FP&A Associate Manager: Strategic Finance & Planning

Penske Media Corp.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Flexible vacation policy

401(k) with employer match

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is seeking an Associate Manager, Finance & Planning to support day-to-day FP&A for PMC Brands across media, live events, and production businesses. The role is designed for an experienced finance professional ready to take broader ownership, lead recurring planning and reporting processes, and partner with Finance leadership to turn financial information into clear insights.

Based in New York, the Associate Manager will create and track budgets, proactively review

Qualifications

• 3+ years of FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, investment banking, consulting, or similar analytical finance roles
• Experience budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, month-end close support, financial modeling
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets, PivotTables and lookups; strong PowerPoint skills; AI tools familiarity
• Ability to translate financial information into clear business insights

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver monthly and quarterly reporting packages with P&L results, KPIs, and commentary
• Lead variance analysis versus budget, forecast, and prior year; explain drivers and recommend actions
• Lead portions of annual budgets, forecasts, and planning cycles; coordinate inputs and challenge submissions
• Support month-end close by reviewing actuals, accruals, and reporting outputs
• Track revenue, production, and expenses across productions, events, and other PMC businesses
• Coordinate quota planning, commissions, and headcount planning
• Gather inputs from stakeholders, identify risks and opportunities, translate into recommendations
• Build and maintain financial models and scenario analyses for revenue, pricing, labor, costs
• Prepare management materials and executive analyses for Finance leadership and Board
• Improve recurring reports, data quality, and processes for efficiency

Skills

FP&A

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Excel/Sheets

PowerPoint

Communication

Collaboration

Workday Adaptive Planning

Education

Bachelor's in Finance

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Salesforce

NetSuite

Workday Planning

Job description

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is seeking an Associate Manager, Finance & Planning to support day-to-day FP&A for PMC Brands across media, live events, and production businesses. The role is designed for an experienced finance professional ready to take broader ownership, lead recurring planning and reporting processes, and partner with Finance leadership to turn financial information into clear insights.

Based in New York, the Associate Manager will create and track budgets, proactively review