Manager, Business Finance

Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future. At Dolby, science meets art, and high tech means more than computer code. As a member of the Dolby team, you’ll see and hear the results of your work everywhere, from movie theaters to smartphones. We continue to revolutionize how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment worldwide. To do that, we need the absolute best talent. We’re big enough to give you all the resources you need, and small enough so you can make a real difference and earn recognition for your work. We offer a collegial culture, challenging projects, and excellent compensation and benefits, not to mention a Flex Work approach that is truly flexible to support where, when, and how you do your best work.

The Finance & IT function works to accelerate business growth through ensuring that the company’s operations run efficiently and effectively, ultimately enabling the achievement of company goals.

Are you ready to take the spotlight as a financial maestro at Dolby?   As the Lead Finance Business Partner for our vibrant business group, you'll step into a role where numbers meet showbiz flair. Your mission? Elevate financial strength and inject a dose of financial magic into every decision our business leaders make, ensuring our ventures shine brighter than ever before. Guiding our star-studded team of financial wizards, you'll orchestrate a symphony of fiscal brilliance, directing the flow of resources with finesse and precision. From budgeting blockbuster productions to forecasting the next chart-topping hit, your strategic acumen will set the stage for success. Join us in the spotlight as we transform numbers into narratives, turning dreams into dazzling realities in the world of entertainment!

What will I be accountable for?

• You will be a trusted and strategic finance partner to General Managers, Operations Leaders of your business areas and finance team on business and financial decisions
• Translating strategy and business goals into operational and financial plans, leading the end-to-end planning process, which includes modeling, interlocking between the business and corporate planning, investments prioritization and resource analysis
• Developing metrics and dashboards to monitor and forecast the health of the business group will be key for this role
• Building predictability and confidence in the operating expense forecasting process is important here. Driving financial forecasting process, reporting and work closely with corporate teams for timely submissions
• Partner with Finance Controllership group in financial close process. Lead monthly and quarterly financial reporting process that enables business decision making
• Identify, design, lead and monitor projects intended to create efficiencies and effectiveness, standardize business practices, drive process improvements, design effective controls, and deliver high impact analysis for decision making

What skills, experience, and qualifications do I need?

• Demonstrable experience in partnering with business, roles in public accounting and/or corporate finance
• Being successful in this role requires a large degree of analytical thought leadership, passion for commercial success, excellent organization and communication skills, and the ability to synthesize complex data and develop new ways of approaching business challenges independently and proactively
• Ability to manage, align and balance the demands and expectations of the business and corporate requires close collaborations with various stakeholder
• You will hold a degree in accounting or finance and be value focused. You can translate financial acumen into business insight, quickly, on-demand and will have significant financial management depth, including capital management and revenue models

Attitude

• Enthusiastic, dedicated approach to business partnering – looking to contribute at every opportunity
• Independent self-starter who is motivated by developing relationships, automation to create space for value-add activities
• Personal dedication to actively analyze data to identify risks/opportunities for your business 
• Curiosity to understand the business and specifically build a strong understanding of the business area they support
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, be comfortable creating ways of working and bringing structure to the way that others work 
• Strong people manager to coach and develop talent

Influencing

• Build strong relationships and credibility with both finance and non-finance partners
• Strong character able to build relationships with partners but also remain independent, challenging as much as supporting
• Effective influencing non-finance partners using financial analysis & insight

Analysis / Insight

• Combines financial and business insight to drive forward understanding of business performance
• Confident building financial models to support investment cases and business decision-making
• Communicate and present complex analysis/concepts in a simple and concise way
• Agile when required to get into the detail and work with data to produce analysis

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The San Francisco/Bay Area base salary range for this full-time position is $145,300-177,500 which will vary if outside this location, plus bonus, benefits, and some roles may also include equity. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, competencies, experience, market demands, internal parity, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range and perks and benefits for your location during the hiring process.

Dolby will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of San Francisco Police Code, Article 49, and Administrative Code, Article 12

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Dolby is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our success depends on the combined skills and talents of all our employees. We are committed to making employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, family status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.