Director, Finance & Operations

This is a Full Time Job

Role Description

The Director, Finance & Operations will own the Company's financial modeling infrastructure across corporate and project levels, oversee day-to-day production finance operations, administer and manage the Company's debt facilities, and prepare executive and Board-level presentation materials. This position is execution-intensive and requires exceptional Excel modeling capability, strong analytical rigor, and the ability to translate executive direction into dynamic, decision-ready financial frameworks.

The ideal candidate combines investment-grade financial modeling skills with intellectual curiosity, responsiveness, and ambition to grow into senior finance leadership within an entrepreneurial, fast-moving studio environment.

Duties and Responsibilities
• Build, maintain, and continuously enhance complex financial models, including multi-tier participation waterfalls, structured debt models, 10-year ultimate projections, and dynamic multi-scenario forecasting frameworks.
• Oversee day-to-day production finance operations across active projects and ensure accurate financial representation of tracking to project budgets, lender deal terms and various contractual obligations.
• Translate CEO and COO strategic direction into flexible, decision-ready financial models capable of rapid iteration and scenario testing.
• Support development of the Company's 3-year strategic plan and annual budget; assume ownership of maintaining and updating long-range planning models once assumptions are established.
• Prepare comprehensive Board of Directors materials, including monthly and quarterly agendas, budget-to-actual bridges, performance summaries, long-range plan updates, and financial dashboards.
• Administer and manage the Company's debt facilities, including covenant compliance monitoring, borrowing base calculations, funding requests and draw administration, collateral tracking, and required lender reporting.
• Identify potential covenant, liquidity, or collateral risks proactively and escalate issues to executive leadership with recommended action steps.
• Coordinate with accounting to ensure project waterfalls and ultimate projections are operationally executable and aligned with reporting requirements.
• Partner cross-functionally with legal, production, business affairs, and accounting teams to ensure financial structures accurately reflect negotiated deal terms.
• Over time, build sufficient familiarity and confidence to communicate directly with lenders regarding requests for proposals, progress to financial close, routine reporting, clarifications, and all administrative matters.
• Support process improvement initiatives to enhance financial visibility, reporting clarity, and capital management efficiency as the Company scales.
• Such other duties and special projects as may arise in the normal course of operations within a growing independent studio.

Success Metrics
1. Within 90 Days:
• Master existing project waterfall and ultimate projection templates.
• Assume ownership of production finance modeling oversight.
• Manage day-to-day financial operations across all active projects on the slate.
• Demonstrate working understanding of all active debt agreements and covenant frameworks.
• Prepare lender reporting packages and Board materials with minimal revision.
2. Within 6 Months:
• Independently maintain and update the Company's long-range financial plan.
• Fully manage covenant tracking, borrowing base calculations, and funding workflows.
• Deliver Board-ready materials with limited executive edits.
• Proactively identify modeling adjustments required ahead of executive review sessions.
3. Within 12-24 Months:
• Operate as a true second-in-command of the finance function.
• Demonstrate readiness for promotion to Vice President of Finance by year 3.

Qualifications and Experience:
• 5-8 years of experience in investment banking, leveraged finance, studio finance, transaction advisory, or entertainment finance.
• Advanced Excel modeling capabilities; investment-grade financial modeling proficiency required.
• Experience with structured debt, covenant frameworks, borrowing base mechanics, and capital stack management.
• Strong understanding of participation waterfalls and long-term content monetization forecasting.
• Highly responsive, detail-oriented, and execution-focused.
• Ability to cross-manage, including upward management of, non-financial personnel to achieve the financial requirements of the business.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and proactively seeking clarification when necessary.
• Polished communicator capable of interacting professionally with lenders and senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ambition to grow into senior finance leadership.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.