Financial Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis

About This Role

This corporate finance position supports budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting, and financial planning across the company's venue portfolio. You will work with finance and operating teams to explain results, update forecasts, and evaluate business decisions. It is a corporate finance position rather than an accounting, audit, or investment-management role.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly financial reports comparing actual results with budgets, forecasts, and prior periods
• Investigate revenue and expense variances and explain the main business drivers in clear language
• Update monthly forecasts for assigned venues and corporate departments
• Support the annual budgeting and long-range planning processes
• Build and maintain financial models for attendance, ticket revenue, event costs, labor, food and beverage sales, and facility expenses
• Partner with venue leaders to review performance and improve the accuracy of operating assumptions
• Prepare dashboards, presentation materials, and concise commentary for leadership meetings
• Evaluate proposed events, equipment purchases, vendor agreements, and other business decisions
• Check financial data for completeness and work with Accounting to resolve reporting discrepancies
• Improve recurring reports and reduce unnecessary manual spreadsheet work
• Provide financial information and recommendations

Requirements

• At least two years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, financial analysis, accounting, or a comparable analytical role
• Understanding of income statements, budgets, forecasts, accruals, and variance analysis
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup functions, conditional formulas, and structured financial models
• Ability to identify the business cause behind a financial variance rather than only report the number
• Clear written and verbal communication with both finance and non-finance colleagues
• Careful handling of confidential financial and commercial information
• Ability to manage recurring deadlines while responding to reasonable ad hoc requests

Nice to have:

• A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or a related field is preferred. Candidates with equivalent professional experience will also be considered
• Experience with Power BI, SQL, NetSuite, Adaptive Planning, entertainment, hospitality, or multi-location operations

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• HSA and FSA options
• Company-paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage