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Director, Finance- Theater Operations

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Headquartered in Plano, TX, Cinemark Holdings, Inc. is a leader in the motion picture exhibition industry with 500+ theatres in the U.S. and Latin America.

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The Director of Finance – Theatre Operations will lead Cinemark’s Domestic Theatre Operations Finance support organization. This is a high impact operational and commercially focused finance role, reporting directly to the SVP of Operational Finance. The Director of Finance – Theatre Operations has the demonstrated ability to deliver results, lead via influence, partner cross-functionally, drive consensus and build high-performing teams. This individual is data-centric with the ability to leverage data and analysis to help the organization achieve its strategic and operational goals.

The position will act as a strategic and collaborative business partner with the Executives of Cinemark’s Domestic Theatre Operations Department. The Theatre Operations department provides leadership over all Theatre Operations including ticket sales and pricing, showtimes and operating hour scheduling, theatre staffing, customer service, food and beverage sales, inventory control, repairs and maintenance, and new revenue initiatives. It is the backbone of the company and the key revenue and profit center. The position provides critical financial thought partnership as well as provides all financial and operational reporting, planning, forecasting, budgeting and analysis for revenues, expenses, profit margin and capex for the Executive leadership and operating personnel of Cinemark’s Domestic Theatre Operations Department. The position will also provide analysis and reporting of the Theatre Operations business to the CEO, CFO, Investor Relations (IR) and Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) departments.

Responsibilities:

The focus of the FP&A Theatre Operations team is on cost management, process improvement, improving data systems and business processes, accurate reporting, and producing timely, accurate, and meaningful insights and reports efficiently.

  • Ownership over the delivery of the Domestic Theatres financial results, partnering closely with Domestic Theatre Operations business leaders to drive achievement of the budget and advance our strategic initiatives.
  • Deliver thought partnership and value-added analytical support to the EVP, DVPs and RVP’s of Domestic Theatre Operations: drive action through analysis, recommendation and execution.
  • Bring a strategic mindset towards discovering opportunities and identifying new areas of growth or efficiency.
  • Interpret and summarize complex data to help achieve strategic and operational goals.
  • Attract, develop, and retain strong finance talent.
  • Streamline finance processes. Stand up repeatable and scalable solutions which enable controllership while shifting the balance of the team’s time towards value added support.
  • Advance business intelligence and ad hoc reporting development to support the Theatre Operations Team.
  • Provide support to IR in the preparation of quarterly earnings, Q&A and messaging.
  • Types of analysis, financial models and critical thought leadership would cover areas such as:
  • Ticket price analysis and recommendations
  • Cost management
  • Process improvement
  • Theatre, geographic and demographic market performance
  • Labor cost analysis
  • ROI on new initiatives
  • Operating hour recommendations
  • Tracking and analyzing theatre concepts both external and internal
  • Tracking / monitoring / determining financial impact of competition new builds (impacted theatres)
  • Show schedules
  • Benchmarking and monitoring competitors
  • Ad hoc analysis and reporting needs of department heads, SVP, CFO and senior management
  • Create accurate budgeting and forecasts for theatre driven revenues and cost, along with tracking of actuals versus budget.
  • Coach, lead, develop and motivate direct reports.
  • Provide continuous and timely communication to leadership team.

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 10 years of progressive financial experience, including broad financial partnering and leadership for operational teams in a dynamic organization.
  • A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field from an accredited and recognized institution of higher learning is required with an advanced degree (MBA, equivalent) preferred.
  • Proven analytical skills with a hands-on and detail-oriented nature; able to accomplish deep-dive analytics both individually and in collaboration with the team.
  • Solid leadership skills with an ability to lead, influence, develop and motivate a team.
  • Curious, independent and proactive thinker with demonstrated record of approaching management with original and creative views on how to improve the business using data driven analysis.
  • Advanced Excel modeling and PowerPoint skills.
  • Clear verbal/written communication and presentation skills with an ability to influence and build positive interpersonal relationships.
  • Ability to cope in a fast, dynamic environment and manage a wide range of tasks simultaneously.
  • Track record of leading simplification and process improvement projects
  • Collaborative, team player.
  • High degree of personal and professional integrity.
  • Multi-outlet brick & mortar retail and/or entertainment industry experience a plus.
  • Essbase, SQL, OLAP, Power BI or multi-dimensional database experience a plus.
  • Experience in database maintenance, design or queries a plus.

DISCLAIMER: This job description is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Cinemark USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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