Financial Analyst

General Summary 

Join the team that helps bring LAIKA’s stories to life—responsibly and resourcefully. As an FP&A Analyst at LAIKA, you’ll partner with teams across studio operations to build budgets, forecasts, and models that keep production magic aligned with business realities. You’ll turn numbers into narratives, translating sophisticated financial data into clear insights that guide LAIKA’s next big chapter. 

Job Functions 

• Contribute to crafting and maintaining company budgets, financial projections, and consolidated financial statements.
• Act as a business partner for all Business Operations teams (Technology, Marketing, People & Culture, etc.)
• Partner in establishing and maintaining long-range company financial models that evaluate company performance across various production scenarios.
• Support the preparation of financial reports and executive presentations for senior and executive management.
• Collaborate in designing, testing, and implementing analytical tools that drive process efficiency and automation.
• Partner in building and sustaining detailed compensation and benefits models to assess year-over-year (YoY) financial performance.
• Respond to ad hoc requests from business partners, delivering data-driven insights that inform business decisions. 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree or experience in Finance or Accounting preferred.
• 3+ years in corporate financial planning or a similar role; experience in the film industry, a plus. 
• Experience in financial model building and financial statement construction and analysis required.
• Ability to work with large data sets in creating primary quantitative analyses.
• Proficiency in MS Excel & PowerPoint required; experience with Power BI and/or Solver, a plus.
• Motivated self-starter with strong interpersonal skills.
• Organized and adaptable, able to juggle multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy, creativity, and calm under pressure.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to distill complex financial concepts into clear, actionable insights. 

Physical Demands and Work Environment 

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk; stand; sit; use hands to operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear both in person and by telephone. The employee must lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee works under typical office conditions and is exposed to variable indoor temperatures. The noise level is usually quiet or moderate.  

Location

On-site in Hillsboro, OR, and eligible for hybrid work. 

Salary

Salary is commensurate with skills and experience.