Manager, Finance
Sony Pictures Entertainment · Culver City, CA · 2 wk ago
HybridFinance$100k–$138k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Build financial models and templates that enable deeper financial analyses to influence executive decision making
- Accountable for the full P&L development of global annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly results analysis at the departmental and divisional level. Includes operating and capital expenses
- Partner with business leaders to support capital project governance, investment approvals, and spending oversight
- Analyze variances and prepare narratives around the key drivers of difference
- Prepare report packages and presentation decks for department leads, executives, and corporate submissions
- Provide financial analysis to business and finance leads to enable timely decision making (e.g. cost/benefit analysis, what-if scenarios)
- Drive the assessment and optimization of key processes around financial planning, management reporting, capital projects governance, and results analysis
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Finance
- At least 4 years relevant work experience in real estate, entertainment, or technology companies, with at least 2 years in a managerial role
- Experience leading annual budgeting, forecasting, and month-end financial analysis processes
- Experience in tracking and reporting capital spend/projects
- Experience in building financial models and templates
- Experience partnering with business leaders to support planning, forecasting, and strategic decision making
- Advanced user of Excel and Powerpoint
- Good understanding of Balance Sheet and Cash Flow statements
- Good understanding of IFRS
- Experience with enterprise planning systems (e.g.SAP, Hyperion, etc.) and business intelligence tools (e.g.SAP BW, Power BI, Tableau, Essbase, etc.)
- Self-starter with strong (proactive) communication and prioritization skills
- Ability to communicate financial concepts across all levels of the organization
- Skilled at data visualization, creating impactful presentation & deliverables
- Experience presenting financial analyses and recommendations to senior leadership
- Attention to detail and accuracy
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Familiarity with leveraging AI to drive process automation and improvement
- Experience or familiarity with real estate finance
- Prior consolidation experience
- Experience or familiarity with project management concepts and tools
- Experience leading process optimization initiatives