Theatrical Finance Manager, Theatrical Finance

Slate Consolidate & Close Leadership

Slate Consolidate & Close Leadership
• Own end-to-end slate consolidation across the theatrical portfolio, including management of title Ultimates for the theatrical window
• Lead the monthly and quarterly close process for the central theatrical finance team, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance
• Oversee global accruals management, ensuring completeness and alignment with Corporate Accounting policies
• Drive reporting accuracy and serve as the primary quality gate for all theatrical financial outputs

Financial Planning & Analysis

Financial Planning & Analysis
• Drive strategic financial planning and analysis for global marketing and distribution plans, ensuring optimal ROI
• Develop and maintain financial models for budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning
• Works in parallel with Film Leads, who manage title-level financial strategy for their respective slates
• Partner with international team ensure the international forecasts are properly integrated into global consolidations and aligned with Studio and Corporate Accounting frameworks

Strategic Partnership & Reporting

Strategic Partnership & Reporting
• Provide strategic recommendations to senior leadership based on performance metrics and market analysis
• Collaborate with global marketing teams to align financial strategies with business objectives
• Partner with Accounting and Studio FP&A teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and forecasting
• Serve as the primary finance liaison for audit requests, reporting inquiries, and compliance matters

Initiatives & Process Improvement

Initiatives & Process Improvement
• Oversee and drive key initiatives including AI workflow enhancements, theatrical RCT program, and other data-driven efficiency projects
• Design and implement scalable financial processes for theatrical operations

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
• 5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience
• Experience in the entertainment industry
• Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
• Demonstrated expertise in financial close processes, accruals management, and consolidation
• Proficiency in financial systems implementation and management (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Essbase) and experience driving system implementations or enhancements

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, or CPA
• Experience leading automation, AI, or data-driven transformation initiatives within a finance function
• Experience with box office reporting, title-level P&L management, and slate forecasting
• Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results

Pay

Base salary range: $95,400.00 - $163,200.00 USD annually

Schedule

Not specified