Director, Central Finance

Craft: Finance Job Description: Your Role within our Kingdom This is a pivotal leadership role at the heart of King’s financial decision-making and operating rhythm. As Finance Director, Central Finance, you will shape how the company plans, forecasts, measures, and communicates financial performance, providing the insight, rigor, and operational leadership that underpin strategic decisions at the most senior levels. You will lead the Central Finance team, owning end-to-end financial consolidation, planning, pacing, and reporting across King, ensuring leadership has clear, timely, and actionable insight on performance, risks, and opportunities. Partnering closely with the CFO, Finance Leadership Team, King SLT, Gaming Finance, Microsoft Finance, and broader business stakeholders, you will play a critical role in driving alignment, accountability, and Finance excellence across the organisation. This is a high-impact opportunity to lead a team of finance professionals while driving operational rigor, continuous improvement, and high-quality decision support across business-critical areas of the company. Key Responsibilities Financial Planning & Forecasting Own end-to-end financial consolidation and reporting across actuals, forecasts, pacing, budgets, and long-range planning Lead company-wide forecasting and planning cycles, ensuring alignment, accuracy, rigor, and clear decision support for leadership Drive high standards across forecasting processes, governance, and operational execution Ensure planning cycles operate with pace, consistency, accountability, and clear stakeholder alignment Reporting, Insight & Decision Support Deliver clear, timely, and actionable performance insights to senior leadership and executive forums Translate complex financial outputs into compelling narratives that support executive and board-level decision-making Proactively identify risks and opportunities, driving accountability and follow-through across the organisation Own performance tracking against key targets and ensure alignment across Finance and business stakeholders Support leadership decision-making through high-quality analysis, insight, and communication Systems, Models & Governance Ensure integrity, accuracy, and robustness of financial models, forecasts, and reporting outputs Evolve tools, automation, and data quality to enhance scalability, efficiency, and insight generation Implement strong controls, governance, and documentation across all planning and reporting processes Continuously improve processes and ways of working to support a fast-paced and evolving business environment Leadership & Business Partnership Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing team of Finance professionals Act as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to senior stakeholders across King and Microsoft Build strong cross-functional relationships to ensure Finance has a clear, credible, and influential voice Partner closely with the CFO, Finance Leadership Team, Gaming Finance, and business leaders on enterprise-wide financial priorities Create clarity, ownership, and accountability across teams and stakeholders What Success Looks Like Leadership has clear, timely, and actionable insight to drive decisions confidently Forecasting, pacing, and planning processes are accurate, aligned, rigorous, and trusted across the business Central Finance is viewed as a highly credible, strategic, and execution-focused partner Consolidation and reporting processes operate efficiently, consistently, and at high quality Risks and opportunities are surfaced proactively with clear actions and accountability A high-performing, engaged team delivering strong results in a fast-paced environment Skills to Create Thrills Influence & Communication Exceptional communicator and storyteller, able to simplify complex financial data for diverse audiences Strong executive presence with the ability to engage, influence, and challenge senior leadership stakeholders Confident operating in high-visibility leadership environments with clarity and credibility Strategic & Commercial Acumen Extensive FP&A leadership experience in complex, fast-paced environments Strong understanding of key business drivers including revenue, marketing, resourcing, and operational performance Able to balance strategic thinking with operational execution and attention to detail Leadership Proven ability to build, lead, and scale high-performing teams Creates clarity, ownership, accountability, and momentum across teams High-energy, proactive leader with a strong ownership mindset Execution & Delivery Strong track record of leading high-quality consolidation, planning, and reporting cycles Exceptional prioritisation, process management, and organisational skills Thrives in fast-paced, high-accountability environments with multiple competing priorities Drives operational rigor and consistently delivers at a high standard Analytical & Problem Solving Highly analytical with strong financial modelling capability Able to translate complex data into actionable insights that drive business outcomes Comfortable operating in ambiguity and solving complex problems with structure and clarity Mindset Highly proactive, self-starting, and solutions-oriented Adaptable and resilient in a dynamic and evolving environment Drives continuous improvement and challenges the status quo to raise standards Bonus Points Finance-related degree and ACA/CIMA/ACCA qualification (or international equivalent), or equivalent experience Experience with enterprise planning systems such as Hyperion, TM1, or similar Experience with BI tools such as Looker About King With a mission of Making the World Playful, King is a leading interactive entertainment company with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the world’s most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry, including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as other mobile game hits such as Farm Heroes Saga. King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. King, part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has Kingsters in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Malta. More information can be found at King.com or by following us on LinkedIn, @lifeatking on Instagram, or @king_games on X. Applicant Privacy Policy We bring moments of magic to hundreds of millions of people every single day. We create unforgettable games that are loved around the world. We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other, and love for our players. Who we are King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, with people all around the world playing one or more of our games, including franchises such as Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Pet Rescue and Bubble Witch. We have 249 million monthly active users as of fourth quarter 2019 across web, social and mobile platforms. King was acquired by Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq ATVI) in February 2016 and operates as an independent unit of the company. Our passion Making great games is incredibly challenging but we’ve proven it can be done… and we see a world of possibilities ahead. We’re challenging ourselves to dream bigger in a Seriously Playful way. We’re experimenting, learning, and adapting continuously to shape the industry in ways yet to be imagined. We’re passionate about bringing moments of magic to our players and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way. Above all, we play as a team, helping each other have impact on a massive scale. And we’ll know we’ve outdone ourselves when we’ve inspired the world to play. If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful! 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