Finance Director

THE ROLE:

We are seeking a highly motivated Finance Director with solid business acumen and partnership skills to join our finance team. This is a 'roll up your sleeves, hands-on position, requiring technical skill and business acuity to join an agile team reporting to the CFO and collaborating closely with executives and studio leaders.

You will be empowered and play a critical role in linking business activities and strategic initiatives with financial reporting and being an essential part of the day-to-day and long-term business operations. Your primary responsibility for this role is to lead all financial reporting and FP&A activities for ProbablyMonsters and its family of studios, including but not limited to forecasting and budgeting, project cost tracking, performance analysis, dashboard creation, and month-end close support. You will drive an efficient, effective, and comprehensive process for developing financial plans, forecasts, and studies that align with its strategic objectives.

WHO YOU ARE:

• You have experience designing and leading complex financial consolidation and FP&A for multiple entities and a thorough understanding of how to drive system and process improvements to enhance reporting and forecast accuracy.
• You comprehensively understand US GAAP, Federal Tax, and SALT and have extensive experience researching and documenting technical accounting topics.
• You enjoy playing a pivotal role in automating reporting and analytic functionalities using Power BI and other Cloud solutions.
• You have superior communication, presentation, and facilitation skills, with the ability to structure a concise, clear presentation of findings. Must be experienced in presenting and communicating insights (not just data) to Executives and Studio Leaders.
• You are a curious, internally motivated self-starter who can plan, organize, and establish priorities to manage multiple projects and achieve results in a high-growth, dynamic, and respectful environment where you never know exactly what each day brings.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Lead the finance team in preparing, analyzing, and publishing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting packages, including supporting schedules, footnotes, and performance summaries for Management that draw relevant and meaningful conclusions.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining the business intelligence platform (Power BI) to provide bottom-up visibility into operating and financial performance.
• Develop monthly reporting dashboards within Power BI, providing performance reporting based on a comprehensive financial metrics set. Proactively create new metrics and reports that align with stakeholder expectations and are modern and intuitive.
• Serve as point of contact for external auditors, ensuring open communication and timely responses to inquiries.
• Prepare and maintain technical accounting memos on all accounting topics impacting the Company and ensure policies, procedures, narratives, and control matrices appropriately reflect the technical accounting memos.
• Partner with the Corporate Controller on month-end close and KPI reporting, leading the forecast process and maintaining and improving data definitions/structures across finance and operations.
• Develop the annual budget and monthly forecasting process, including revenue, margins, cash flows, and operating expenses. Partner with budget owners and Studio Heads to develop resource needs while working within the Company's financial objectives.
• Independently execute complex data analysis across multiple platforms using Excel, Power BI, or other tools. Strong data analytics skills to troubleshoot data issues.
• Manage the reporting system and assist with ERP framework, design, implementation, and integration of accounting processes and reporting.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders across the organization to implement processes, frameworks, and systems and develop KPIs that allow us to capture and utilize timely and accurate data across the business for tracking performance and making better decisions.
• Serve as a trusted, strategic finance partner to the leadership team in revenue forecasting, operating expenses, CAPEX investment, Cashflow, ROI, operational efficiency, revenue growth, and profitability and help define and develop a 3–5-year operating plan.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ten years of demonstrated experience in financial analysis & reporting and/or controllership, preferably with prior work experience in the technology industry.
• Experience working with large amounts of complex data, transforming it into insights.
• Experience with consolidation, working in multiple companies, multi-divisions, or multi-department environments.
• Have a four-year bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or Economics. (CPA/MBA preferred).
• Experience using Microsoft Power BI, QuickBooks Advance Online, and Paycom programs.
• Experience with NetSuite a plus. Experience using Microsoft Excel (advanced user), Microsoft Word, Outlook, and other computer programs.
• Strong written, verbal, and graphical communication skills, enabling concise and straightforward communication of complex concepts.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and work independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

ProbablyMonsters is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Benefits:

• We provide a rich benefits package:
  • Medical Coverage - health, dental, and vision paid at 100% for the employee and dependents are subsidized by the Company.
  • Healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance.
    401(k) with an annual contribution by the Company.
  • Paid holidays and vacation, bereavement leaves, and parental leave.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part-time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company.

Compensation :

• This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, exempt (salaried) position.
• When an offer is made, many factors are considered, such as your unique experience and skills, where you live, where the work will be performed, what similar jobs pay, internal equity, and what you're looking for.
• In addition to base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for additional incentives, such as a sign-on bonus and short- and long-term incentives. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.