Sr. Financial Analyst, FP&A CNBC & MSNOW

Job Description

Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A

Job Description

This key role is a critical finance partner for operational leaders across MS NOW and CNBC as well as financial leaders at Versant. The Senior Financial Analyst will help shape planning, forecasting, reporting, and decision support for two high-profile media brands, translating financial data into clear insights that support strategic and operational priorities. This role offers meaningful exposure to senior finance, editorial, creative, and operational leadership, with the opportunity to influence business decisions in a fast-paced news and media environment. This role will report to the Senior Director, News Finance, and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as a trusted FP&A partner to editorial leadership supporting audio, digital publishing, and content strategy for MS NOW.
• Partner with creative leadership supporting marketing and graphics teams across MS NOW and CNBC. 
• Support accounts payable and accounts receivable processes across MS NOW and CNBC, helping ensure accurate and timely financial execution.
• Plan, evaluate, and communicate the financial implications of strategic decisions, staffing changes, investment opportunities, and cost initiatives.
• Own core financial processes, including annual budgets, long-range strategic plans, and in-year financial estimates for both P&L and cash forecasts.
• Create and maintain KPIs, dashboards, and recurring financial reporting that provide clear visibility into business performance and forecast drivers.
• Review, maintain, and improve existing financial models, including detailed validation of formulas, links, assumptions, outputs, and version control.
• Build Excel-based analyses and scenario models that help leaders understand risks, opportunities, trade-offs, and operational impacts.
• Prepare executive-ready materials that synthesize complex financial information into concise insights and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Develop strong working relationships with financial and operational leaders across MS NOW, CNBC, and Versant.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS/ REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field
• 2+ years of experience in progressive Operational Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounting, or related analytical finance roles
• Strong financial modeling skills, including the ability to review existing models, audit formulas, troubleshoot links and data flows, and improve model structure, accuracy, and usability.
• Advanced Excel proficiency, including comfort with complex formulas, pivot tables, lookups, data validation, scenario analysis, and model documentation.

 

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

• High-impact, collaborative finance professional who is energized by partnering closely with business leaders and influencing decisions through data.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver on multiple assignments, meet tight deadlines, work independently, and be effective and decisive under pressure.
• Ability to adapt and work well in a fast-paced, results-oriented and rapidly changing environment.
• Able to build strong working partnerships along with the ability to listen, understand, and influence across various levels within the organization.
• Possesses the confidence and presence to interact and present at senior management and executive levels.
• Analytical mindset, curiosity, and initiative; expertise in leveraging and analyzing financial data to drive strategic decision making.
• Interest in the news, media, digital publishing, or content businesses, with a desire to learn the operating drivers behind major media brands.
• Continuous-improvement orientation, with a willingness to streamline processes, strengthen controls, and make reporting and models more efficient.

Salary range: $70,000-$90,000

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].

VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.

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