Pixomondo has an opportunity for a Director Financial Planning and Analysis. Reporting to the CFO, you would be joining our Finance team, where your strategic acumen, financial expertise, and leadership will play a crucial role in the financial infrastructure.
Working closely with the CFO and CEO, you will be applying commercial and financial expertise to strategic initiatives. The ideal candidate for this role will have experience working for a prominent accounting firm, valuation firm or private equity firm who wants to take the skills and experience forward and make the move into the Media and Entertainment business.

REQUIREMENTS

• Typically 7 years accounting experience including experience in investment banking, valuation, private equity, or corporate / business development.
• Experience in entertainment and/or media desirable but not essential.
• Qualified Chartered Accountant/Qualified ACA / CIMA (UK)/ MBA (USA)
• Private equity experience for 3yrs desirable but not essential.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills
• Hypotheses driven and comfortable with ambiguity
• Ability to logically break down approach and assumptions
• Experience developing compelling business cases and presentations
• Deadline-driven, organized, and able to multi-task
• Ability to work in a team and on a standalone basis
• Ability to develop a collaborative rapport with divisional executives and teams
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Confident presenter.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications including Excel and PowerPoint and SAP

• Operational Management: Reporting & Analysis, Finance Operations across the group.
• Deliver actionable financial insights through BI tools and predictive modeling.
• Drive pragmatic approaches to solving key complex business problems through data analysis, predictive modeling and machine learning techniques.
• Provide financial, analytical modeling and strategic support business development growth initiatives
• Execute on maximizing and monetizing all domestic and international production incentives.
• Supervise new data management techniques to improve tax credit and production cost forecasting and pacing.
• Liaise with corporate tax, production audit, controllership, production, and government relations teams to ensure proper incentive compliance, government reporting and capitalize on internal tax credit utilization.
• Perform industry due diligence including market research of industry metrics, trends, and competitive analysis
• Partner with the CFO and CEO and finance teams to conduct analysis, craft messaging, and create deliverables for board meetings and key investor updates
• Prepare detailed analysis and commentary for presentations for leadership/senior management.
• Formulate and prepare presentations to share findings and recommendations for divisional and senior management critical to the decision-making process
• Drive complex, cross-functional strategic initiatives that impact all aspects of the business and organization
• Conduct ad-hoc analyses at the request of senior executives
• Champion ad hoc projects and training initiatives to foster growth and knowledge.
• Engage with internal teams, executive leadership, and business units for holistic decision-making, financial planning, and operational excellence.
• Maintain an up-to-date view on market research related to the industry.