Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
About The Position
Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis is the CFO’s right hand and the financial backbone of a fast-moving, highly decentralized live events business. You will own the company’s budgeting, forecasting, and management-reporting engine — bringing structure and clarity to a complex, multi-entity organization of 20+ brands producing over 500 events annually — while partnering closely with creative and operational leaders who are not accustomed to numbers or P&L ownership. This is a hands-on role for a researcher, communicator, and problem-solver who genuinely enjoys bringing order to fast-growing organizations.
Requirements
- 12–15 years of progressive FP&A experience, including a senior leadership role.
- Experience in businesses generating $50M–$200M in annual revenue.
- Direct experience in the live events industry.
- Proven track record building financial structure and process within highly decentralized, multi-entity organizations.
- Experience as the primary, front-line leader of an annual budgeting process.
- Demonstrated expertise developing and managing cash forecasts.
- Expert-level proficiency with Planful (required).
- Hands-on experience with Ramp and NetSuite.
- East Coast based, with the flexibility to collaborate with a West Coast accounting team across time zones.
Nice To Haves
- CFA designation (strongly preferred).
- Wall Street experience — investment banking, equity research, or capital markets.
- Experience building and maintaining cap tables.
- A strong research orientation and natural analytical curiosity.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the CFO as a trusted right hand on financial strategy, process, analysis, and day-to-day decision support across the business.
- Own the annual budget. Serve as the primary, front-line leader of the annual budgeting process end to end — building the calendar, driving departmental input, consolidating, and presenting the plan to leadership.
- Run cash forecasting. Build, maintain, and continually refine cash forecasts and liquidity analyses to guide decision-making.
- Be the Planful expert. Own the company’s Planful environment — models, templates, and reporting — and drive its effective use across the organization.
- Support the board and leadership. Prepare board decks, quarterly reporting packages, and executive materials with clear, decision-ready narratives.
- Maintain the cap table. Build and maintain the company’s cap table and support related equity, financing, and scenario analyses.
- Bring order to a decentralized business. Partner with leaders across multiple entities, events, and venues to create consistency, structure, and visibility into the numbers.
- Translate finance for non-finance audiences. Make budgets, forecasts, and financial concepts genuinely understandable to creative and production staff with no financial background.
- Guard data integrity. Rigorously pressure-test inputs — identify, question, and correct flawed or inconsistent data before it reaches leadership.
- Lead and develop talent. Manage and grow one senior direct report (e.g., a Senior Manager of FP&A).
- Drive projects. Lead cross-functional finance initiatives from scoping through delivery with strong project-management discipline.
- Collaborate coast to coast. Work closely with the West Coast accounting team to keep planning and the books fully aligned.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- 401(k) with generous employer match
- 2+ weeks of vacation, plus PTO and Paid Holidays
- Company-paid Life and Disability coverage
- Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources
- Career growth opportunities within a fast-growing national organization
- Discounts and access across the DanceOne family of brands and events
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
