Senior Finance Analyst

Job Description

Responsibilities

The position is responsible for formulating and supporting the growth of the Local Acquisitions (LAQ) business, working closely with Production and Acquisition, Anime/Music, Rights, Business Development, and core FP&A, including key areas such as:
• Facilitate processes and coordinate with stakeholders in managing Board Packs (Project Investment Analysis) and obtaining approval from UK/US HQ.
• Ownership of Japan greenlighting – Check and Review the financials, consolidate and finalize the Board Pack deck, follow up on approvals, and finally record the documents for tracking, etc.
• Understand the LAQ content pipeline/LRP (Long Range Plan) and support reporting
• Manage and process ad-hoc inquiries and requests on behalf of overall LAQ business
• Financials: Board Pack, Board Pack vs Actual analysis, etc.

Job Description
• Take the lead of overall Board Pack process, vetting financials, developing a coherent sales pitch, and approval process.
• Support the meetings required for approvals including the internal group meetings/UK calls, etc., and act as the primary point of contact
• Track approval status and documentation, update the database as necessary
• Review approval documents for management review meetings in advance, and maintain a high quality of approval process and documentations
• Run the BP financial model, working with LAQ producers
• Full ownership of the LAQ content pipeline tracker and LRP
• Help translate and prepare an English version of content investment documents for HQ approval
• Support presentations for management on business review, etc.
• Monitor departmental performance and report to LAQ director with insights
• Join cross-departmental projects and assist the team from a financial feasibility viewpoint
• Support ad hoc reporting and analysis

Qualifications

Works closely with LAQ team (Directors and Producers) and FP&A in Finance, and liaison to the UK/US content group.
• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in financial planning/commercial finance (preferably in the media entertainment industry)
• Strong analytical skill, Critical thinker, Inquisitive
• Previous experience coordinating across multiple teams
• Independent and proactive
• Extensive experience with Excel/Powerpoint (Saleforce, Smartsheet etc a plus)
• Bilingual and bicultural in Japanese (Native/Fluent) and English (Fluent/Advanced)

Additional Information

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