Financial Analyst (New York)

Our client a global entertainment company is looking to hire a Financial Analy st to join their team in New York City . This is an initial 6-month contract opportunity fully onsite in their office.

As their Financial Analyst you will be supporting the Director, Finance across News Operations and Special Events. This role is responsible for budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, capital planning, cloud computing cost management, licensing revenue analysis, executive reporting, and ad hoc financial analysis.

Location: NYC

6-month contract (possibility of extension)

Pay Rate: 45/hr on a W2

Responsibilities

• • Support monthly forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range planning activities.
• • Manage departmental P&Ls and perform variance analysis to identify risks and opportunities.
• • Develop financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• • Maintain workforce planning models, including headcount forecasts, hiring assumptions, vacancy tracking, and labor cost forecasting.
• • Partner with HR and department leaders on staffing plans, organizational changes, and workforce-related financial analysis.
• • Analyze overtime, freelance labor, and other operating expenses to identify cost efficiencies and support resource planning.
• • Manage and forecast cloud computing costs and other major operating expenses, identifying trends, risks, and cost management opportunities.
• • Coordinate the annual capital planning process, including project submissions, budget preparation, forecasting, and long-range planning activities.
• • Track capital spending against budget and forecast and provide variance analysis and reporting.
• • Monitor the financial performance of capital investments and large OPEX initiatives against budget and forecast, identify risks and opportunities, and provide recommendations to leadership to support effective resource allocation and cost management.
• • Track, forecast, and analyze licensing revenue and other assigned revenue streams.

Qualifications

• • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• • 4-5+ years of FP&A, corporate finance, or financial analysis experience.
• • Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and departmental P&L management.
• • Experience supporting workforce planning and headcount management.
• • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• • Hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion ERP and SmartView is preferred, however will consider other ERP such as Hyperion, or SAP
• • Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred

• Experience with capital planning, project financial management, and large OPEX initiatives.

• Experience tracking revenue and profitability metrics.

• Experience managing cloud computing and technology-related operating expenses.

• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Hyperion, Anaplan, or similar reporting and planning tools.

• Experience in media, production, live events, or other operationally intensive environments.