Director, Finance

Company3•Santa Monica, CA

4d•$140,000 - $180,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Company 3 performs post production services for features, commercials, network and cable TV shows. Such services include dailies, color correction, editing and special effects. This role is a senior Finance position working across the full Company 3 portfolio, reporting to the VP of Finance, based in Toronto. The primary focus of the role is to lead an FP&A team of 12 (4 direct reports) as strategic partners to the business, providing strategic financial analysis and insight to help support decision making.

Requirements

Well-experienced financial planning and analysis/commercial finance/business partnering.
Experience liaising with senior stakeholders and be able to manage a team and interface effectively at all levels of the organization.
Strong analytical and organizational skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience in the entertainment (Film, TV or advertising) industry
Strong systems skills, especially MS Office Suite/Excel

Nice To Haves

Educational background in a related (MBA or accounting/finance/economics) is a plus
Experience in post-production industry a plus
Experience with database systems or D365 is a plus

Responsibilities

Lead a team of 12 across Toronto, London, LA and India to provide business partnering and financial analysis to the business unit leaders and Company 3 senior leadership team.
Work closely with the Financial Controller to manage the month end close process and lead on the month end performance analysis which includes providing a performance summary to the Group team during the month end review call, and lead the budgeting and forecasting processes, working closely with the business and wider Finance team, to analyze the budget/forecasts and help deliver the business strategy.
Support senior leadership in strategic decision making by providing timely financial analysis and insight. This may include analysis on revenue, pipeline visibility, costs and project profitability.
Work with the business to forecast and manage cash.
Continuously seek to improve processes and improve team efficiency and effectiveness.
Utilize AI tools to improve processes and workflows.
Continuously seek to improve margin in the form of both revenue growth and cost control.
Support with capital expenditure proposals including ROI and presentations for approval.
Assist with Finance system implementations and upgrades.
Ad hoc requests from both Group Finance and senior management