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Sr.Director, Finance
Entertainment & Media Industry Company
El Segundo, CA, United States
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Senior Director, Head of Finance - Media & Content Business Unit
DEPARTMENT
Finance
REPORTS TO
SVP, Global Operations Finance
EMPLOYMENT TERM
Full-time
COORDINATES WITH
SLT, Account Management and general management levels
DIRECT REPORTS
6 team members
POSITION BASED IN
Miramar, FL
Global Eagle is the leading satellite-based provider of connectivity and media for fast-growing mobility markets across air, land and sea. The company provides the industry’s most comprehensive and advanced global product and services platform to organizations and people on the move. Our customers include commercial airlines, business jets, cruise and ferry lines, yachts, and commercial shippers. In addition, it provides products and services for the world’s most remote land-based natural resource energy operations, governments, non-governmental organizations, and mobile network operators. Supported by best-in-class and proprietary technologies, Global Eagle offers a fully integrated suite of solutions for connectivity and content, including Wi-Fi, on-demand video, multi-platform and multi-format entertainment content, interactive software, portable In Flight Entertainment solutions, content management services, ecommerce solutions, original content development, voice, cellular and 3G/LTE services, and mission-critical communications.
Role Summary
The Senior Director, Finance will be the lead for the Content Segment of Global Eagle. Reporting to the SVP of Finance, the senior director will lead a team of business unit managers and analysts in a matrix environment, providing budgeting, forecasting, analytical support and insights to business unit leaders. They will provide business analysis and decision support to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and other stakeholders throughout the organization. They will understand each client and business unit’s income statement drivers, and provide commercial insight to improve margins and operational efficiency. The director will be responsible for consolidation and completing the company’s forecasts and periodic results for use by senior management. Working with the VP Corporate Finance, the director will assist with leading the annual budget cycle, implement improvements to monthly forecast cycle, and identify and implement improvements to the management reporting function of the Company, providing senior leadership with improved insights and better business outcomes. They will prepare internal financial reports and perform ad hoc analysis.
Key Responsibilities
• Participate in the development of the Segment’s plans and programs as a strategic partner to the EVP, Content
• Develop, implement and maintain an effective planning and analysis capability that will provide senior leadership with appropriate analytical tools to establish goals and measure performance of the Company’s businesses
• Develop credibility for the finance group by providing timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial reports and financial trends in order to assist the EVP, Content, the Board of Directors and other senior executives in performing their responsibilities
• Manages the monthly management reporting and reforecasting processes that routinely communicates business, financial and operational performance trends, historical and forecasted, using appropriate metrics. Suggest trends, resulting implications, key actions, and strategic implications
• Deliver a comprehensive monthly reporting package for management, including monthly reviews of budget vs. actual with business unit leaders
• Develop high quality presentations for Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors
• Be a business partner that connects finance, sales, operations together to improve customer outcomes
• Work closely with accounting group to ensure appropriate reporting on US GAAP basis
• Plan, develop, organize, implement, direct and evaluate the Content Segment's Finance function and performance
• Provide technical financial advice and knowledge to others within the finance function
• Foster strong relationships with the Segment leadership team
• Is involved in the interviewing, hiring and training of new employees, evaluates performance and makes decisions regarding employment status
Qualifications/Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting required. MBA or CPA is preferred.
• 14+ years demonstrated track record of performance in progressively senior financial management roles.
• Proficiency with reporting and analytics software, Hyperion Planning and Oracle preferred, advanced Excel skills, and the ability to learn and use additional budgeting and financial management programs
• Full understanding of accounting principles along with the understanding of the business drivers and how they drive behavior and profitability
• Experience implementing profitability analysis and reporting, dashboards, and financial budgeting systems desired
• Solid experience in interacting productively with firm leadership and key stakeholders, including coaching decision makers on issues involving cost controls and profitability
• FP&A experience at a public company preferred
Skills/Interests
• Strong analytical and problems solving skills
• Critical thinking
• Ability to effectively communicate complex financial concepts to others with impact
• Must be a self-starter who understands both the details and larger context of various business issues and processes
• Resilient
• Analytical
Please note
: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.