Sr. Director of Finance

Description

We are looking for an experienced finance leader to guide strategic planning, performance analysis, and operational oversight for our organization in Los Angeles, California. This role will work closely with executive leadership to shape financial direction, improve decision-making through clear reporting, and strengthen the processes that support long-term growth. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in project-based detail-oriented services environments and a strong command of both high-level financial strategy and day-to-day accounting operations.

Responsibilities:
• Act as a trusted financial partner to senior leadership by advising on business performance, growth planning, investment decisions, and broader strategic priorities.
• Build and lead long-range financial plans, annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and scenario analyses that support sustainable profitability and organizational goals.
• Assess financial and operational results by examining revenue trends, margins, utilization, pricing effectiveness, client profitability, and resource deployment.
• Create executive-level dashboards, key performance indicators, and reporting packages that translate complex financial data into actionable recommendations.
• Direct enhancements to finance systems, reporting tools, and business intelligence capabilities to improve visibility and support future expansion.
• Oversee accounting and finance operations to maintain reliable records, strong controls, and consistent financial integrity across the organization.
• Manage monthly, quarterly, and year-end close activities to ensure accurate and timely reporting in line with company standards and applicable regulations.
• Supervise core transactional processes including billing, receivables, collections, payables, payroll coordination, and related finance workflows.
• Ensure proper treatment of revenue recognition, project accounting, work-in-progress tracking, accruals, reconciliations, and intercompany activity across entities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline; an advanced financial or accounting credential is preferred.

• At least 7 years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including substantial leadership responsibility.

• Background supporting a branding agency or another project-based services business is strongly preferred.

• Proven success leading finance teams and developing staff within high-performance environments.

• Hands-on experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, month-end close, cash flow planning, and variance analysis.

• Strong knowledge of multi-entity accounting, including intercompany transactions, consolidations, and cross-border financial reconciliation.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including financial modeling, pivot tables, lookup functions, and detailed data analysis.

• Experience using enterprise financial platforms such as NetSuite, Acumatica, or similar accounting systems.

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