Manager - Business Analyst
Core
Build and maintain financial performance reporting, economic models, and data pipelines to drive strategic decision-making for a VFX and post-production service business.
Role type
Manager, Business Analyst (Finance & Operations)
Builds
Production-level financial dashboards, KPI frameworks, and data pipelines for revenue, cost, margin, and utilization analysis.
Domain
VFX, post-production, and animation service industry.
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis | client delivery
Required skills
SQL, Power BI/Tableau, Advanced Excel (modeling/Power Query), financial literacy (P&L/margins), data pipeline development, operational data analysis, written communication.
Preferred skills
Python scripting, Xero, Shotgun/Ftrack, accountancy qualification, payroll/HR data experience.
Technologies
SQL, Power BI, Tableau, Xero, Shotgun, Ftrack, Python, Excel.
Responsibilities
Build and maintain show-level performance reporting covering revenue, cost, margin, and utilization; Maintain the master KPI framework and rate-card/EBITDA model; Produce payroll, labour-cost, and people-cost analysis; Extract, clean, and integrate data from production and HR systems into reporting tools; Provide reforecast inputs and margin analysis to the Commercial Finance Director.
Seniority
Manager, hands-on IC with strategic oversight.
