Finance Program Manager

Finance Program Manager

Los Angeles, California, United States of America • Los Gatos, California, United States of America

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what's next.

In this impactful role within our Finance Program Management Office (PMO), you will drive the planning and execution of cross-Finance process, technology, and data programs to optimize efficiency, insights, and growth for our Finance organization. You will handle the business side of multiple projects and interact with multidisciplinary, cross-cultural teams at all seniority levels, including leadership.

A successful candidate will be able to quickly understand the business and must have excellent communication skills, with strong experience in leading complex projects in a global environment. In addition to leading complex initiatives in support of our Finance transformation journey, you will help establish project management guidelines and practices to ensure effective, efficient, high-quality delivery that consistently meets or exceeds the expectations of the business. You are a self-starter who takes ownership in ambiguous situations, helping to shape direction and bring structure when the path forward is not yet clear.

This is a hybrid position that can be based in either Los Angeles or Los Gatos and offers the flexibility to work remotely part-time. Occasional travel may be required to other office locations, including internationally.

Responsibilities

Program Management

• Lead programs and projects from ideation through implementation. Help define scope, approaches, and success outcomes for projects.
• Develop project charters and comprehensive work plans with clear milestones and dependencies.
• Track the status of tasks to surface roadblocks to delivery and ensure milestones are met.
• Proactively manage risks; propose and implement risk-mitigation strategies.
• Align business, product, and engineering partners on priorities and tradeoffs. Help connect the dots across teams and programs to increase understanding and power well-informed decisions.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and business stakeholders as a thought partner on how work gets done—shaping approaches, proposing options, and facilitating decisions on the best way to move initiatives forward.
• Translate complex program status into clear, concise executive communications.

Stakeholder Management and Business Engagement

• Cultivate strong stakeholder relationships and maintain effective communication channels. Provide stakeholders with project decisions and milestone tracking. Ensure executive sponsors are informed via status updates and appropriate escalations.
• Collaborate with Finance business leads, product, engineering and technical program managers to deliver solutions that meet or exceed business stakeholders' needs.
• Manage through others; successfully influence cross-functional team members to achieve project goals.
• Proactively identify decisions needed and identify owners. Provide the right context and data to inform stakeholder decision making.

Change Management

• Apply a structured methodology to lead change management activities
• Develop and ensure execution of change management deliverables (stakeholder analysis, business impact assessment, change adoption strategy, training plans, etc.)

Domain Knowledge

• Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report, and Forecast to Delivery business processes

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project or program management, planning, and implementing complex systems impacting multiple processes and teams
• 3+ years focused on finance and accounting processes and systems within a global enterprise
• Bachelor's degree required (business or finance preferred)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred
• Experience with modern PMO tooling (Smartsheet, Coda, Airtable, or similar). Comfort with AI-assisted workflows and productivity tools.
• CPA or any professional finance accreditation is a plus

Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $215,000.00 - $340,000.00.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.