A Day In The Life Of A Director Of Finance At Paramount
A typical day for Tim, Director of Finance at Paramount, begins with collaborating with the VP of Studio finance to plan the day and connecting with operational vice presidents "to understand the latest" in their respective areas. This involves monthly financial close processes, forecasting, and addressing ad-hoc requests like modeling capital expense projects.
Finance, Financial Analysis, Budgeting, Forecasting, Leadership
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Tim Gardner
Director of Finance
Paramount
University of Scranton 2008
UCLA EMBA Class of 2023
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Video Highlights
1. Collaborates with VP of Studio Finance to plan the day's activities.
2. Connects with operational VPs to understand business updates.
3. Closes monthly financials and forecasts for the remainder of the year, and addresses ad-hoc requests such as modeling capital expense projects.
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What does a day in the life of your role look like?
Usually, the first thing I do is connect with my boss, the VP of Studio Finance. We collaborate to lay out the day.
Then, I connect with the operators. These are the people in the field running the operations, the vice presidents who manage the stages, lighting, transportation, etc. This is to understand the latest happening within their businesses.
Each month, we also close out the financials. We look at how we performed for the month and then re-forecast for the rest of the year. There are also ad hoc requests, like modeling capital expense projects.