FP&A Commercial Director - Licensing & Royalties

We're working with a leading entertainment and media business on an exciting opportunity for a Director of Commercial FP&A, leading revenue planning and forecasting across a portfolio of well-known entertainment brands. We're looking for a senior FP&A professional with strong commercial revenue forecasting experience, ideally within media, entertainment, licensing, IP, consumer products or another contract-led environment.

The role:

• Lead commercial FP&A across the group, with a strong focus on revenue planning, forecasting and budgeting
• Own quarterly Licensor/Partner forecasting cycles, producing detailed forecasts at an individual contract and licence level across a high volume of agreements
• Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting and longer-term financial planning cycles
• Partner closely with Commercial Directors across Europe and North America to review, understand and challenge licensee forecasts
• Translate detailed financial data into clear commentary, commercial insight and strategic narratives for senior stakeholders and licensors
• Provide commercial analysis and revenue tracking to support strategic decision-making
• Partner with Partnership Finance and local finance teams across global entities to consolidate planning and analysis
• Manage and develop a team of 2, alongside building strong cross-functional relationships
• Drive process improvement, automation and consistency across the finance function
• Support the business through a number of ongoing finance and software transformation projects

We're looking for:

• Senior FP&A / Commercial Finance experience, ideally at Senior Manager, Head of FP&A or Director level
• Strong commercial revenue forecasting and financial planning experience, ideally involving high-volume, granular forecasting at contract, customer, product or licence level
• Experience within licensing, media, entertainment, IP, consumer products or a similarly commercial / contract-led environment highly desirable
• Strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills, with confidence working with senior Commercial Directors and other senior stakeholders
• Proven experience managing and developing finance teams
• Excellent Excel and financial modelling capabilities; Power Query and Power BI experience advantageous
• Proactive approach to process improvement, automation and finance transformation
• ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualification

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