The Director of Finance leads a team providing financial analysis and support for strategic decisions, managing budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow, while improving processes and team efficiency.
Business Unit: Company 3
Position: Director, Finance
Location: Toronto, ON (Remote/Hybrid**)
*Pay Range: $140,000 - $170,000 CAD annually
**This position will be hybrid and can be based out of any of our North American Company 3 studios (Canada: Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON; US: Santa Monica, CA, New York, NY, Atlanta, GA).
POSITION SUMMARY:
Company 3 performs post production services for features, commercials, network and cable TV shows. Such services include dailies, color correction, editing and special effects.
This role is a senior Finance position working across the full Company 3 portfolio, reporting to the VP of Finance, based in Toronto. The primary focus of the role is to lead an FP&A team of 12 (4 direct reports) as strategic partners to the business, providing strategic financial analysis and insight to help support decision making.
MAIN DUTIES:
The Finance Director will lead a team of 12 across Toronto, London, LA and India to provide business partnering and financial analysis to the business unit leaders and Company 3 senior leadership team. They will work closely with the Financial Controller to manage the month end close process and lead on the month end performance analysis which includes providing a performance summary to the Group team during the month end review call, and lead the budgeting and forecasting processes, working closely with the business and wider Finance team, to analyze the budget/forecasts and help deliver the business strategy. They will also be responsible for the following:
WHAT YOU BRING:
The ideal candidate will be well-experienced financial planning and analysis/commercial finance/business partnering. They must have experience liaising with senior stakeholders and be able to manage a team and interface effectively at all levels of the organization. Additional desired skills include:
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
Company 3, including its various business units and family of brands, provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more.
Diversity and Inclusion at Company 3:
Creativity has diversity at its core. We celebrate the value of each unique experience by being dedicated to fostering the most diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where every employee feels empowered and safe to show up to work as their full self.
It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Please inform the Company's HR representative if you need assistance completing any forms or otherwise need any accommodation or support in order to participate in the application process.
*The listed pay range represents the lowest to highest range that we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the range may be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, local currency exchange rates, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, applicable law, and business or organizational needs.
The benefits for eligible part-time employees working 25 or more hours per week and full-time employees in the US include a comprehensive package of health, retirement, and insurance benefits and paid time off. The benefits for eligible project hires and part-time employees working less than 25 hours per week in the US include retirement, select insurance benefits, and where required by law, health benefits. For roles filled in Canada and other territories, local benefits plan offerings as adopted and amended from time to time will apply.
The above compensation and benefits information is provided in accordance with various state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws.
This position is for an existing vacancy. Both external and internal candidates can apply for this role through the Company’s Career Page. The Company generally only contacts those individuals who have submitted an application which it wishes to interview. To the extent required by applicable law, the Company will contact candidates who are interviewed, within 45 days of their last interview, to advise as to whether or not a hiring decision has been made.
Position: Director, Finance
Location: Toronto, ON (Remote/Hybrid**)
*Pay Range: $140,000 - $170,000 CAD annually
**This position will be hybrid and can be based out of any of our North American Company 3 studios (Canada: Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON; US: Santa Monica, CA, New York, NY, Atlanta, GA).
POSITION SUMMARY:
Company 3 performs post production services for features, commercials, network and cable TV shows. Such services include dailies, color correction, editing and special effects.
This role is a senior Finance position working across the full Company 3 portfolio, reporting to the VP of Finance, based in Toronto. The primary focus of the role is to lead an FP&A team of 12 (4 direct reports) as strategic partners to the business, providing strategic financial analysis and insight to help support decision making.
MAIN DUTIES:
The Finance Director will lead a team of 12 across Toronto, London, LA and India to provide business partnering and financial analysis to the business unit leaders and Company 3 senior leadership team. They will work closely with the Financial Controller to manage the month end close process and lead on the month end performance analysis which includes providing a performance summary to the Group team during the month end review call, and lead the budgeting and forecasting processes, working closely with the business and wider Finance team, to analyze the budget/forecasts and help deliver the business strategy. They will also be responsible for the following:
- Support senior leadership in strategic decision making by providing timely financial analysis and insight. This may include analysis on revenue, pipeline visibility, costs and project profitability.
- Work with the business to forecast and manage cash.
- Continuously seek to improve processes and improve team efficiency and effectiveness.
- Utilize AI tools to improve processes and workflows.
- Continuously seek to improve margin in the form of both revenue growth and cost control.
- Support with capital expenditure proposals including ROI and presentations for approval.
- Assist with Finance system implementations and upgrades.
- Ad hoc requests from both Group Finance and senior management
WHAT YOU BRING:
The ideal candidate will be well-experienced financial planning and analysis/commercial finance/business partnering. They must have experience liaising with senior stakeholders and be able to manage a team and interface effectively at all levels of the organization. Additional desired skills include:
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in the entertainment (Film, TV or advertising) industry
- Educational background in a related (MBA or accounting/finance/economics) is a plus
- Experience in post-production industry a plus
- Strong systems skills, especially MS Office Suite/Excel; experience with database systems or D365 is a plus
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
Company 3, including its various business units and family of brands, provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more.
Diversity and Inclusion at Company 3:
Creativity has diversity at its core. We celebrate the value of each unique experience by being dedicated to fostering the most diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where every employee feels empowered and safe to show up to work as their full self.
It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Please inform the Company's HR representative if you need assistance completing any forms or otherwise need any accommodation or support in order to participate in the application process.
*The listed pay range represents the lowest to highest range that we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the range may be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, local currency exchange rates, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, applicable law, and business or organizational needs.
The benefits for eligible part-time employees working 25 or more hours per week and full-time employees in the US include a comprehensive package of health, retirement, and insurance benefits and paid time off. The benefits for eligible project hires and part-time employees working less than 25 hours per week in the US include retirement, select insurance benefits, and where required by law, health benefits. For roles filled in Canada and other territories, local benefits plan offerings as adopted and amended from time to time will apply.
The above compensation and benefits information is provided in accordance with various state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws.
This position is for an existing vacancy. Both external and internal candidates can apply for this role through the Company’s Career Page. The Company generally only contacts those individuals who have submitted an application which it wishes to interview. To the extent required by applicable law, the Company will contact candidates who are interviewed, within 45 days of their last interview, to advise as to whether or not a hiring decision has been made.
Top Skills
Ai Tools
D365
Excel
Ms Office Suite
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