and business unit finance teams
• Participate in the management of masterdata for profit centres, cost centres and internal orders
• Work with other analysts in the team to improve processes and analytical work conducted on a monthly basis
• Produce various KPI reports for the processes undertaken by the team as well as KPI’s that look at other external processes impacting the month end close cycle
• Work with business stakeholders including Financial Operations, SAP Team and others on automation initiatives and improvements to SAP transactions and reporting, focusing on intercompany processes.
• Other ad hoc work as required

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• Part Qualified accountant (mid to finalist level).
• SAP experience and Microsoft Excel
• Technically competent in accounting to IFRS standards.
• Team player and basic team management skills.
• Strong analytical skills coupled with good business understanding leading to key business insight.
• Creative problem solver and decision maker.
• Strong people skills, confident and comfortable at engaging collaboratively in an intellectual and multinational environment at all levels. Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Strong work ethic and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with passion for excellence and innovation.
• Proactive individual with the ability to effectively manage various projects while adhering to deadlines.
• Have a solid appreciation of core best practice financial accounting standards, policies, processes and systems.

Desirable Knowledge and Skills:

• Working knowledge GL Wand or any other data retrieval software
• Knowledge of Blackline Reconciliations software

You must be eligible to work in this location advertised.

Our culture and ways of working

Our values define our culture and represent what we believe in. Viasat employees aspire to behaviours that support our values, which create a stronger working environment and lie at the heart of our continued success as an organisation.

• Customer – we provide a unique value to our customers
• Accountability – we take ownership, we deliver results, and we keep our promises
• Respect – we collaborate, we embrace and celebrate diversity and we value difference
• Excellence – we create bold solutions for our customers and put quality at the heart of everything we do

We also value and encourage a healthy work-life balance, so we offer flexible working wherever possible. Depending on the operational requirements of your job and your team, we can offer compressed hours (nine-day fortnight), hybrid office-remote working, and flexibility during your working day to take care of personal commitments.

Diversity

We want the best people for the job, and we warmly welcome applications from you if you’re suitably qualified and eligible, regardless of your sex, gender, age, race, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, gender identity, neurodiverse qualities, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, or maternity status.

We are signed up to the Halo Hair Code, which aims to protect employees who come to work with natural hair and protective hairstyles associated with their racial, ethnic, and cultural identities.

To give you the best experience possible during your application process and interview, we can make adjustments. For example, if you’re visually impaired we’ll happily meet you locally and help you find your way to our office, or if you have neurodiverse qualities, we can provide you with additional support to help you prepare for your interview. Please let our Resourcing Team know if there are any ways in which we can support you.