Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

United States·CarrolltonFull Timeexecutive

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Key Responsibilities

Granular Bottoms-Up Budgeting: Architect and govern an exhaustive, driver-based bottoms-up planning model for each distinct event or production.

Requirements Summary

Experience: 20+ years of progressive corporate finance and FP&A mastery, with proven success across departments venue operations ecosystems.

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Responsibilities

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→Granular Bottoms-Up Budgeting: Architect and govern an exhaustive, driver-based bottoms-up planning model for each distinct event or production. Partner directly with regional producers and operations leads to validate baseline operational drivers (e.g., local labor scaling, product utilization, venue rental thresholds, and AV supplier commitments).
→Pipeline & Event Forecast Management: Direct rolling forecasting cadences across shifting multi-year booking horizons. Model long-range customer share of wallet for B2B pipeline velocity trends, sponsorship win-rates, and multi-tier ticketing conversion funnels.
→Executive-Grade MD&A Framing: Act as the primary financial narrator to the Executive Team. Craft corporate-level MD&A pack that shift focus away from raw math to isolate exactly why targets were missed or exceeded (e.g., variance in average ticket, dynamic pricing elasticity, and channel Pricing framework – not Account specific pricing).
→SIOP Integration and focal point on: Lead the financial integration within the Sales, Inventory, Labor and Operations Planning (SIOP) cadence. Synchronize event specific sales across end customers in home markets, sales call commitments, regional capacity peak to trough for equipment and labor leveraging new equipment and labor reservations tool, and transient infrastructure inventory seamlessly with corporate cash flow metrics.
→Pricing & Multi-Channel Distribution: Deliver intensive business analysis on ticket delivery platforms and distribution channels. Supervise tiered offerings good, better, best, channel margins, and dynamic pricing governance models to optimize gross margin yields.
→CapEx & Technical Production Accountability: Enforce institutional control over the capital expenditures (CapEx) matrix. Underwrite large-scale investments in technical staging location of gear, streaming equipment movement, event management protocol, or permanent venue renovations, backed by strict ROI/IRR metrics and post-event audits.
→Pristine & Punctual Execution: Manage and mentor an agile corporate FP&A team under a strict, uncompromised schedule—ensuring monthly Flash reports, rolling projections, linked sequential KPI’s and strategic board presentations are flawless and delivered on time.

Requirements

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Experience: 20+ years of progressive corporate finance and FP&A mastery, with proven success across departments venue operations ecosystems.
Credentials: Master of Business Administration (MBA) paired with active, dual CPA and CFM credentials required.
Technical Stack: Native capability to manipulate database structures via SQL. Advanced dashboard architecture and narrative modeling in Power BI. Full functional mastery of Smartsource operating systems in six months.
Ability to travel once a quarter.

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