Netflix

Sr. Manager, Studio FP&A

Netflix$325K — $500K *
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Highly analytical & strategic mindset with strong communication skills.
  • Solid understanding of accounting principles and related guidance.
  • Demonstrated initiative in exceeding executive business demands in a fast-paced environment.
  • Motivated and disciplined with the ability to work autonomously in a flat organization.
  • Preferred background in media, entertainment, VFX, or project/production-based businesses; proven financial and strategic analysis experience.

Responsibilities

  • Lead P&L forecasting for key production innovation units.
  • Own headcount planning and manage people costs effectively.
  • Conduct financial scenario analyses for strategic decision-making.
  • Drive investment analyses for new initiatives and deals.
  • Forecast and plan capital expenditures (Capex).
  • Develop financial metrics and dashboards for insights.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to enhance financial frameworks.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Health Plans and Mental Health support.
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match.
  • Stock Option Program and Disability Programs.
  • Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Family-forming benefits and Life insurance.
  • Generous paid leave and flexible time off policies.
Full Job Description

The Studio Financial Planning & Analysis team is seeking a talented FP&A Senior Manager to support Eyeline, Interpositive, and the Animation Inkubator.  These represent Netflix’s key investments in production innovation:  Eyeline is Netflix’s large-scale VFX, Generative FX, and Virtual Production innovation company; Interpositive is Netflix’s newly-acquired filmmaking and editorial AI innovation company; and the Animation INKubator is Netflix’s pioneering team creating animated shorts and specials using experimental, creative-led, GenAI-native production pipelines. This Senior Manager will play a key role in driving financial planning, providing strategic insights, and partnering cross-functionally to support the growth and operational excellence of our these business units across global footprint. This role will also serve as a critical and integrated business partner to each unit’s leadership and to overall Content Operations & Innovation leadership.

In this role, you will need to be a big-picture thinker, a self-starter, and an analytical thought partner with an eye for detail. You must thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess a high level of intellectual curiosity, and embrace ambiguity and change. You must be a solutions-oriented problem solver and be able to communicate complex ideas using both qualitative and quantitative means to a broad spectrum of stakeholders - from Studio leadership to central Content, and Corporate FP&A, HR/Talent, and Product & Technology. The position is based in Los Angeles, and will lead a team of three FP&A Associates.  The role will require occasional travel to Vancouver, Canada where the Associate team and various Eyeline stakeholders are based.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Lead near- and long-term P&L forecasting for Eyeline, Interpositive, and the Animation INKubator

  • Own headcount planning and people cost management

  • Conduct financial scenario analyses to support strategic decision-making and business scaling

  • Drive analysis to support investment memos, deal analysis, go/no-go decisions, and new initiatives

  • Capex planning/forecasting

  • Develop and enhance financial KPIs, metrics, and dashboards to drive insights

  • Partner cross-functionally to evolve financial frameworks supporting both management and GAAP reporting

  • Prepare and deliver monthly and quarterly business review presentations, synthesizing performance across each entity

  • Support the implementation of dynamic financial planning tools and drive automation across systems and processes

  • Coordinate forecasts and consolidations across multiple stakeholders

  • Finance point person for the businesses that will interface/partner with other Finance functions (Accounting, Tax, etc)

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing FP&A team

  • Drive Innovation: Identify opportunities to improve processes, tools, and outputs as the business evolves

Qualifications:

  • Candidates are required to be highly analytical & strategic and be strong, effective communicators

  • A sound understanding of related accounting guidance

  • The successful candidate must display initiative in anticipating and exceeding the business demands of senior-level executives. This person must thrive in a fast-paced environment and exhibit the highest personal and professional standards of integrity and ethics

  • Netflix is fast-growing with a flat organizational structure, which means that employees are often asked to perform tasks with a range of difficulties. Candidate must be motivated, disciplined, flexible, and be able to work effectively autonomously

  • Candidates with prior experience in media, entertainment, VFX, production, or another project/production-based business will be prioritized. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record of superior financial and strategic analysis and delivering actionable recommendations based on this analysis

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of experience in an FP&A, Strategic Finance, or Planning role, including people-management experience

  • Extensive experience conducting quantitative and qualitative financial analyses, including headcount/position planning and opex management in a complex, multi-entity or multi-region organization

  • Must have proficiency working with systems and automated reporting tools (i.e., Anaplan, Workday, Oracle/TM1, Looker, etc.). Financial systems implementation experience is a plus

  • Superior proficiency with Excel and complex financial modeling

  • Experience using AI tools to build reports, dashboards, and enhance personal productivity

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • 4-year degree in a relevant field with strong academic performance, MBA a plus

  • Genuine passion and excitement for Netflix's unique culture

  • Exposure to international finance topics - multi-currency, intercompany, and government incentives/grants (e.g., Korea) - is a plus

Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $325,000.00 - $500,000.00.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.

About Netflix

Netflix, Inc. is an American media company founded on August 29, 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, and currently based in Los Gatos, California, with production offices and stages at the Los Angeles-based Hollywood studios (formerly old Warner Brothers studios) and the Albuquerque Studios (formerly ABQ studios). It operates an eponymous over-the-top subscription video on-demand service, which showcases acquired and original programming as well as third-party content licensed from other production companies and distributors. Netflix is also the first streaming media company to be a member of the Motion Picture Association.
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Net Income
$2.7 billion
Founded
1997
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