Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis - YouTube & Social Platforms

This is a Full Time Job

Position Summary
Sony Pictures Entertainment is seeking a Senior Manager, Finance to support the YouTube and Social Platforms organization with high-quality FP&A, business performance analytics and decision support. Reporting into the finance leadership supporting the business, this role will be responsible for the analytical foundation of the team-building financial models and forecasts, preparing monthly reporting and KPI dashboards, analyzing revenue and channel performance, coordinating planning cycles and delivering actionable insights across the portfolio.

Key Responsibilities
• Build and maintain financial models, forecasts and planning schedules for SPE's YouTube and Social Platforms business.
• Prepare monthly reporting, KPI dashboards, variance analyses and management materials that clearly explain business performance and key drivers.
• Support revenue forecasting and monetization analytics across channels, content, advertising, licensing and other digital revenue streams.
• Analyze channel performance, content ROI, engagement trends, operating expenses and other key business metrics to identify opportunities and risks.
• Perform scenario planning, sensitivity analysis and ad hoc financial analysis to support strategic and operating decisions.
• Coordinate annual budget, forecast and long-range planning cycles, including consolidating inputs from business teams and cross-functional stakeholders
• Partner with Analytics and business teams to improve data quality, KPI definitions, dashboards and performance measurement.
• Support business cases for new channels, content investments, platform initiatives, partnerships and emerging monetization opportunities.
• Track financial performance against approved investments and provide post-investment analysis to improve future resource allocation.
• Support executive presentations and business reviews by translating detailed financial and operating data into clear, concise insights.
• Partner with Corporate FP&A, Accounting and other LOB functions to ensure accurate reporting, consistent assumptions and effective financial processes.
• Help improve planning tools, reporting processes and financial systems as the YouTube and Social Platforms business scales.

Qualifications & Experience
• 7+ years of progressive FP&A, finance or business analytics experience; experience in media, streaming, technology, or digital platforms strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or a related field.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, variance analysis and business analytics skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with dashboarding tools such as SAC, Power BI or Tableau and enterprise financial systems is strongly preferred.
• Ability to synthesize large and complex datasets into clear business insights and recommendations.
• Strong attention to detail combined with the ability to understand the broader strategic and commercial context.
• Excellent communication, organization and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work effectively across a highly matrixed global organization.
• Excellent organization skills, thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess a high level of intellectual curiosity and ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced, evolving digital business where priorities and performance drivers can change quickly.
• Collaborative, team player and ability to flex style and approach
• Possess a 'can-do' attitude for all situations, no task too big or too small to handle.
• Critical thinking & demonstrated experience in problem solving, making decisions influenced by data and business insights utilizing financial modeling
• Great judgement and decisiveness when dealing with deadline-driven, finance-related issues and concerns
• Think outside the box & challenge status quo when required by highlighting new trends, improving existing processes or are open to sourcing those ideas from others
• Effective communicator - adept at writing, facilitating and presenting analyses
• Excellent relationship management abilities/strong interpersonal communication skills
• Strong follow-through on all projects; ability to bring projects to timely completion with proven track record of meeting deadlines, and taking initiative to make confident and well-informed decisions

The Senior Manager will be the analytical engine of the finance team-providing reliable forecasts, transparent performance reporting and decision-ready insights that help leadership optimize monetization, investment and operating performance across SPE's YouTube and Social Platforms portfolio.