VP, Finance

Sony Pictures Entertainment • Culver City, CA

3d • $224,000 - $280,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Divisional Finance organization at Sony Pictures Entertainment ( SPE ) provides business support and partnership for all finance related matters for their group(s), primarily ensuring that strong financial discipline and analysis is in place to support the decision making across each division and SPE towards achieving its goals and objectives . Reporting to the Divisional CFO of Corporate & Central Functions, the VP of Finance is accountable for the financial planning, reporting, and analysis for the Corporate Functions and Centrally-Held costs. The role is based in Culver City and has oversight over a team of FP&A members. The successful candidate for the role will have hands-on experience and a strong track record of financial reporting and analysis, process improvement, interaction with senior operational and financial management , and excellent critical thinking, analytical, collaboration, presentation, & communication skills . The successful candidate will be willing to step into the details alongside the team, balancing strategic leadership with hands-on involvement to complete deliverables and work toward process improvements.

Requirements

• 12+ years of relevant professional experience including corporate finance, consulting, or similar analytical role
• 5+ years of management experience, including managing, developing and leading a team
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance; Master’s degree and/or MBA preferred
• Exceptional financial modeling skills in Excel, including the ability to drive process optimization using Excel
• Experience designing and executing Finance-related transformation
• Intermediate to advanced skills in SAP
• An agile learner with a highly analytical mindset, strong technical finance skills, and solid business acumen
• Change agent adept at successfully challenging the status quo
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across a variety of stakeholders such as peer teams, non-finance teams, and executive management
• Communication includes verbal (in-person & virtual), written (memos and emails), and presentations

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and consolidation of the annual Budget, Mid Range Plan (MRP), and Forecast processes with primary focus on providing financial analysis and insights
• Track performance relative to budgets and forecasts, review actual results and concisely explain variances against budgets and forecasts based on commercial and operating drivers
• Prepare timely and accurate monthly/quarterly financial results presentations that provide important insights and participate in executive review meetings
• Develop and optimize reports that provide actionable insight into the levers of the business
• Support management with ad hoc financial, market, and trend analyses to prioritize strategic initiatives or investment decisions
• Develop and manage team members including establishing priorities, setting objectives, and providing guidance and feedback
• Manage expenses and key business metrics across SPE’s centrally held costs (e.g., Fringe costs, long-term executive compensation, etc.)
• Develop and streamline FP&A processes to mitigate risk and find value within the business

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees