Interim Director of FP&A

CFO’s Domain, a Solomon Edwards Company, is a national accounting & finance consulting and recruiting organization serving CFOs and their stakeholders. Our consultants are among the best practitioners in the marketplace, serving clients across a diverse range of industries and stages of growth. Our consultants serve clients with mission critical deliverables when they are experiencing capacity or capability constraints. Our consultants receive benefits, competitive compensation, gain access to the full breadth of our recruiting capabilities and are introduced to roles that are accretive to their personal and professional growth.

Our client is an established TV entertainment organization seeking an experienced Interim Director of FP&A - to provide financial planning, forecasting, analytical, and reporting support within an existing Finance function.

The consultant will assume responsibility for several recurring financial processes, including performance analysis, financial projections, management reporting, and cash-flow planning. This individual will work with stakeholders across the organization to evaluate underlying business assumptions, maintain financial visibility, and support informed decision-making. The ideal candidate is a hands-on FP&A professional who can independently manage complex financial models, coordinate inputs from multiple stakeholders, and deliver accurate, timely financial information in a fast-paced environment.

• Coordinate operating cash flow forecasts across the television business, integrating projections from Production Finance, Distribution Finance, and other stakeholders into a consolidated outlook for leadership.
• Lead the review and consolidation of financial submissions across television activities, reconciling key assumptions, investigating variances, and preparing schedules for centralized FP&A, including intercompany eliminations.
• Oversee planning and management reporting for a television content portfolio, translating production slate activity, episode and content delivery timing, and key operating indicators into updated financial forecasts.
• Partner with production and distribution finance teams to understand the cash implications of production schedules, content delivery plans, collections, and changes in projected revenue and costs.
• Maintain financial models reflecting television licensing arrangements, expected fees, revenue recognition and collection timing, and other title-level assumptions; coordinate with teams responsible for series Ultimates and cash flow planning.
• Support annual budgets, periodic reforecasts, and multi-year financial plans, evaluating the impact of evolving content and distribution assumptions on operating cash flow and financial performance.
• Analyze results against plan and prior forecasts, explain material changes in performance and cash flow, and present actionable observations to senior finance stakeholders.
• Prepare consolidated financial packages and executive presentations covering scripted and unscripted programming, production and delivery activity, content portfolio economics, and key financial drivers.
• Work with Controllership and related finance teams on monthly and quarterly close reviews, including revenue-related analyses, reconciliations, and alignment of actual results with forecast assumptions.
• Coordinate with business partners across television production, distribution, and finance to resolve data discrepancies and ensure consistent reporting across financial submissions.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis and scenario modeling to support decisions involving television content activity, spending patterns, and timing of cash inflows…