Director, Finance Transformation
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Job Location:
Culver, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 150000 - 175000
Posted on:
8 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is seeking an experienced Director Finance Transformation to lead high-impact initiatives that advance the evolution of SPEs global Finance function. This role sits within the Finance Transformation teamSPEs internal consulting and change-leadership groupand partners closely with senior Finance Technology and Business leaders across Motion Pictures Television Networks Corporate Functions Development Marketing and Distribution.
The Director will own a portfolio of complex transformation initiatives drive strategic decision-making and ensure delivery of measurable business value. This role requires a blend of financial expertise strategic thinking executive presence and hands-on leadership. The role offers significant exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to shape the future of Finance at Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and direct end-to-end finance transformation initiatives including operating model design process optimization and system-enabled change driving results through disciplined project management and change leadership.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across Finance and the businessfrom Analysts through the CFOto map key systems and end-to-end processes manage ambiguity identify root causes of inefficiencies and drive alignment on prioritized opportunities.
- Own and direct delivery of multiple concurrent initiatives ensuring clear objectives timelines governance and measurable outcomes while optimizing work processes and managing cross-team conflict.
- Proactively develop and recommend future-state designs including process operating model and system changes and communicate relevant transformation roadmaps business cases and value realization plans using structured Minto Memostyle logic.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to Finance leadership providing insights recommendations and thought leadership and influencing executive decision-making through clear storytelling and well-structured PowerPoint materials.
- Identify risks dependencies and change impacts; proactively manage mitigation strategies.
- Oversee analytical frameworks financial models and KPIs used to assess performance and value creation.
- Guide the adoption and change management efforts to ensure sustainable implementation aligning stakeholders and reinforcing new ways of working.
- Coach and mentor analysts and managers fostering strong analytical rigor collaboration and professional growth while attracting and developing top talent.
- Support the Office of the CFO on enterprise-wide strategic initiatives and executive-level communications.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in finance accounting business economics analytics or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in finance consulting or transformation roles with demonstrated leadership responsibility.
- Proven experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives in a matrixed organization.
- Strong understanding of financial planning accounting reporting and analytics processes and systems.
- Exceptional executive communication skills including the ability to synthesize complex topics and influence senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to build business cases evaluate tradeoffs and drive data-informed decisions.
- Experience with finance systems data platforms and analytics tools; advanced Excel required; knowledge of SAP S4/HANA is a plus.
- Strong project and change management capabilities; Agile or structured transformation experience a plus.
- High level of judgment accountability and ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments.
- Collaborative leadership style with a track record of developing high-performing teams.
Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability veteran status age sexual orientation gender identity or other protected characteristics.
SPE will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law.
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Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Accounting Software
- Forecasting
- Ellucian
- Financial Report Writing
- GAAP
- Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Budgeting
- Financial Management
- Financial Planning
About Company
The toga lady holds her torch high for film audiences everywhere by representing Columbia Pictures, the studio through which Sony Pictures Entertainment produces its big budget movies. The studio was founded in 1924, and in 1982 it was purchased by Coca-Cola. Sony purchased ...
