Sr. Manager, Marketing Finance

Lionsgate•Santa Monica, CA

20h•$110,000 - $125,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Marketing Finance - Motion Picture Group is a key business partner to the Marketing organization, supporting the management and optimization of P&A investment across Lionsgate's film slate. The position reports to the Executive Director of Marketing Finance and oversees title-level budgeting, forecasting, estimates, and reporting, helping ensure marketing resources are deployed strategically and with discipline. The role works closely with Marketing leadership, Corporate Finance, Content Analysis, and the Marketing and Distribution department to maintain accurate forecasts, evaluate title scenarios, and translate financial information into actionable recommendations. The Senior Manager coordinates quarterly marketing estimate cycles, supports budget loading with Corporate Finance, and provides visibility into budget status, risks, opportunities, and resource tradeoffs across the slate. The position also leads special projects and analyses to improve the studio's understanding and management of marketing spend. It requires strong analytical and organizational skills, comfort working across multiple titles and changing assumptions, and the ability to combine financial rigor with practical business judgment in a fast-paced, campaign-driven organization. This position requires five days per week in the office.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
At least 5 years of relevant experience in finance, FP&A, marketing finance, distribution finance, investment banking, consulting, or a related analytical role.
Demonstrated ownership of complex budgets, forecasts, and senior-level financial analyses.
Strong command of budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and planning processes, with the ability to manage detail while maintaining a broader business perspective.
Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Ability to synthesize complex financial and operational information into concise, actionable recommendations and senior-level presentation materials.
Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through, with the ability to manage multiple titles, stakeholders, and time-sensitive deadlines.
Strong communication, judgment, and relationship-management skills, including the ability to collaborate with financial and creative teams.
Intellectual curiosity and a proactive, solutions-oriented approach to identifying process improvements and opportunities to improve marketing investment effectiveness.
Ability to work in the office five days per week.

Nice To Haves

MBA or equivalent advanced degree.
Experience in theatrical film, entertainment, media, consumer marketing, or a similarly fast-paced, campaign-driven business.
Experience with financial-planning systems, reporting tools, artificial intelligence, and large datasets.

Responsibilities

Partner with the Executive Director, Marketing Finance to manage P&A budgets, forecasts, estimates, actuals, and resource allocations across the Motion Picture Group slate.
Develop and maintain title-level P&A scenarios, including high, current, and low cases, and assess the impact of changes to release dates, campaign plans, revenue expectations, and other business assumptions.
Track campaign spending against approved budgets, identify material variances, timing shifts, risks, opportunities, and potential reallocations, and provide clear recommendations to leadership.
Coordinate quarterly marketing budget-estimate processes across Media, Publicity, Creative, Digital, Operations, Distribution, and other applicable marketing functions; consolidate inputs into a complete and accurate slate view.
Partner with Corporate Finance to load, reconcile, and maintain approved budgets and forecasts in financial planning systems, ensuring submissions are supported and delivered on deadline.
Consolidate recurring title and slate reporting, including P&A, DBO, forecast-versus-actual, and variance analyses, for Marketing and Motion Picture Group leadership.
Work with Content Analysis and Marketing teams on title-level financial models, revenue scenarios, and investment analyses.
Evaluate relationships among P&A investment, release strategy, audience opportunity, and projected financial performance, and present findings for senior leadership decision-making.
Lead analyses of marketing spend by department and identify opportunities to improve return on investment.
Develop benchmarks, tools, templates, and reporting frameworks to improve visibility, consistency, and financial discipline across Marketing leadership.
Support special projects, including historical P&A analyses, vendor and agency-spend reviews, title postmortems, competitive and industry benchmarking, and process-improvement initiatives.
Build working relationships across Marketing, Motion Picture Group, Finance, and external partners, communicating complex financial issues clearly and proactively to stakeholders with varying levels of financial expertise.