Senior Finance Analyst, Business Finance
The Company
Christie’s, the world’s largest Art Business, is an incredibly exciting & enriching place to start or continue your career. Whether you work within one of our Specialist Art Departments, or in one of our more Operational teams, we are all working together with one common goal in mind: to continue the success of this 250 year old company, steeped in history, bringing fresh ideas whilst not forgetting our shared values; Integrity, Excellence, Innovation, Responsibility & Relationships. Colleagues across all departments are truly passionate about what they do and it is inspiring to work with industry leaders across our business.
Why This Role Matters
The Senior Finance Analyst will work with the Global FBP, Infrastructure to drive the continuous improvement and development of high quality business partnering, management information and insight across the organisation.
The role is a multi-functional role primarily focused on business partnering with the Global Client Engagement Function. In addition, there will be the need to work closely with the Global FBP for some of the Art Departments to provide financial support for auctions taking place in New York A strong commercial mindset, relevant commercial experience, strong attention to detail, comfortable handling sensitive information, combined with strong stakeholder management skills are all key qualities for this role.
How You Will Make An Impact
Core Responsibilities
Ownership of the Global Client Engagement Function and Regional consolidation from a Finance Business Partner perspective
Ownership of relevant Financial Planning, Analysis & Reporting for Client Engagement and regional consolidation from a Finance Business partnering perspective
On the ground ‘point person’ for broader Infrastructure queries and support for Art Departments.
Ownership of Budget and Forecasting processes for Client Engagement, Regional consolidation and relevant Art Department auctions and key overheads.
Maintain an accurate view of forthcoming specified auctions to track gathering, any Forecast updates and the financial results with commentary.
Effective Stakeholder Management and business partner at all levels of the company namely the Regional Presidents and their relevant Offices.
Provide value adding financial insight to key stakeholders through ad-hoc requests and pro-active analysis.
Improve the quality of and streamlining reporting.
Drive for best practice, effective and streamlined reporting across Commercial Finance.
What You Will Bring To The Team
Excellent analytical skills
Natural problem solver
Comfortable and responsible with sensitive information
Commercially minded with relevant commercial experience
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to analyse data, extract the key messages and present them effectively at all levels of the organisations
Strong attention to detail and accuracy
Good high level of business understanding combined with drive and ambition to progress
Advanced Excel skills
Pro-active individual with an ability to get things done. Passionate and results oriented
Team player
Good knowledge of Hyperion Planning or similar management information systems and JDE would be an advantage.
What's Great About Working For Us
Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision care plans for employees and dependents (On average, Christie’s pays 80% of total premiums)
401(k) Savings Plan – Christie’s provides a matching contribution up to 5% (subject to IRS limits)
Life Insurance - 3x base salary up to $400k (100% paid by Christie’s)
Disability Insurance (100% paid by Christie’s)
Generous time-off and leave policies; including 100% Paid Family Leave up to 16 weeks.
Fitness Reimbursement Program: reimbursement of eligible fitness fees and memberships up to $600 per year
Annual Discretionary Performance Bonus Plan
Commuter Benefits - Pre-tax money towards your daily commute with a Christie’s contribution of $21 per month
Back Up Child & Elder Care – up to 10 days of back-up Child or Elder Care through Bright Horizons
CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Day- Each employee receives one paid day per year to dedicate their time to a charity of their choice.
Perks and Discounts through Zo and Plum Benefits
Christie’s, Inc. is committed to principles of equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws concerning employment discrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. To this end, Christie’s Inc. ensures equal opportunity to all employees and applicants, regardless of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, lawful alien status, physical, mental, and medical disability, veteran status or liability status for service in the United States Armed Forces.
Closing Date: April 15th, 2026
*Posted salary range does not include discretionary bonus compensation.
Salary: $115,000.00 - $125,000.00
Founded in 1766, Christie’s is a world-leading art and luxury business. Renowned and trusted for its expert live and online auctions, as well as its bespoke private sales, Christie’s offers a full portfolio of global services to its clients, including art appraisal, art financing, international real estate and education. Christie’s has a physical presence in 46 countries, throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific, with flagship international sales hubs in New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris and Geneva. It also is the only international auction house authorized to hold sales in mainland China (Shanghai).
Christie’s auctions span more than 80 art and luxury categories, at price points ranging from $200 to over $100 million. In recent years, Christie’s has achieved the world record price for an artwork at auction (Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvador Mundi, 2017), for a single collection sale (the Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller, 2018), and for a work by a living artist (Jeff Koons’ Rabbit, 2019).
Christie’s Private Sales offers a seamless service for buying and selling art, jewellery and watches outside of the auction calendar, working exclusively with Christie’s specialists at a client’s individual pace.
Recent innovations at Christie’s include the groundbreaking sale of the first NFT for a digital work of art ever offered at a major auction house (Beeple’s Everydays, March 2021), with the unprecedented acceptance of cryptocurrency as a means of payment. As an industry leader in digital innovation, Christie’s also continues to pioneer new technologies that are redefining the business of art, including the creation of viewing and bidding experiences that integrate augmented reality, global livestreaming, buy-now channels, and hybrid sales formats.
Christie’s is dedicated to advancing responsible culture throughout its business and communities worldwide, including achieving sustainability through net zero carbon emissions by 2030.
