Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

This is a Full Time Job

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Overview and Responsibilities

Seeking a dynamic and well-versed Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead annual budget, monthly forecasts, and long-range planning for News. The Director of FP&A is an important member of the organization, reporting to the SVP of News Finance. This role collaborates with multiple stakeholders to provide detailed analysis across the organization’s platforms, including Linear and Digital. The Director will coordinate with the functional executive team on all costs, including labor and non-labor, and is expected to develop a deep awareness of the organization.

The Director of FP&A will have supervisory responsibilities, delivering constructive evaluations and feedback, mentoring, and supporting team members’ professional development.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead annual budget, monthly forecast, and Long-Range Strategic Planning

• Provide insights to senior management around financial modeling, forecasts, and profitability

• Provide detailed variance analysis and commentary to senior management

• Oversee talent compensation, capital forecast, and operations for both network news and stations.

• Prepare business cases to support new investment, strategic, and other business decisions

• Work closely with Executive Producers in relation to tracking costs of major news events and political coverage.

• Support the Finance team and the Production team with ad hoc requests

• Self-starter who can tackle multiple concurrent projects and adapt quickly to new information

• Identify business trends and make recommendations

• Lead, mentor, and develop the finance team.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with editorial, production, operations, corporate finance, and accounting

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, or Economics

• Minimum 10 years in Finance; Media/Entertainment/Digital focus preferred

• Strong knowledge of corporate finance concepts and accounting principles

• Exceptional Excel, PowerPoint, and financial modeling skills

• Knowledge of ERP systems and related technologies. TM1, Oracle, and SAP experience is a plus

Additional Qualifications
• Strategic thinker with robust business acumen

• Ability to multitask and work seamlessly across numerous projects / work-streams

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Excellent attention to detail with robust problem-solving and critical thinking ability