Senior Director Fp&A In Multi-Media Entertainment

Our client is a Global Media Entertainment Firm in LA seeking someone for a Head of FP&A professional to be reporting to the CFO. This professional will be managing and driving Finance Operations - Forecasting, Budgeting, and Financing Planning. This professional will be a business partner to Sales and will work closely with Executive Management Team along with Legal and Tax.

Responsibilities:

• Perform recommendation-oriented analysis on the strategic, operational, and financial impacts of managerial actions, summarizing information in a format that effectively communicates outcomes/scenarios to management
• Manage financial models - implementing systems and processes around sales forecasting, expense tracking, and analyzing key performance indicators to accelerate scale
• Lead and Drive Finance including Budgeting and forecasting for short and long-term strategic planning and analysis
• Support cross-functional teams in developing relevant financial metrics to tightly track progress and performance across the company's operations
• Proactively identify risks and improvement opportunities, and then serve as an advisor to senior leadership address those concerns
• Create meaningful and visual ways of presenting key business insights to management
• Manage Team

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Audit/Accounting from Past Experience
• Understanding of Revenue Recognition is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics needed; MBA, Master's, or CPA is a plus
• 12-15 years’ experience in Finance - FP&A, Budgeting, Forecasting
• Analytical, strategic thinking and detail-oriented
• Ability to Travel
• High proficiency in Excel - building financial and decision support models