Director, Global Channels Finance

Lionsgate is hiring a Director, Global Channels Finance based in Santa Monica, CA. This role sits within the studio’s FP&A function and owns the full financial planning cycle for Lionsgate’s portfolio of FAST and SVOD streaming channels, translating library distribution performance into forecasts, budgets, and reporting that go directly to business leadership. It suits a finance professional with a background in streaming or studio finance who is comfortable owning models end to end and presenting findings to senior stakeholders.

About the Role

The Director, Global Channels Finance works within the broader FP&A team, focused specifically on the channel-based distribution businesses built around Lionsgate’s 20,000-plus title film and television library. Day to day, this means managing live financial models, overseeing quarterly revenue accruals, and building KPI dashboards that give leadership real visibility into streaming channel performance. The role also supports deal evaluation for new channel launches and partnership agreements as the studio continues to grow its self-directed distribution footprint.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budget, long-range planning, and quarterly forecasting processes for the Global Channels business across the full FAST and SVOD channel portfolio.
• Oversee quarterly revenue accruals, coordinating with accounting and business teams to ensure completeness and accuracy across all channel distribution revenue streams.
• Build and maintain financial models that forecast revenue, costs, and profitability at the channel level, updated as operational plans evolve.
• Deliver monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages, including variance analysis against budget and forecast for the Global Channels business.
• Develop and maintain live KPI dashboards that track business performance across the streaming channel portfolio in real time.
• Build financial models to evaluate new channel launches, content investment scenarios, and distribution partnership agreements.

What You Bring

• Five to seven years of experience in FP&A, investment banking, or consulting, with studio or streaming service finance experience strongly preferred.
• Proven financial modeling skills with the ability to build and manage complex, multi-variable models tied to streaming or episodic television distribution businesses.
• Experience working with large datasets and translating data into clear financial narratives for senior leadership.
• Strong presentation skills with comfort delivering financial analysis to business and executive audiences.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work through ambiguity without waiting for complete information.

Why This Role

Lionsgate operates one of the largest independent film and television libraries in the world, and this role sits at the center of how the studio monetizes that asset base through streaming channel distribution. The compensation range for the Director, Global Channels Finance is $130,000 to $140,000, with full medical, vision, and dental coverage, generous paid time off, and 401(k) company matching. For a finance professional looking to build real depth in streaming distribution finance at a major studio, this is a direct path to meaningful work with senior visibility.

Apply now for the Director, Global Channels Finance role at Lionsgate and bring your financial planning expertise to one of the industry’s leading independent studios.