Top Finance Director Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Lead management of a $1B+ portfolio of tax equity, leveraged lease, and equity investments in infrastructure and renewables; underwrite and execute new infrastructure debt transactions; negotiate restructurings and exits; oversee monitoring, client reporting, and credit analysis; mentor an analyst and contribute to platform growth.

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.

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.

Leads production finance for live events, studio productions, digital initiatives, and original content. Responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, production accounting, cost tracking, controls, variance analysis, KPI reporting, governance, and executive decision support. The role partners with Production, Programming, Legal, HR, and Finance teams; improves reporting and automation; supports international production financial requirements; and manages and develops the Production Finance team.

Leads Cengage’s royalty payments and product finance operations, including royalty models, contributor payments, product data, system ownership, reporting, audit support, and risk control. The role manages a team, develops scalable processes, oversees data setup across finance systems, drives complex improvement initiatives, resolves contributor issues, and presents analyses and recommendations to executive leaders.

Own the company’s finance function, including financial reporting, cash-flow forecasting, budgeting, forecasting, profitability improvement, financial modeling, process documentation, automation, dashboards, and systems evaluation. Partner with leadership and cross-functional teams on growth, inventory planning, and executive decision-making while building scalable finance operations for continued expansion.

Lead public-company finance functions including SEC reporting coordination, investor relations, capital markets (equity/debt) and credit facility management, investment analysis, M&A execution and integration, financial modeling and valuation, stakeholder communications, FP&A-driven capital allocation, and process improvements across investor relations and transactions.

Leads strategic finance for a portfolio of programs, managing budgeting, quarterly forecasting, variance reviews, expense projections, financial models, ROI and cost analyses, and executive reporting. Partners with program leaders and cross-functional teams to identify risks, opportunities, and resource needs. Translates complex financial analysis into actionable recommendations and serves as the finance expert for assigned programs.

Lead GTM finance owning the end-to-end P&L for Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success. Build first-principles financial models, drive unit economics and ARR forecasting, deliver exec/board reporting, partner on capacity/pricing, champion AI-enabled finance workflows, and hire and develop the GTM finance team as the company scales.

Provide interim finance leadership for a Los Angeles museum: administer NetSuite and planning systems, manage period close, journal entries, banking, restricted funds, fund accounting, reconciliations, budgeting/forecasting, financial reporting, compliance with donor requirements, and deliver financial analysis to support leadership.

Serve as the first GTM finance business partner, building forecasting, KPIs (CAC, LTV, payback), pricing and P&L models, headcount and commission modeling, monthly and annual planning, and systems/tooling to support Sales and Marketing decision-making and ROI-driven growth.

Act as an outsourced CFO for a portfolio of 5-8 schools: build budgets and multi-year forecasts, advise school leaders and boards on strategic financial decisions, analyze and model financial issues, provide client-facing guidance, mentor finance specialists/analysts, lead audits, and contribute to internal finance product development and best practices.

Leads financial reporting, accounting operations, compliance, budgeting, forecasting, treasury, risk management, audits, payroll, internal controls, and financial analysis. Partners with executive leadership, joint ventures, government agencies, insurers, and unions to support operational decisions and improve margins. Oversees accounting policies, government contracting requirements, payroll for more than 600 employees, and annual 401K and CPA audits.

Lead the full finance function: produce audit-ready monthly financials, manage weekly 12-month cash forecasts, drive budgeting and forecasting, implement automation and ERP/reporting solutions, document SOPs, create financial dashboards, partner cross-functionally, and improve profitability and EBITDA.

Lead financial strategy, FP&A, cash and capital planning, and analytics. Partner with executive team and board, build reporting infrastructure and KPIs (LTV/CAC, retention), mentor finance and analytics teams, and translate data into strategic recommendations to scale the business.

The Finance Director collaborates with portfolio company management to enhance financial reporting, improving decision-making and operational performance, while managing various financial functions and projects.

Oversee financial planning, technical accounting compliance, and reporting for clients; mentor team members and drive business development efforts.

Partner with GTM leadership to own subscription revenue and ARR forecasting, lead sales capacity and expense planning, provide deal economics and ROI analysis, support strategic planning and board reporting, and drive automation/AI-enabled finance processes to optimize growth.

Lead financial strategy and operations to support scaling and profitable growth. Build analytical capabilities and KPI reporting, oversee investor reporting, and support executive-level planning, forecasting, and modeling. Drive business-case analyses to inform product, pricing, operational, and acquisition decisions while partnering closely with the CFO and cross-functional teams.

Lead full finance function: deliver monthly audit-ready financials, maintain weekly 12-month cash forecast, own budgeting/forecasting, implement automated systems, create SOPs, produce dashboards, partner with leadership to improve profitability and scale finance systems.