Director, FP&A - XR Pay
Extreme Reach
XR is a global technology platform powering the creative economy. Its unified platform moves creative and productions forward, simplifying the fragmentation and delivering global insights that drive increased business value. XR operates in 130 countries and 45 languages, serving the top global advertisers and enabling $150 billion in video ad spend around the world. More than half a billion creative brand assets are managed in XR’s enterprise platform.
Above all, we are a supportive and collaborative culture dedicated to DEI. We are caring, dedicated, positive, genuine, trustworthy, experienced, passionate and fun people with loyalty to our customers and our fellow teammates. It is our belief that the better we work together to help our clients achieve their goals, the more successful XR will be.
The Opportunity:
The Director FP&A will partner with the President, XR Pay and other key stakeholders playing a critical role in driving our accounting operations and technical accounting functions including corporate financial consolidation and reporting related to our XR Pay division. The hired candidate will create durable and recurring processes and while building analysis and insight into everything we do. In this highly visible role, you will have a major impact on our success.
You will be empowered to help set the vision and goals for the XR Pay team, build relationships, optimize tools, and seek efficiencies to deliver on these goals. The ideal candidate will have a constant eye toward incremental improvements, connecting detail-oriented analysis to “big-picture” implications, they think and plan multiple steps ahead. This role will partner with XR’s Chief Financial Officer, Global Controller, and Vice President of Corporate FP&A.
Job Responsibilities:
- Perform extensive variance analysis vs. prior year, budget and forecasting, focusing management's attention on key issues.
- Oversee accounting month end closing processes, review month end P&L balance sheet, ensure accuracy for consolidation, and ensure compliance with internal controls
- Monitor working capital needs of the XR Pay business and prepare a free cash flow forecast
- Develop and analyze global business performance metrics, by partnering with the business leaders to develop an understanding of industry, corporate and customer drivers.
- Responsible for accurate, timely and insightful financial and operational analysis and reporting on a global basis.
- Participate in the monthly review of actual results for reasonableness and consistency with budget and prior year.
- Develop global financial models to aid evaluation of internal product initiatives and their impact on the organization's financial performance.
- Increase productivity by developing automated applications; eliminating duplicates; coordinating information requirements.
- Provide information to management by assembling and summarizing data; preparing reports; making presentations of findings, analyses, and recommendations.
- Prepare weekly revenue, expense and cash forecasts and provide variance explanations.
- Build and maintain effective business partnerships within the organization and respond to spending inquiries from budget owners.
- Other duties and projects as assigned by Management
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or equivalent plus 10+ years of directly related experience
- Experience working within Adtech, entertainment payments, Advertising Agency, or the media tech industry highly preferred
- Expert with Excel and PowerPoint and knowledge of ERP systems (Netsuite / SAP)
- Excellent analytical and modeling skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Detail oriented, able to work under deadlines and perform multiple tasks effectively and concurrently
- Ability to analyze results and assess financial/strategic impacts of business decisions
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and generate reporting efficiencies
- Financial and economic modeling skills required
- Demonstrated knowledge of finance and accounting principles and procedures
FLSA Status: Exempt
Pursuant to California's Pay Transparency Law the pay range for this position is $155,000 - $165,000; base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.