Director, Strategic Finance – Venue Management

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🦌 Connecticut, Illinois, +3 more states – Remote

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💵 $150k - $175k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Saffire, LLC

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

✈️ Travel

Consulting • Marketing • Travel

Saffire, LLC is a technology company that specializes in creating beautiful, unique, and engaging websites for events, venues, and destinations. Their integrated platform, SaffireTix, offers comprehensive ticketing solutions including online, advance, and gate sales, alongside contactless RFID band technology for secure patron experiences. With their Spark content management system, users can easily manage their websites and access real-time reporting, aiming to enhance revenue through ticketing and sponsorships. Saffire is a proud partner of several industry associations, reinforcing their commitment to the events and festivals sector.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary strategic finance partner and financial advisor to Venue Management leadership, including the President • Advise on strategy, investment decisions, portfolio/venue-level economics, and growth initiatives • Represent Venue Management's financial position and priorities in corporate-level planning processes • Stress-test assumptions, size risk, and frame trade-offs for BU decision-making • Align finance, data, people, and systems priorities across Controllership, Insights/Analytics, HR, and IT • Own the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and long-range planning process across venues, regions, and functional leads • Lead monthly management reporting and variance analysis • Inform analytical infrastructure, including models, dashboards, and KPI frameworks • Partner with Controllership on close-related matters and ensure reported results are clean, defensible, and audit-ready • Translate operational and financial data into business decisions • Coordinate with HR and IT on organizational design, resourcing, and systems needs, including ERP rollout • Review monthly financial results and align operational drivers with reported figures • Own the Venue Management KPI framework, including EBITDA, margin, budget attainment, and venue-level profitability • Prepare BU-level financial results and narratives for corporate and global consolidation processes • Identify and quantify cost savings, efficiency, and margin improvement opportunities • Partner with the President to prioritize and track execution • Participate in cross-enterprise finance initiatives such as ERP implementations

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field • MBA or CFA preferred • Significant progressive finance experience • Demonstrated FP&A leadership • Track record of direct business partnership with senior operating executives at President/GM/COO level or equivalent • Experience in a private equity-backed or multi-site environment strongly preferred • Background in venue management, live events, hospitality, sports & entertainment, or another multi-site operating business is a plus • Strong ERP and systems fluency, such as D365 or comparable platforms • Experience partnering through an ERP implementation is a plus • Executive presence and judgment to operate as a trusted advisor to a BU President • Ability to deliver difficult financial truths and strategic opportunities • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Ability to translate complex financial analysis into a clear narrative for varied audiences • Strong collaboration skills and ability to build trust and alignment across peer functional leaders without formal authority

🏖️ Benefits

• Performance-based incentives • Comprehensive medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Life insurance • Disability insurance • Paid vacation • 401(k) plan • Flexible level and compensation based on experience, skills, qualifications, and scope of responsibility