Senior Vice President of Finance & Accounting, BuzzFeed
Studios
$250-300k
Office located in N Mansfield Avenue, LA
Corss-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content
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Corss-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$250-300k
Office located in N Mansfield Avenue, LA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To spread joy and truth across entertainment, news, food, pop culture, and commerce and drive conversation and inspire what audiences watch, read, and buy now - and into the future.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required; MBA strongly preferred
- 10+ years of progressive FP&A experience, with at least 3 years at the Director level or above; media or digital media industry background is a significant plus
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; strong financial modeling capabilities
- Hands-on experience with NetSuite and/or SAP; familiarity with Nexonia and Boostr is advantageous
- Demonstrated command of integrated financial systems and data architecture
- Exceptional executive communication skills — clear, concise, and persuasive in both written and verbal formats; able to translate complex financial data for non-financial stakeholders
- Creative thinker with strong problem-solving instincts; highly driven and capable of operating with autonomy in a fast-paced environment
- Proven track record of hands-on leadership — comfortable rolling up sleeves alongside team members while maintaining a strategic altitude
- Strong emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills; skilled at building cross-functional relationships and influencing without authority
What the job involves
- We are seeking a strategic and commercially minded SVP of Finance & Accounting to serve as a key financial steward and thought partner to senior leadership
- In this high-visibility role, you will own the full financial planning cycle, drive analytical rigor across the organization, and play a pivotal role in shaping business performance and long-term growth strategy
- Oversee core accounting operations — general ledger, AP/AR, and payroll — ensuring accuracy and GAAP compliance across all functions
- Partner with the Controller to continuously improve the month-end and year-end close process for speed and reporting quality
- Establish and enforce internal controls, accounting policies, and procedures that protect company assets and ensure regulatory compliance
- Lead annual external audits and serve as the primary executive liaison to auditors, tax counsel, and external advisors
- Ensure proper revenue recognition across all business lines in accordance with applicable standards
- Lead the continued evolution of budgeting, financial forecasting, operating plans, and financial modeling infrastructure to support business agility and decision-making
- Develop and maintain rigorous cash flow forecasting frameworks, ensuring liquidity visibility and proactive risk management
- Monitor industry trends and competitive positioning to deliver timely intelligence that informs strategic planning and investment priorities
- Oversee end-to-end production finance for original content, including budget development, cost reporting, and final cost analysis across all stages of production
- Partner with production, creative, and operations teams to establish production budgets, track actuals against estimates, and deliver variance analysis to senior leadership
- Manage studio overhead budgets and allocations, ensuring accurate cost attribution across projects, departments, and revenue streams
- Develop and maintain production financing models, including co-production structures, deficit financing, and distribution deal waterfall analyses
- Coordinate with legal and business affairs on deal structuring, talent agreements, and rights acquisitions to ensure accurate financial representation and risk assessment
- Oversee residuals, participations, and guild obligations tracking to ensure compliance and timely payment across all productions
- Build robust green-light financial models to support content investment decisions, incorporating distribution projections, licensing revenue, and ROI analysis
- Establish and enforce production accounting controls, policies, and procedures in alignment with industry standards and internal audit requirements
- Generate high-quality quarterly and monthly financial reports; deliver ad-hoc reporting and analysis leveraging Excel and integrated financial systems (NetSuite, Nexonia, Boostr)
- Build and maintain financial models and scenario analyses to support strategic initiatives, M&A activity, and acquisition evaluation
- Lead month-end and year-end close processes in close partnership with the accounting team and external auditors, ensuring timely and accurate reporting
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the Senior Management Team and department heads, providing in-depth financial analyses and compelling executive-level presentations
- Evaluate potential ERP/financial system migrations; prepare platform recommendations and oversee end-to-end implementation as required
Our take
BuzzFeed is a global digital media company reaching hundreds of millions of readers each month through entertainment, lifestyle, and cultural content. Originally known for pioneering viral internet formats such as quizzed, listicles, and shareable pop-culture stories, BuzzFeed helped define the social-media-driven publishing era and at its peak attracted more than a billion monthly page views.
The company later expanded into journalism with the launch of BuzzFeed News in 2011, which went on to win major accolades including a Pulitzer Prize and multiple industry awards. In 2023, BuzzFeed made the strategic decision to wind down the division as part of a broader restructuring across the digital media industry, instead consolidating its news operations under HuffPost, which the company acquired in 2020 and continues to operate as a profitable newsroom.
Today, BuzzFeed is focused on evolving its publishing model for the next phase of internet media. The company continues to build audiences across platforms like YouTube, podcasts, and social channels, while also investing in new formats, creator partnerships, and AI-powered content tools designed to deepen audience engagement and support long-term growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jun 2021
$150m
CONVERTIBLE
Nov 2016
$200m
SERIES G
Total funding: $646.3m
Company HQ
Gramercy Park, New York, NY
Leadership
Jonah Peretti
(Founder & CEO)Jonah Founded BuzzFeed in 2006 and has served as CEO since. He is also the co-founder of The Huffington Post.
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