Senior Financial Analyst - Cash FP&A

Job Description

Founded in 1912, Paramount Pictures works with the entertainment industry's biggest filmmakers and brightest stars to produce and distribute entertainment around the world. The iconic Paramount logo has opened some of the most successful and beloved films in cinematic history, including timeless classics such as Sunset Boulevard, The Godfather, Forrest Gump and Ferris Bueller's Day Off; and blockbuster franchises such as Star Trek, Transformers, and Mission: Impossible. Recent innovative break-out films such as A Quiet Place and Rocketman have further elevated Paramount's film legacy. On the small screen, Paramount Television Studios' Defending Jacob, 13 Reasons Why, The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, Made for Love and Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan have also been thrilling audiences. With a beautiful 65-acre lot in the heart of Hollywood, a worldwide network of offices and a culture of engagement, Paramount's passionate employees ensure the studio continues to deliver creativity and innovation to a dynamic industry. Paramount is a subsidiary of ViacomCBS, which reaches 700 million global subscribers through MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, BET and other media networks.

This position is responsible for supporting the development and execution of a Cash Management strategy & supporting processes in conformity with ViacomCBS (the parent company) and industry standard methodologies!

Responsibilities:
• Assist with maintaining the company wide cash planning model
• Coordinating to prepare annual cash Budget and monthly updates (using both direct and indirect cash flow methods), as well as various ad hoc analyses
• Liaising with Accounting and Treasury groups to plan and report actual cash flow on a monthly basis as well as rolling 90 day forecast
• Coordinating with Business Units to collect summaries and explanations of actual and forecast results
• Finding opportunities to streamline data-gathering and forecasting processes. Assisting in the management of risks and opportunities to achieve cash flow targets
• Preparing quarterly summary and tracking of the company's ROIC initiatives
• Prepare Physical and Digital Cash Forecasting Model for long term and short-term forecasts
• Prepare International Theatrical Cash Forecasting Model for long term and short-term forecasts
• Assist in the consolidation of the daily forecast including actuals reconciliation and variance analysis!

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting and/or Finance
• Minimum 2 years related work experience; Cash or Treasury experience a plus
• Strong systems acumen, specifically, with Finance & Cash systems (Hyperion, Essbase, HFM)
• Excellent communication skills and able to work with all levels within the organization
• Highly organized, detail oriented, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of financial accounting and inter-relationships of balance sheet accounts
• Highly proficient with MS Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word). Specifically, V-Lookup, index matches, nested functions and building complicated models.
• Must display initiative and ability to take ownership of a process and get results
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Film experience preferred but not required

ViacomCBS is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

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