Director of Finance / Senior Manager

Dolly's Life of Many Colors Museum•La Vergne, TN

17h

About The Position

CTK Enterprises is seeking a highly experienced, strategic, and commercially minded Director of Finance / Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis to oversee financial planning, analysis, forecasting, reporting, and performance management across a multi-hundred-million-dollar entertainment and destination business. This senior-level role serves as a trusted financial partner to executive leadership, providing analytical insight, financial discipline, and strategic guidance to support organizational growth and diversification. The role oversees financial performance across multiple business lines, including retail, dining, entertainment, museum operations, and other experiential ventures, as applicable. The successful candidate develops and manages budgets and forecasts, evaluates business performance, identifies opportunities to improve profitability, supports capital investment decisions, and establishes reporting processes that provide leadership with visibility into financial health. The position calls for someone who can develop sophisticated financial models, evaluate operating performance, present recommendations to senior executives, and partner with department leaders to translate financial objectives into measurable business results. The role may also provide leadership and development to finance team members or analysts, as applicable. CTK Enterprises is a global talent management company with expertise in music, television, film, publishing, marketing, touring, and branding. Through sister company NOZ Entertainment, CTK offers in-house TV and film production services. The organization is expanding its portfolio to include a museum, premium retail and entertainment operations, and other experiential ventures. The role will help establish the financial discipline, analytical capabilities, and scalable processes needed to support this growth.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, commercial finance, operational finance, or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience in a senior financial role supporting a complex business with significant revenue, operating expense, and financial planning responsibilities.
Strong experience leading or managing budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and management reporting.
Ability to analyze financial statements, operating results, cash flow, profitability, and key business performance indicators.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including financial modeling, scenario analysis, forecasting, and complex data analysis.
Experience developing executive-level financial reports, dashboards, and presentations that translate complex data into actionable recommendations.
Strong understanding of revenue drivers, operating expenses, gross margins, labor costs, cost of goods sold, and profitability analysis.
Ability to identify financial risks, evaluate business opportunities, and develop practical recommendations to improve financial performance.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to explain financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders.
Ability to collaborate effectively with executive leadership and cross-functional operating teams.
Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
High integrity, attention to detail, accountability, and discretion in handling confidential financial information.
Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and maintain accuracy in a fast-paced, evolving business environment.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline.
Professional designation such as CPA, CMA, or CFA.
Experience supporting a business with annual revenues in the hundreds of millions of dollars or comparable financial and operational complexity.
Experience in entertainment, theme parks, attractions, museums, hospitality, resorts, premium retail, food and beverage, live events, or other consumer-facing destination businesses.
Experience managing financial analysis across multiple business units, revenue streams, locations, or operating entities.
Experience with capital-intensive development projects, capital expenditure planning, project cost management, and investment return analysis.
Experience evaluating new business ventures, commercial partnerships, expansion opportunities, and other strategic investments.
Familiarity with attendance-driven revenue models, per-capita guest spending, admissions, ticketing, merchandise sales, food and beverage operations, and seasonal operating patterns.
Experience with ERP systems, FP&A platforms, and business intelligence tools.
Proficiency with Power BI, Tableau, or comparable reporting and data visualization platforms.
Experience improving financial reporting systems, implementing standardized KPIs, and building scalable financial planning processes.
Prior experience mentoring analysts, managing finance personnel, or leading cross-functional financial initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and management of annual operating budgets, long-range financial plans, and periodic forecasts across business units and operating departments.
Develop financial models for revenue projections, expense planning, cash flow forecasting, profitability analysis, and strategic decision-making.
Partner with executive leadership and department heads to set financial targets, evaluate resource requirements, and align operating plans with organizational priorities.
Monitor actual results against budgets, forecasts, and prior-period performance; identify variances, trends, risks, and opportunities.
Prepare scenario analyses and projections accounting for seasonality, attendance, consumer spending, pricing, labor, and other operating assumptions.
Establish consistent budgeting methodologies, planning calendars, financial assumptions, and departmental accountability standards.
Provide financial analysis and recommendations for strategic initiatives, new ventures, business expansions, and operational changes.
Oversee financial analysis and performance reporting across retail, dining, entertainment, museum operations, and other business activities.
Evaluate business-unit and consolidated performance and identify ways to improve revenue, margins, productivity, and operating profitability.
Analyze revenue, gross margins, cost of goods sold, labor expenses, controllable costs, operating expenses, and contribution margins.
Develop and maintain financial dashboards and KPIs that connect financial results to operating performance.
Conduct profitability analyses by business unit, department, location, product category, or other relevant segment.
Identify financial risks, operating inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities, and present actionable recommendations to executive leadership.
Translate complex financial data into concise, decision-oriented reporting and recommend corrective actions when results deviate from targets.
Partner with retail, dining, entertainment, marketing, and other operating teams to assess revenue drivers and strengthen financial performance.
Analyze sales trends, guest spending, transaction volumes, average transaction values, pricing, product mix, purchasing trends, inventory impacts, discounting, promotional activity, and cost management opportunities.
Support revenue optimization and pricing strategies through financial modeling, sensitivity analysis, and scenario planning.
Assess the financial implications of visitation fluctuations, seasonality, special events, promotions, and changes in consumer behavior.
Develop business cases and financial evaluations for new products, services, attractions, experiences, and commercial partnerships.
Identify opportunities to improve revenue per guest, operating margins, labor productivity, and overall profitability.
Support capital budgeting and long-range capital planning for facilities, attractions, museum exhibits, equipment, technology, retail, dining, entertainment, and other investments.
Evaluate proposed capital expenditures using return on investment, payback periods, projected cash flows, and other relevant financial measures.
Partner with development, construction, project management, operations, and executive leadership to monitor project budgets, commitments, expenditures, and forecast-to-complete estimates.
Evaluate the financial feasibility and projected returns of new ventures, expansion opportunities, and strategic investments.
Monitor capital spending against approved budgets and communicate material variances, financial risks, and funding considerations.
Provide financial analysis to support capital allocation decisions and maximize long-term economic value.
Oversee accurate, timely financial reports, management dashboards, and executive-level performance presentations.
Establish standardized reporting processes, financial definitions, analytical methodologies, and performance measures across business units.
Partner with accounting and finance personnel to ensure financial information is complete, consistent, and reliable.
Support monthly and annual financial reviews, including variance analysis, reconciliations, accrual considerations, and management reporting, as appropriate to the role's scope.
Develop and strengthen financial controls, approval processes, documentation standards, and budget accountability measures.
Improve financial systems, reporting workflows, data quality, and financial planning processes; establish scalable reporting infrastructure for organizational growth.
Serve as a trusted financial advisor to executive leadership and present financial performance, forecasts, risks, and recommendations clearly to senior leadership.
Partner with department leaders to strengthen financial literacy, budget ownership, cost management, and accountability for operating results.
Collaborate across finance, accounting, operations, retail, dining, entertainment, museum management, marketing, human resources, and other relevant functions.
Lead financial reviews and planning discussions connecting business strategy, operating performance, and financial outcomes.
Promote financial discipline, transparency, teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Provide leadership and development to finance team members or analysts, as applicable, and help build scalable financial processes and reporting capabilities.