Finance Consultant, Senior Manager

About the role

SPE is seeking a Finance Consultant to provide interim FP&A leadership and backfill support (3 months) across Great American Media and Consumer Platforms & Services (Sony Pictures Core, FAST Channels, and FAST Network). This role will serve as the primary finance liaison between Great American Media and SPE, while also supporting Consumer Platforms & Services (including Sony Pictures Core, FAST Channels, and FAST Network). The consultant will drive budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and executive-level financial analysis across supported businesses, ensuring corporate alignment, delivering clear performance insights, and maintaining continuity during the transition period.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance point of contact between Great American Media and Sony Pictures, ensuring financial and strategic alignment.
• Provide FP&A oversight for Consumer Platforms & Services, including Sony Pictures Core, FAST Channels, and FAST Network.
• Own monthly close reporting, delivering variance analysis and actionable insights to senior leadership and GFO.
• Monitor performance against budget and forecast, identifying risks, opportunities, and key business drivers.
• Review and challenge forecast assumptions to ensure accuracy and transparency.
• Prepare executive-ready financial narratives, presentations, and corporate reporting packages.
• Manage corporate submissions, supplemental schedules, and system reporting requirements.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support scenario planning and strategic decision-making.
• Drive process improvements and reporting efficiencies to ensure seamless interim coverage.
• Support ad hoc analyses.