Top Corporate Finance Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Leads corporate FP&A, including budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, variance analysis, financial reporting, and business partnering. Supports IT finance by evaluating technology investments, vendor commitments, project economics, and departmental costs. Builds automated financial models, reporting tools, and investment business cases using NPV and related methodologies. Translates complex financial and operational data into executive insights, recommendations, and decision support while improving planning processes and reporting efficiency.

Prepare month-end journal entries and financial reports, maintain and reconcile general ledger and balance sheet accounts, support annual audits, resolve discrepancies and compliance issues, improve accounting systems and procedures, and assist or train junior staff. The role requires GAAP knowledge, financial analysis skills, strong communication and organization, Excel proficiency, and the ability to work independently under pressure.

Supports Molina Healthcare’s corporate development and M&A strategy by sourcing and evaluating opportunities, building financial and valuation models, coordinating due diligence and transaction activities, supporting agreement negotiations, preparing leadership presentations, and assisting with post-acquisition integration. The role requires cross-functional collaboration, strong financial analysis, project management, negotiation, communication, and organizational skills.

Leads Mission Lane’s M&A and partnership strategy, exit readiness, IPO preparation, strategic positioning, and executive and Board communications. Advises the credit card business, directs external advisors, executes transactions from diligence through negotiation, and coordinates cross-functional readiness efforts. The role may also assume leadership of new products, business lines, or acquisitions. Candidates need extensive strategy, investment banking, financial markets, credit, lending, or private equity experience, plus the ability to deliver results through influence in ambiguous, matrixed environments.

Serve as an embedded FP&A partner to senior functional leaders, owning cost center budgeting, variance analysis, and headcount modeling. Build and improve cost, margin, and P&L models, surface strategic margin and efficiency opportunities, support annual and long-range planning, prepare variance commentary, and lead ad hoc strategic analyses and special projects.

Lead Updater's corporate development strategy by sourcing, evaluating, and executing acquisitions and strategic partnerships. Build target pipelines, lead deal execution and diligence, develop valuation models, and drive M&A integration. Advise executive team on market dynamics, identify build-versus-buy opportunities, and maintain relationships with PE, VC, and investment banks to enhance deal flow and strategic growth.

Owns financial control and reporting across a multi-entity, multi-currency group. Responsibilities include leading close and consolidation processes, maintaining reconciliations and financial statements, managing Iplicit, overseeing audits, implementing internal controls, ensuring statutory and tax compliance, and managing the accounting team. The role also serves as the technical accounting escalation point and finance partner to other departments.

Leads M&A deal sourcing and pipeline management by identifying acquisition targets, screening financial and operational fit, preparing executive opportunity assessments, monitoring market and competitor activity, and supporting valuation and synergy modeling. The role requires corporate development, investment banking, or strategy experience, strong financial analysis, BPO or services industry deal experience, and the ability to independently manage early-stage acquisition discussions.

Leads GoDaddy’s end-to-end corporate development and M&A activities, including deal sourcing, investment thesis development, diligence, financial modeling, valuation, negotiation, executive recommendations, and post-merger integration planning. The role requires cross-functional leadership across Finance, Legal, Tax, Strategy, Product, Partnerships, and business teams, plus relationship management with investment banks and industry partners.

Own key FP&A processes including financial reporting, cash forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, financial modeling, and ad hoc analysis. Partner with cross-functional teams and executives to provide insights, improve processes, automate workflows, and align operational plans with financial goals. The role requires advanced Excel skills and use of AI productivity tools such as Claude and Microsoft Copilot.

Perform controllership and corporate accounting work, including financial statement preparation, journal entries, reconciliations, month-end close, fixed-asset schedules, accruals, and prepaids. Review AI-generated accounting outputs for accuracy, GAAP compliance, and professional judgment, then provide written feedback to improve accounting workflows. Collaborate asynchronously with an AI research team as a fully remote independent contractor.

Evaluates AI-generated FP&A and corporate finance documents, spreadsheets, and presentations for accuracy, rigor, factual correctness, visual quality, and domain expertise. Provides structured written feedback using quality rubrics. This is a fully remote, flexible independent contractor engagement requiring at least five years of relevant experience and strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.

