Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst 1

The Nielsen Company • New York, NY

21h

About The Position

At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future. Maintain agile models to simulate business scenarios and support long-term planning (prior modeling experience preferred but not required). Support the monthly forecasting cycle, identifying budget variances, risks, and opportunities. Retrieve and clean raw data from internal systems to ensure total accuracy. Translate complex data into compelling visual decks for senior leadership

Requirements

• Proactively approaches assignments, driving career growth, starting with foundational tasks and rising to high-impact projects
• Requires a college/university degree or equivalent work experience and applies learned theories and concepts to real-world business problems
• Optimize existing workflows by identifying inefficiencies in procedures and propose creative, data-driven improvements
• Collaborates with leadership, seeking mentorship to accelerate individual autonomy and decision-making capabilities
• Works within standardized procedures and practices to achieve objectives and meet deadlines - to drive impact on immediate team
• 0-2 years
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• prior modeling experience preferred but not required

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial data and support the monthly forecast cycle to drive strategic decisions.
• We are seeking a proactive professional with a strong analytical foundation who can move beyond routine tasks to provide critical business insights.

Benefits

• Our comprehensive benefits package (including health & wellness plans, 401(k) retirement coupled with a Nielsen match, a generous paid time off policy, company provided car for those who qualify, and if eligible, a discretionary incentive/bonus) is designed to be inclusive for all employees and families, and we take pride in ensuring that employees are rewarded holistically for the role they are doing and their performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level