Senior Manager, Finance

The Senior Manager, Finance (FP&A) will play a key role within the Agency Finance organization, serving as the primary Finance Business Partner to the Film Sales division while owning the Agency's revenue planning and forecasting processes. This role combines financial planning and analysis with strategic business partnership. The ideal candidate will partner closely with Film Sales leadership to provide financial insights, support business decision-making, and evaluate commercial opportunities, while leading Agency-wide revenue forecasting, budgeting, financial modeling, reporting, and analysis.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Finance, this individual will help drive accurate revenue planning, improve financial visibility, and provide meaningful insights that support executive decision-making. The role offers the opportunity to partner closely with senior Finance leadership and Film Sales executives, contributing to both divisional performance and the Agency's overall revenue planning process. Success in this role requires strong analytical skills, financial modeling expertise, business acumen, and the ability to build trusted relationships across Finance and business teams.

The successful candidate will be comfortable operating independently, owning key financial processes, and providing recommendations that support business decisions.

Strategic Finance Business Partner Serve as the primary Finance Business Partner to the Film Sales division, acting as a trusted advisor to department leadership. Partner with business leaders to evaluate financial performance, support strategic initiatives, and provide financial guidance on key operational and commercial decisions. Develop a deep understanding of the Film Sales business, including the sales pipeline, deal activity, revenue drivers, client trends, and overall business performance.

Provide financial modeling, scenario analysis, and actionable insights to support deal evaluations, business planning, and resource allocation. Partner with department leadership to develop annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range financial plans aligned with business objectives. Monitor business performance against forecast, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend actions to improve financial results. Prepare financial analyses and presentation materials to support business reviews and executive decision-making.

Own the Agency's end-to-end revenue planning process, including annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, long-range planning, and monthly forecast updates. Develop and maintain the Agency revenue forecast by partnering with business leaders to evaluate sales pipeline activity, deal flow, booking trends, and key revenue assumptions. Lead the forecasting process by validating assumptions, challenging forecast inputs, and driving improved forecast accuracy across Agency business units.

Build, maintain, and enhance complex financial models supporting forecasting, budgeting, strategic planning, and ad hoc analyses. Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages, executive presentations, variance analyses, and performance reporting. Analyze revenue trends, commissions, forecast variances, and key business drivers to identify risks, opportunities, and actionable insights. Lead the consolidation and review of revenue forecasts across the Agency, ensuring assumptions are aligned, risks and opportunities are identified, and recommendations are provided to senior Finance leadership.

Partner closely with Accounting to support revenue recognition and ensure alignment between Film Sales division operational activity and financial reporting. Collaborate with Business Affairs, Legal, Sales, Operations, and Corporate Finance to support deal modeling, revenue planning, and reporting. Provide financial analysis to support commercial opportunities, new business initiatives, and strategic projects. Ensure consistency, accuracy, and transparency in Agency revenue reporting and forecasting.

Serve as a key liaison between Finance and business teams to support informed decision-making and operational execution.

Identify opportunities to improve forecasting methodologies, financial models, reporting processes, and overall planning effectiveness. Develop scalable reporting tools, dashboards, and KPI reporting that improve visibility into revenue performance. Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance reporting efficiency, forecasting accuracy, and financial insights. Recommend and implement best practices that strengthen the Agency's FP&A processes and capabilities.

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field. MBA preferred. 7+ years of progressive experience in Finance, FP&A, Corporate Finance, or related financial planning roles. Must be able to work on-site at…