Identifies, evaluates, and executes acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, label and publishing opportunities across music, entertainment, media, and technology. Responsibilities include deal sourcing, market mapping, relationship development, financial and commercial diligence, valuation, financial modeling, investment thesis development, risk analysis, and preparing recommendations for senior leadership. The role also collaborates with M&A, Finance, and Strategy teams through diligence and transaction execution.

Leads company-wide FP&A, including budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, financial modeling, consolidated reporting, KPI dashboards, variance analysis, and SaaS metric analysis. Partners with executives and cross-functional leaders on pricing, revenue growth, performance targets, and strategic decisions. Builds scalable processes, improves forecasting accuracy, develops executive and investor communications, and leads a high-performing FP&A team.

Leads strategic growth and M&A initiatives from investment thesis development through diligence, valuation, negotiations, and integration planning. Performs complex financial modeling, market and competitor analysis, portfolio reviews, and executive-level recommendations. Coordinates cross-functional stakeholders, prepares Board and Executive Committee materials, and develops AI-enabled tools, automation, workflows, and data pipelines to improve corporate development productivity. Mentors junior team members and supports partnerships, divestitures, and investment reviews.

Analyze investment-grade bank and financial institution bonds, evaluating credit fundamentals, capital adequacy, asset quality, funding, liquidity, market conditions, and relative value. Develop credit opinions and investment ideas, communicate actionable recommendations, and support portfolio decisions through financial modeling, quantitative analysis, and ongoing market research.

Support end-to-end M&A, strategic investments, fundraising preparedness, business-case development, post-merger integration, and corporate strategy. Build valuation models, conduct market and operating diligence, prepare executive communications, manage deal processes, and develop relationships with blockchain founders and industry leaders.

Leads corporate accounting operations, month-end close, accruals, lease accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, OPEX reporting, fixed assets, audit support, SOX controls, and process transformation. Manages corporate accountants, strengthens internal controls, improves ERP and close-management workflows, supports public-company readiness, and partners with technical accounting, Finance Transformation, FP&A, auditors, and controllership leadership.

Manage the annual corporate and operational audit plan, including risk assessments, control testing, audit execution, workpaper review, findings, recommendations, and management presentations. Supervise and develop professional auditors, coordinate with external auditors, oversee special projects, monitor regulatory and control effectiveness, manage budgets and timelines, and improve internal audit methodologies across a multi-state organization.

The Director will lead corporate recovery and restructuring, manage financial modeling, direct project teams, and drive business development efforts. Responsibilities include analyzing business plans, creating turnaround strategies, and mentoring team members.

Maintain and analyze cash balances, support treasury, prepare month-end journal entries and reconciliations, investigate variances, validate data across systems, collaborate cross-functionally, support audits and compliance, participate in system implementations, and use Excel, SQL, AI, and automation to improve accounting processes.

Provide enterprise-wide corporate finance leadership: evaluate and structure deals and partnerships, lead financing transactions and negotiations, perform capital planning and financial modeling, support affiliated entities (Museum of Tolerance, Moriah Media, Social Action), strengthen financial controls and processes, partner with legal and development, and advise executive leadership on long-term strategic finance and sustainability.

Support Turnaround & Restructuring engagements by building 13-week cash flow and three-statement models, performing financial and scenario analyses, preparing reports and client presentations, collaborating with teams and stakeholders, and assisting with business development and practice growth activities.

Manage the annual corporate and operational audit plan, including risk assessments, control testing, audit execution, findings, reporting, and recommendations. Supervise and develop professional auditors, review workpapers, coordinate with external auditors, support special projects, and advise management on control improvements and regulatory compliance. Maintain audit methodologies, budgets, timelines, and status reporting while promoting a strong corporate control environment across a multi-state organization.

Lead Cohere’s corporate development strategy across M&A, strategic partnerships, market expansion, and government relationships. Evaluate acquisitions and investments, lead due diligence and post-merger integration, develop market-entry and partnership frameworks, negotiate complex alliances, and create joint go-to-market strategies. The role partners closely with product, engineering, legal, finance, sales, marketing, policy, and government relations teams to support sovereign AI deployments, regulatory compliance, revenue growth, and international expansion.