Senior Financial Analyst

Avispa Technology•New York, NY

7d•Onsite

About The Position

A leading digital streaming network seeks a Senior Financial Analyst 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 FP&A, corporate finance, or financial analysis.
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, departmental P&L management, workforce planning, and headcount management.
Advanced Excel skills, including Power Query, pivot tables, high-volume data review, advanced formulas such as INDEX/MATCH and VLOOKUP, and financial modeling.
Advanced PowerPoint skills, including visualization and editing of presentation materials.
Experience supporting month-end activities and prioritizing financial deliverables accordingly.
Exposure to capital planning is acceptable even without direct ownership experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Oracle Fusion ERP and SmartView is preferred.
Experience with Hyperion or SAP ERP is preferred.
Experience with capital planning, project financial management, and large OPEX initiatives is preferred.
Experience tracking revenue and profitability metrics is preferred.
Experience managing cloud computing and technology-related operating expenses is preferred.
Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Hyperion, Anaplan, or similar reporting and planning tools is preferred.
Experience in media, production, live events, or other operationally intensive environments is preferred.
Experience with licensing revenue analysis is preferred.
Experience with cloud computing cost management is preferred.

Responsibilities

Support monthly forecasts, annual budgets, long-range planning, month-end activities, departmental P&Ls, and variance analysis, including accruals, journal entries, account analysis, and reporting.
Prepare weekly cash flow and free cash flow forecasts to assess cash requirements and full-year performance.
Develop and maintain financial models, scenario analyses, business cases, and workforce planning models covering headcount forecasts, hiring assumptions, vacancies, labor costs, overtime, freelance labor, and other operating expenses.
Analyze trends, risks, opportunities, and downstream impacts.
Partner with HR, department leaders, Accounting, Operations, Production, and other cross-functional teams on staffing plans, organizational changes, financial visibility, reporting accuracy, and operational performance.
Support capital planning, including project submissions, budget preparation, forecasting, long-range planning, and tracking capital spending against budget and forecast.
Monitor large OPEX initiatives and assigned revenue streams, including licensing revenue, and provide analysis and recommendations to leadership.
Prepare executive presentations, dashboards, management reporting packages, and ad hoc analyses.
Use advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills and applicable financial systems and reporting tools to analyze high-volume data, improve reporting, streamline processes, and support special events and unscheduled news activities.