Senior Financial Analyst

Talent Systems, LLC is the leading technology solution provider for casting and auditioning to the entertainment industry. Casting directors and agents worldwide use Talent Systems’ portfolio of products to source and manage talent across film, television, commercials, theater and digital projects, powering an unparalleled, global casting software ecosystem. 

 
We are headquartered in Los Angeles and operate in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and India. Our portfolio brands include Casting Networks, Spotlight, Cast It Systems, Cast It Talent, Casting Frontier, Staff Me Up, Cast It Reach, and Tagmin.

 
Job purpose

 
Talent Systems is looking for a Financial Analyst / Senior Financial Analyst to join our Financial
Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. This role will be leveled as Financial Analyst or Senior Financial
Analyst based on the candidate's experience. This position reports to the Director of FP&A, and will
be a highly visible role, with exposure to cross-functional budget owners and members of the
Talent Systems leadership team. You will play a key role in Talent System’s P&L budgeting and
forecasting, including maintaining key financial dashboards, partnering with department heads /
budget owners to understand material actuals to budget/forecast variances, communicating trends
on various KPIs to management, and executing ad hoc analyses delivering decision support to the
business. The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical and storytelling skills, and is able to
translate complex models into easily digestible narratives. Additionally, you will be responsible for
collaborating with team members and cross-functional partners to identify ways to enhance and
improve the financial planning and management reporting process.

This role is primarily onsite, located in the West Hollywood area of Los Angeles.

Responsibilities

• BA/BS with a minimum of 3 years of work experience in Financial Planning and Analysis, Corporate Finance, or Investment Banking. MBA a plus, and prior SaaS experience a plus.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint (and Google-equivalent application) skills, with the ability to build and operate in complex financial models
• Experience with Business Intelligence tools (PowerBI, Qlik, Tableau, etc.)
• Self directed and comfortable with ad hoc projects, possessing analytical intuition to form sound conclusions and drive results from clear or sometimes ambiguous data
• Operate well in a fast-paced environment and adapt to the dynamic nature of Talent Systems’ business models and their FP&A needs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information clearly to both finance and non-finance audiences
• Experience working within a PE-backed or multi-entity company structure a plus

Requirements

● Play a key role in maintaining the company’s P&L forecast and consolidations. This includes partnering with functional / department budget owners to understand the business forecast and drivers
● Prepare and maintain financial forecast models on sales, subscription revenue, and churn
● Support the budgeting and planning on headcount, cost of revenue, operating expensesand capital expenditures for platforms and departments
● Collaborate closely with the Accounting team in order to better understand actuals to budget/forecast and identify material changes to expectations
● Partner closely with the Business Intelligence team to create detailed, data-driven models to forecast and report on important business drivers and KPIs
● Assist in the preparation of board-level and PE parent company reporting as it relates to performance
● Provide ad-hoc analysis, and identify opportunities for process improvements
● Support the delivery of key departmental initiatives