Senior Financial Analyst 1

Avispa Technology•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

A leading media and entertainment company seeks a Senior Financial Analyst 1 to manage the operational processes supporting authors, talent, vendors, contracts, invoices, payments, and internal workflows while establishing efficient systems and processes.

Requirements

4-5+ years of experience in financial planning, including forecasting and budgeting.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
Exceptional Excel, PowerPoint, and financial modeling skills, including the ability to work with high-volume data, pivot tables, graphs, modeling, VLOOKUP, and formulas.
Strong comprehension of corporate finance concepts and accounting principles.
Working knowledge of Oracle, SAP, Fusion, or other financial planning tools.
Ability to partner with multiple directors across station markets.

Nice To Haves

Strong desire to learn about the media industry and television station businesses is preferred.
Prior media, news, or entertainment industry experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Create financial models and perform complex scenario analysis across multiple business units, while analyzing financial performance and providing recommendations for improvement.
Collaborate with television station markets on monthly forecasting and support the preparation of annual budgets, long-range financial plans, and ad hoc analyses and corporate submissions across 17 stations.
Assist with the monthly close process, including journal entries, accruals, variance analysis, and consolidation.
Assist with capital expenditure requests, reporting, and project tracking, as well as accounts payable activities including reviewing and reconciling invoices, coding documents to G/L accounts, and processing expense reports.
Prepare financial reports, presentations, and other key materials for finance leadership and the executive team, while performing research and analysis using large datasets.