Senior Associate, Agency Operations

This is a Full Time Job


Who We Are

About the group

CAA's Agency Operations team partners with Department Business Leadership to help drive the business and achieve operational objectives. The Agency Operations team goal is to more effectively and efficiently (1) communicate the goals and priorities of the agency to Departmental leadership, (2) provide visibility, monitor, and help drive business results and (3) uncover new growth opportunities and potential areas of exposure.

The Role

CAA is seeking a highly analytical Senior Associate, Agency Operations to support and help drive financial and operational rigor across CAA's departments, with a specific focus on the Technology department. Reporting directly to the VP, Corporate Operations, this role will serve as a key finance and strategy partner to Technology leadership and selected corporate stakeholders.

The Senior Associate will own core Technology Finance elements, including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and reporting, while also supporting operations, consolidation, strategic analysis, and cross-functional initiatives across all Corporate groups at the agency. This role is ideal for a candidate with 5+ years of experience in investment banking, FP&A, or a similarly rigorous finance environment and is eager to expand beyond pure finance into broader operational exposure.

Responsibilities

The Associate's primary responsibilities include the following:
• Technology Finance and Operations – Own and support core financial planning processes for the Technology organization, providing clear financial visibility and decision support to Technology and Corporate leadership.
• Prepare a detailed annual plan and mid-year reforecast submission for the CAATech department encompassing both operating and capital expenses
• Review and verify budget detail across several dimensions (e.g., vendor, contractor, project, T&E, addback)
• Maintain and enhance a holistic Technology financial model, incorporating actuals, forecasts, and scenario analysis
• Partner with Technology leadership and sub-department budget owners to review monthly financial performance, explain variances, and update rolling forecasts
• Own monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc financial processes, including:
• Actuals vs. forecast analysis (opex and capex)
• Coordination with Accounting on reclasses, rebills, addbacks, and proper financial treatment
• Deliver clear, decision-oriented financial reporting and metrics that drive accountability and continuous improvement across Technology
• Support financial aspects of Technology vendor management, including:
• Purchase order creation and approvals for hardware and software
• Order fulfillment on partner portals for select vendors
• Advise and support new vendor onboarding in partnership with Accounts Payable
• Contract financial review and evaluation of new vendor agreements
• Corporate & Agency Operations – Contribute financial and analytical support to broader corporate and agency operational initiatives including recurring reporting, year-end processes, and ad-hoc analyses that support management decision making.
• Become a go-to financial and operational resource for Agency Operations Leadership
• Build high-quality excel models and power point presentations from scratch that effectively communicate/summarize complex analysis while focusing on delivering actionable take-aways
• Prepare and maintain monthly and quarterly corporate reporting packages by consolidating inputs from Technology and other departments, including:
• Department-level financial performance (opex and capex, actuals vs. budget/reforecast)
• Key operating metrics, trends and variance explanations
• Identify opportunities for cross-functional process improvements for all Corporate departments
• Partner with Technology, Finance and other stakeholders to improve data quality and visibility
• Apply business judgment and financial insights to assist with decision making related to new initiatives, products, and business opportunities
• Cultivate relationships within Corporate and the assigned Divisions to build a robust communication network
• Leverage internal and external data and systems to develop automation of recurring analysis

Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree required with a concentration in Business, Finance, Economics or other quantitative discipline preferred.
• 5 + years of Investment Banking, FP&A, or other fields with detailed modeling experience required
• Strong finance foundation including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and variance analysis
• Entertainment industry experience preferred but not necessary
• Experience working with or supporting a Technology organization, including understanding of IT spend, vendors and capitalized projects preferred but not necessary
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power Point required
• Attention to detail, the ability to present analysis at the executive level, strong work ethic and comfort with ambiguity
• Applicant must possess exceptional time management, decision-making, critical thinking, interpersonal and strong communication skills
• Ability to be trusted with confidential information required

Location

This role will be hybrid, located in our Los Angeles office.

Compensation

CAA does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless they were contractually engaged by CAA to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any such employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the acknowledgement and agreement that CAA will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.