Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Job Description

Job Description

Title: Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Employment Type: Full-time

Compensation: $225,000–$245,000

Location: Beverly Hills, CA

Work Model: On-site

Industry: Entertainment and Media

Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Company Overview

A global entertainment and media organization is hiring a senior finance leader to strengthen corporate planning, cost discipline, and decision support across a complex, multi-business operating environment.

Position Summary

The Director, Financial Planning & Analysis will serve as the lead finance partner for corporate departments, translating strategic priorities into disciplined budgets, forecasts, controls, and performance insight. The role combines executive partnership with hands-on ownership of operating expense, capital expenditure, vendor-level analysis, and recurring reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with department heads and senior leaders to align operating plans, resource decisions, and financial priorities.
• Lead the annual corporate budgeting process and maintain recurring forecasts for operating and capital expenditures.
• Deliver monthly departmental reporting, variance analysis, and vendor-level reconciliations against budget and prior periods.
• Apply a zero-based budgeting mindset to challenge spending assumptions, evaluate vendor relationships, and identify margin-improvement opportunities.
• Build and maintain accurate financial models, statements, projections, and scenario analyses.
• Partner with Corporate Accounting to improve the accuracy and timeliness of close-related and management reporting.
• Implement and reinforce financial controls covering budgets, payments, cash management, and departmental spending.
• Prepare clear financial reporting and analysis for senior management, investors, and lenders.
• Develop and deploy business-intelligence tools that improve visibility, forecasting, and decision support.
• Lead ad hoc strategic analyses and support merger-integration projects as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• At least seven years of experience in financial planning and analysis or a closely comparable finance leadership role.
• Demonstrated ownership of budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, modeling, and management reporting.
• Ability to analyze substantial financial datasets and produce accurate reports, statements, and projections.
• Financial-management experience establishing policies, procedures, and controls.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex financial concepts to senior leaders.
• Demonstrated leadership, managerial capability, organization, and attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within a large, global, or multi-business organization.
• Experience using or managing NetSuite, OneStream, or comparable accounting and planning platforms.
• Experience developing business-intelligence tools or improving forecast and reporting processes.
• Experience supporting merger-integration or other enterprise finance initiatives.
• Entertainment, media, professional-services, or another complex stakeholder-driven operating environment.