Role Overview:The Director of Finance serves as the primary finance leader for Hammer Creative, overseeing the financial operations of our U.S. business while providing financial oversight and support for our UK operations.
This is a hands-on leadership role that combines day-to-day financial management with strategic financial planning. The Director of Finance is responsible for ensuring leadership has accurate, timely, and actionable financial information to understand company performance, manage resources, evaluate risk, and make informed business decisions.
Working within a fast-paced creative marketing environment specializing in video games and entertainment, this role will partner closely with executive leadership, Production, Client Services, People Operations, and department leaders to manage company and project financial performance, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and profitability.
The Director of Finance will also coordinate with external accounting, tax, payroll, legal, and other professional partners in both the U.S. and UK to support the financial needs of both entities.
Responsibilities:Financial Operations & Reporting- Oversee day-to-day financial operations, including AP, AR, billing, collections, expenses, and cash flow.
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close and financial reporting.
- Coordinate financial consolidation and intercompany activity between the U.S. and UK entities.
- Manage relationships with external accountants, tax advisors, banks, and other financial partners.
- Maintain appropriate financial controls, policies, and documentation. Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Planning
- Lead annual budgeting and maintain ongoing revenue, expense, cash flow, and headcount forecasts.
- Analyze financial performance against budgets and forecasts and identify risks and opportunities.
- Develop financial models and scenarios to support hiring, investments, growth, and other business decisions.
- Provide leadership with clear and actionable financial reporting and recommendations.
Agency & Project Financial Management- Partner with Production, Client Services, and department leaders to monitor project budgets, staffing, costs, and profitability.
- Analyze profitability by client, project, department, and business entity.
- Monitor key agency metrics including gross margin, labor costs, and utilization.
- Identify potential budget overruns and margin concerns and communicate risks proactively.
UK Operations & Compliance- Provide financial oversight and support for the UK business in partnership with UK accountants and professional advisors.
- Coordinate UK financial reporting, intercompany transactions, and multi-currency activity.
- Work with UK advisors to support statutory accounts, tax, VAT, payroll, and other financial requirements.
- Coordinate cash movement and financial planning between the U.S. and UK entities.
Strategic Partnership- Serve as a financial partner to executive leadership on company performance, hiring, growth, and investment decisions.
- Translate financial information into clear insights for non-financial leaders.
- Improve financial systems, processes, controls, and reporting as the company grows.
- Present financial performance, forecasts, risks, and key metrics to leadership.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, or comparable professional experience.
- 8-10+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience.
- Experience leading or independently managing a finance function.
- Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, financial reporting, and financial modeling.
- Experience in a project-based business; advertising, creative agency, entertainment, gaming, production, or post-production experience strongly preferred.
- Experience analyzing project/client profitability, labor costs, margins, and utilization.
- Experience with multi-entity or international operations preferred; U.S./UK experience is a plus.
- Proficiency with QuickBooks Online, BILL, Rippling, Excel/Google Sheets, or comparable platforms.
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively as the company's primary finance resource.
The pay range for this role is:
160,000 - 180,000 USD per year (Los Angeles - Hammer Creative Office)
