Manager, Finance

Manager, Finance

The Financial Planning & Analysis Manager is a key player in providing analysis, business insights and financial support to executive management and functional partner groups. This position will serve as the financial expert for the functional partner group's business and will be a proactive catalyst for change, while also supporting the functional group in the achievement of their financial objectives. This person will be an integral part of the planning process by playing a key role in the budgeting, financial planning and analysis processes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Serve as an expert in partnerships with the business.

Play a significant and influential role in business decisions pertaining to the group by anticipating executive management and partner group's financial and informational needs and provide relevant information as required.

Develop thorough business case models to justify and prioritize potential investments; assess operational and financial performance of projects and investments.

Track capital projects and assists in developing capital requests.

Coordinate periodic reforecast efforts with each department head.

Produce and publish monthly financial reports and dashboard metrics.

Prepare company level analysis and reports, as appropriate.

Assist in administering and maintaining OLAP based financial system.

Work with partners to assist in management of monthly departmental accruals.

Work with partners to manage headcount reconciliation process.

Review monthly departmental financials with department heads.

Thoroughly understand the company's accounting policies, procedures and methodologies and support communication of them to the internal organization.

Identify opportunities to improve business, accounting and budgeting processes, policies and methodologies; implement improvements.

Education, Experience, Certification Requirements

• International and Business Development Modeling Exp Strongly Preferred
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance or equivalent.
• MBA strongly preferred.
• 7 years of diverse experience in corporate finance, accounting, or business; experience within a media company is a plus.
• 2-3 years experience in a partnership role between finance and other departments, experience within a cable network or other media company preferred.
• Experience working with OLAP based tools (TM1, Essbase, Cognos)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities