Nielsen is dedicated to powering a better media future by providing insights that drive client decisions. The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst 1 will maintain financial models and support monthly forecasting, helping to identify budget variances and opportunities.
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
Skills
- 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
- Prior modeling experience preferred but not required
Benefits
- Health & wellness plans
- 401(k) retirement coupled with a Nielsen match
- A generous paid time off policy
- Company provided car for those who qualify
- If eligible, a discretionary incentive/bonus
Company Overview
Nielsen provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers watch and buy. It was founded in 1963, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.nielsen.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Nielsen has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 20 in 2025, 36 in 2024, 74 in 2023, 147 in 2022, 98 in 2021, 144 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.