Director, Strategic Finance – Venue Management

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Connecticut, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Act as the main strategic finance partner and financial consultant for Venue Management leadership, including the President.

• Provide guidance on strategy, investment choices, portfolio/venue-level economics, and growth initiatives.

• Represent the financial stance and priorities of Venue Management in corporate-level planning activities.

• Evaluate assumptions, assess risk, and outline trade-offs to aid BU decision-making.

• Coordinate finance, data, personnel, and systems priorities across Controllership, Insights/Analytics, HR, and IT.

• Manage the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and long-range planning process across venues, regions, and functional leaders.

• Lead monthly management reporting and variance analysis.

• Enhance analytical infrastructure, including models, dashboards, and KPI frameworks.

• Collaborate with Controllership on close-related issues to ensure reported results are accurate, defensible, and audit-ready.

• Convert operational and financial data into actionable business decisions.

• Work alongside HR and IT on organizational design, staffing, and system requirements, including ERP rollout.

• Review monthly financial outcomes and align operational drivers with reported metrics.

• Oversee the Venue Management KPI framework, which includes EBITDA, margin, budget achievement, and venue-level profitability.

• Prepare BU-level financial results and narratives for corporate and global consolidation processes.

• Identify and quantify opportunities for cost savings, efficiency, and margin enhancement.

• Collaborate with the President to prioritize and monitor execution.

• Engage in cross-enterprise finance initiatives such as ERP implementations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline.

• MBA or CFA is preferred.

• Extensive progressive finance experience.

• Proven FP&A leadership.

• History of direct business partnership with senior operating executives at the President/GM/COO level or equivalent.

• Experience in a private equity-backed or multi-site setting is strongly preferred.

• A background in venue management, live events, hospitality, sports & entertainment, or another multi-site operational business is advantageous.

• Strong ERP and systems proficiency, such as D365 or similar platforms.

• Experience in partnering through an ERP implementation is a plus.

• Executive presence and judgment to function as a trusted advisor to a BU President.

• Capability to deliver challenging financial truths and strategic opportunities.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to distill complex financial analyses into a clear narrative for diverse audiences.

• Strong collaboration abilities and capacity to establish trust and alignment among peer functional leaders without formal authority.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance-based incentives.

• Comprehensive medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Disability insurance.

• Paid vacation.

• 401(k) plan.

• Flexible level and compensation based on experience, skills, qualifications, and scope of responsibility.