Sr. Financial Analyst, Programming Finance

Job Description Exciting opportunity within Versant’s Programming finance team supporting USA, E!, SYFY, and Oxygen. The Sr. Financial Analyst will report into the Vice President of Content Finance, and partner with leaders across various departments including Scheduling, Acquisitions, Controllership, Business Affairs, Creative, and Finance Senior Management. This position will provide traditional operational finance support related to, but not limited to current and acquired programming as well as development. Responsibilities include performing various FP&A related functions including estimates, budgets, variance analysis. In addition, this role will be responsible for greenlight analysis / postmortem performance of Versant’s entertainment content. Job Responsibilities Oversee financial aspects of programming budgets, including Original Series, Specials, Development, and Acquisitions. Support the management of P&L and cash forecasts for monthly pacing, annual budget, quarterly estimates and long-range plans; perform ad hoc strategic and financial analysis to support overall network strategy. Partner with Controllership on the programming amortization as well as reconciliation of programming models to the general ledger. Partner with operators to conduct scenario planning and financial impact of scheduling changes. Manage greenlight analysis and proforma P&L’s for Original and Acquired programming. Conduct post-mortem show profitability analysis. Other ad hoc projects and requests as assigned by upper management.