Data Scientist

Aptask Global Workforce (AGW) is seeking a Data Scientist for a contract position with a Major Media and Entertainment Company located in New York, NY. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity.

As the Director, FP&A Data Lead, you will be responsible for executing the data strategy for the finance organization. You will shape the roadmap for governed, high-quality finance AI-ready data products that support scalable planning, reporting, analytics, and automation capabilities. This role partners across Finance, Technology and Governance to enable the broader finance transformation roadmap across the enterprise. The ideal candidate can bridge finance and technology, translating business needs into scalable data solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the data strategy and roadmap in alignment with enterprise finance transformation priorities, including planning modernization, reporting standardization, executive decision support and AI capabilities
• Partner across Finance and Technology to translate business needs into scalable data solutions, working closely with FP&A, controllership, accounting, treasury, tax, business unit finance, data engineering, architecture, analytics, and data governance teams
• Design and govern reusable finance data products, models, and semantic layers that standardize key metrics, reporting hierarchies, reporting logic, and financial concepts across SAC, Datasphere, dashboards, planning tools, and downstream analytics
• Drive delivery of data products by translating requirements into technical specifications, prioritizing backlogs, supporting agile execution, enabling users through training and documentation, and measuring success through data quality, and business impact KPIs
• Establish and enforce data quality, governance, and control standards including validation rules, reconciliation routines, certification tiers, metadata management, lineage, documentation and access controls
• Champion standardization, simplification, and continuous improvement across finance data and reporting processes, while staying current on emerging capabilities in finance transformation

Requirements:

• BS/BA degree required in Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science or a related field
• 5–10 years of experience, preferably with a strong focus in finance

Desired skills:

• Strong understanding of finance processes, including planning, analytics, management reporting and financial hierarchies
• Experience with finance data transformation in a large media, entertainment, technology, consumer products, or multi-business-unit organization
• Familiarity with modern data platforms, data catalog and data semantics tools
• Experience with SAP EPM or similar planning and business intelligence platforms
• Ability to bridge business and technology teams and drive alignment across stakeholders
• Product mindset with experience defining roadmaps, prioritizing use cases, managing backlogs, and measuring adoption and business impact

Pay range: up to $100.95 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Aptask Global Workforce (AGW) employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, apply today!

Aptask Global Workforce (AGW)
ApTask Global Workforce (AGW) is a certified Minority and Veteran workforce solutions company. AGW delivers operational, clinical, lab and professional talent with a strong focus on healthcare and life sciences. The company supports clients with reliable staffing, program expertise and a commitment to quality, speed and consistent delivery.

Benefits of working with ApTask Global Workforce include:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)

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ApTask Global Workforce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.