Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A (Story + Wizard)

Story•San Francisco, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Story & Science and its sister company Wizard are hiring a Senior Financial Analyst to build and manage the financial models used by the founders to make decisions across both companies. Story is a project-based business with budgets and margins for each film and client, while Wizard is a venture-backed startup whose planning is driven by runway and hiring pace. The role is strategic finance at seed stage, with high autonomy, direct access to the CEO, and responsibility for work that informs near-term company decisions. The analyst will own operating models covering revenue, cost of sales, headcount, cash flow, and scenarios, keeping them current with actuals. The role also manages forecasting and runway, project-level budget and margin tracking, regular finance reporting, pricing and deal margin reviews, and support for board, investor, and fundraising needs. In the first 90 days, the analyst will take over weekly tracking and monthly reporting for both companies, rebuild the forecast so it can be refreshed from actuals in under a day, and consolidate open client projects into a budget-versus-actual view with margin by project. This is a high-intensity, in-person role rather than a steady 9-to-5. Close, board preparation, and client launches may involve some long weeks. The companies move quickly, expect precision, and provide meaningful ownership from day one.

Requirements

4 to 7 years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, banking, or consulting.
Experience owning a three-statement model end to end.
Ability to explain a variance in one plain sentence and make a recommendation.
Willingness to take ownership of the whole problem rather than a narrow portion.
Ability to work in a high-intensity, in-person environment where some long weeks may occur around close, board preparation, and client launches.

Nice To Haves

Agency, studio, or other project-based business experience.
Venture-backed startup experience, including involvement in a fundraise.
Experience using SQL, Python, or AI tools to automate reporting.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain operating models for Story and Wizard covering revenue, cost of sales, headcount plans, cash flow, and scenarios, updated with actuals.
Manage a rolling forecast and monthly re-forecast, monitor runway, and flag early changes in cash or margin.
Track budgets versus actuals and margins for every client project and film.
Run the weekly finance tracker, monthly P&L and budget-versus-actual reporting, and founder review.
Review margins for new proposals and retainers before they are sent.
Support board, investor, and fundraising work with metrics, model outputs, and data-room materials.
Take over weekly tracking and monthly reporting for both companies during the first 90 days.
Rebuild the forecast so it can be rerun from actuals in under a day.
Create a consolidated budget-versus-actual view for open client projects, including margin by project.