Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Manager, FP&A

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Location: New York, NY 10036 (Onsite)

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Duration: 6 Months (Extension Possible)

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Job Description:

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The Temporary Manager, FP&A will play a critical role in analyzing data, building financial models to support business planning and strategic business initiatives. This role is part of the Global Client's Financial Planning & Analysis team and reports to the Vice President, Global Client's FP&A.

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Our team is collaborative, passionate and aims to drive business decisions on all levels through high quality, accurate, timely, relevant data, analysis, and insights. This position will primarily focus on consolidating international P&L and KPIs by region, SG&A budgets, and applicable reporting to support all stakeholders including business partners, Central teams, consolidations, and executive management. The ideal candidate will be an effective communicator and have a solid background in consolidations and managing financial budgets across a cross functional team.

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Responsibilities:

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This is a meaningful role for our team with a wide range of responsibilities, including the following:

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• Reporting: Consolidating and delivering time-sensitive International P&L and KPI reporting for internal and external stakeholders. Partnering with the Global FP&A team to ensure International results are accurate and on time for Global reporting. Collaborating across teams to provide meaningful insights.
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• Regional Reporting: Preparing and distributing monthly regional performance reports to leadership, including P&L and KPI results by market, with commentary on key drivers and trends, including FX impact.
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• Cycle Management: Setting and communicating deadlines to the International FP&A team and business partners, tracking progress, and driving timely submissions during close, forecast, and budget cycles.
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• Forecasting: Building and updating models during reporting cycles, including monthly forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range plans. Providing support for data consolidation across Client's International FP&A verticals.
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• Monthly Close: Explaining key variance drivers to stakeholders such as the Controller’s Group and Streaming Central teams. Driving the monthly forecasting process and related presentations.
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• Financial Analysis: Developing business models and recommendations based on findings. Providing monthly and quarterly financial overviews to senior management. Supporting FP&A reporting cycles, including annual budgets and long-range plans. Participating and supporting in delivering results and presentations to partners.
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• Cost Management: Creating and maintaining dashboards to monitor business performance aProductst budget. Developing relationships with business partners to drive towards profitability Clients. Managing and uploading central cost data (e.g., allocations from Central teams) into the consolidation and planning systems.
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• Ad Hoc Analysis: Sourcing, consolidating, and organizing financial data to create clear and actionable analysis for internal review and rapid decision-making.
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• Transformation: Facilitating smooth transition to new ERP system; Supporting ERP related projects, integration, and data conversion for new system rollout.
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Basic Qualifications:

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• Bachelor’s degree, advanced degree, or MBA preferred
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• 5+ years of work experience in finance, accounting, or similar quantitative role; media, entertainment, and/or technology experience a plus
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• Advanced Microsoft Office and/or Google Workspace suite skills, particularly Excel/Sheets and PowerPoint/Slides
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• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical skills. Experience with financial consolidation and planning systems; Longview and/or SAP experience a plus
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• Excellent communication and presentation skills. Be able to manage and synthesize large datasets to deliver critical insights in an easy-to-digest format for management and external partners
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• Work independently in a fast-paced environment
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• Able to maintain confidentiality regarding sensitive issues or information
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