Job Description
RED Digital Cinema, a Nikon Group company, is a leading manufacturer of professional digital cameras. RED's modular camera system and groundbreaking image quality are by far the best on the market today! Started by Jim Jannard (founder of Oakley), RED continues to break ground with new products like KOMODO and V-RAPTOR. RED was used for major productions like The Queen's Gambit, The Social Dilemma, My Octopus Teacher, The Suicide Squad, The Morning Show, Russian Doll, Squid Game, Matrix, Red Notice, and Mank. In addition, RED has been selected as the camera of choice in 3 major productions, winning 2 Oscars and 3 Emmys in the cinematography category. This is an exciting time for RED and we are growing!
The Senior Financial Analyst will work closely with the FP&A Director & VP of Finance to provide support in preparing the financial budget, demand planning forecasts, variance analysis and monthly reporting as well as other financial reporting needs. The successful candidate will analyze relevant data to help provide executives with the information needed to drive decision-making.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Partners with FP&A Director to build annual budget and forecast models. Understands financial statements and is responsible for the integrity of operational expenses to ensure accurate budget preparation.
- Co-owner of forecast modeling with close attention to detail, meeting timeliness and managing data collections and analysis from various sources.
- Responsible for the preparation of Monthly Financial reports and detailed fact finding on variances by partnering with department leaders to actively manage budgets.
- Reports to functional leaders the monthly financial and operational performance to collect and explain variances to budget.
- Responsible for providing monthly financial information to management. Accountable for researching and analyzing accounts.
- Responsible for continuous financial analysis for both financial and non-financial data to draw conclusions and make recommendations.
- Conducts ad-hoc analyses as needed to support operational decision making and develop and/or improve FP&A processes and financial reporting.
- Facilitates monthly Supply Chain meeting using revenue forecast data, to develop the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process.
- Leads the collaboration with the Operations team in providing clarity on operational performance details, formulating, tracking, and managing manufacturing KPIs to drive process improvement initiatives.
- Serve as a strategic business partner, offering financial support and performance analysis to the Manufacturing operations management team. This includes monitoring operational performance against established metrics and benchmarks to drive informed decision-making.
- Play a key role in the ongoing financial forecasting process and generate analysis and reporting that helps guide senior leadership.
Requirements:
- Experience with budgeting/planning, financial modeling, and decision analytics (e.g., FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, private equity).
- The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate a background of strong financial acumen and data analysis.
- Driven self-starter who enjoys rolling up their sleeves and building complex financial models in Excel or other planning applications.
- Comfort with an ever-changing environment and ability to quickly adapt on the fly.
- Able to take raw data, analyze it, draw conclusions, and develop actionable recommendations.
- Previous experience working in a high-growth environment preferred.
- Experience with NetSuite and financial planning/business intelligence tools a plus.
- Bachelors degree in math, finance, accounting, economics or a similar field