Finance, Manager

United Talent Agency; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Center of excellence

Inclusive culture

Well-being programs

Growth opportunities

Collaborative environment

Job summary

United Talent Agency seeks an experienced Manager, Finance to coordinate and support financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and systems across the organization. Based in Beverly Hills, this role drives monthly reviews, long-range planning, and KPI development with a focus on accessible, actionable data.

The position collaborates with FP&A leads, standardizes methodologies, and enhances finance systems to deliver management-ready materials.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of FP&A, corporate finance, or related experience.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting knowledge.
• Ability to coordinate complex, deadline-driven processes across teams.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills with financial modeling.
• MBA, CPA, CFA or similar advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate timelines, milestones, deliverables, communications, calendars, templates, and version control for monthly reporting, quarterly outlooks, annual planning, long-range planning, and other recurring finance processes across UTA’s global business.
• Gather, consolidate, and validate financial inputs, reporting packages, commentary, risks, and opportunities from divisional finance leads; proactively elevate missed deadlines, unresolved dependencies, and data inconsistencies.
• Support monthly financial reviews through management reporting, variance and trend analysis, supporting schedules, scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and reconciliation of forecast and planning outputs.
• Partner with UTA’s divisional FP&A leads to standardize financial assumptions, reporting methodologies, terminology, templates, presentation formats, and planning processes across the company.
• Serve as a finance systems subject matter resource and partner with Finance Systems, BI, IT, and related teams on system administration, enhancements, implementations, testing, data validation, metadata maintenance, workflow administration, reporting improvements, and process optimization.
• Identify opportunities to automate, standardize, and streamline recurring finance activities and improve the accessibility, consistency, and usability of financial data.
• Support the Director with commission allocation workflows and related analytics and dashboard development.
• Develop and maintain standardized dashboards that support recurring monthly reporting and provide UTA department heads across the company with timely data for decision-making.
• Establish KPI definitions, governance standards, and reporting processes to ensure consistent performance tracking across all lines of business.
• Build strong working relationships across the finance organization, facilitate communication and issue resolution, and prepare ad hoc financial analyses and special projects as needed.

Skills

FP&A experience

Budgeting & forecasting

Management reporting

Analytical skills

Stakeholder coordination

Excel

PowerPoint

Financial modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business

MBA/CPA/CFA preferred

Tools

OneStream

Oracle Hyperion

EPBCS

Anaplan

Workday Adaptive Planning

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

UTA seeks an experienced Manager, Finance to serve as a central finance resource responsible for coordinating and supporting the company’s financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and related systems processes. This role will work primarily with the FP&A and system leads to ensure that financial inputs, timelines, assumptions, deliverables and data are complete, consistent, and submitted on schedule.

The position will help coordinate recurring forecast processes, support the preparation of monthly financial reviews, and contribute to the development and execution of the annual planning and long-range planning processes. The role will also support finance systems, dashboarding, reporting automation, KPI tracking, and process improvements that make financial data more accessible, consistent, and actionable across the organization. This position will be based in Beverly Hills, California.

The salary range for this role is $140,000 to $175,000 commensurate with experience and skills.

What You Will Do

· Coordinate timelines, milestones, deliverables, communications, calendars, templates, and version control for monthly reporting, quarterly outlooks, annual planning, long-range planning, and other recurring finance processes across UTA’s global business.

· Gather, consolidate, and validate financial inputs, reporting packages, commentary, risks, and opportunities from divisional finance leads; proactively elevate missed deadlines, unresolved dependencies, and data inconsistencies.

· Support monthly financial reviews through management reporting, variance and trend analysis, supporting schedules, scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and reconciliation of forecast and planning outputs.

· Partner with UTA’s divisional FP&A leads to standardize financial assumptions, reporting methodologies, terminology, templates, presentation formats, and planning processes across the company.

· Serve as a finance systems subject matter resource and partner with Finance Systems, Business Intelligence, IT, and related teams on system administration, enhancements, implementations, testing, data validation, metadata maintenance, workflow administration, reporting improvements, and process optimization.

· Identify opportunities to automate, standardize, and streamline recurring finance activities and improve the accessibility, consistency, and usability of financial data.

· Support the Director with commission allocation workflows and related analytics and dashboard development.

· Develop and maintain standardized dashboards that support recurring monthly reporting and provide UTA department heads across the company with timely data for decision-making.

· Establish KPI definitions, governance standards, and reporting processes to ensure consistent performance tracking across all lines of business.

· Build strong working relationships across the finance organization, facilitate communication and issue resolution, and prepare ad hoc financial analyses and special projects as needed.

What You Will Need

· Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.

· Approximately 5 to 8 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, finance operations, financial reporting, or related discipline.

· Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, variance analysis, and financial planning processes.

· Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex, deadline-driven processes across multiple teams and stakeholders.

· Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, including financial modeling and preparation of management-ready materials.

· Strong analytical, organizational, written communication, and problem-solving skills.

· High attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to identify and elevate issues appropriately.

· Ability to build effective working relationships and influence stakeholders without direct authority.

· Experience supporting annual operating plans and long-range planning cycles in a multi-division organization preferred.

· Experience with enterprise performance management or financial planning platforms such as OneStream, Oracle Hyperion or EPBCS, Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning, or a comparable system preferred.

· Experience with reporting and visualization tools such as Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, or comparable platforms preferred.

· Experience partnering with Finance Systems, Business Intelligence, or Information Technology teams.

· MBA, CPA, CFA, or another relevant advanced degree or professional certification preferred.

What You Will Get

• The unique and exciting opportunity to work at one of a leading global entertainment companies
• Access to the tools, leadership, and resources you will need to create and drive a center of excellence
• The opportunity to do the best work of your career
• Work in an inclusive and diverse company culture
• Competitive programs to support your well-being
• Experience working in a collaborative environment with room to grow

About UTA

UTA is a premier global talent agency built for the future of media and entertainment. The agency's diversified platform and best‑class, client‑first approach is innovative, collaborative, and positioned to lead in an evolving market. UTA represents the most celebrated artists, creatives, and brands, from icons and legends to next‑generation talent. Its integrated capabilities span film and television, music, comedy, creators, sports, brands, news, publishing, speakers, theater, and more. It is based in Los Angeles with offices in the U.S., London, and Munich.

For more information: https://www.unitedtalent.com/about/

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