VP, Finance - #2092777
Free Association Live
Date: 2 days ago
City: London
Contract type: Full time
Work schedule: Full day
Location: Los Angeles, CA | Las Vegas, NV | New York, NY | London, UK
Reports To: CFO and COO
Compensation: $160,000 – $180,000 base + discretionary bonus
About The Company
Free Association Live is a next-generation live entertainment company, producing performances ranging from intimate immersive experiences to global touring spectacles.
FAL currently oversees the global expansion of Magic Mike Live, which has entertained over 2 million guests from 70+ countries across more than 6,000 performances in Las Vegas, London, and past engagements in Miami, Dallas, and Berlin since debuting in 2017. Beyond Magic Mike Live, FAL develops original, IP-driven live experiences across dance, music, and immersive storytelling.
Bringing heart, humor, and world-class storytelling to every performance, each FAL experience is designed to move people, set a standard of excellence, and defy expectations of what live entertainment can be.
Position Overview
The VP, Finance is a senior leader who operates with hands-on ownership across the full scope of FAL’s financial function. Reporting to the CFO and COO, this role serves as the connective tissue between financial operations and executive decision-making, ensuring that leadership always has the clarity, rigor, and foresight needed to run the business.
This person will work closely with the executive steering committee and support board-level reporting, capital strategy, and cross-functional financial planning. The right candidate is both analytically excellent and operationally pragmatic — equally comfortable building a financial model and presenting findings to a board of directors.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Analysis
Required
Reports To: CFO and COO
Compensation: $160,000 – $180,000 base + discretionary bonus
About The Company
Free Association Live is a next-generation live entertainment company, producing performances ranging from intimate immersive experiences to global touring spectacles.
FAL currently oversees the global expansion of Magic Mike Live, which has entertained over 2 million guests from 70+ countries across more than 6,000 performances in Las Vegas, London, and past engagements in Miami, Dallas, and Berlin since debuting in 2017. Beyond Magic Mike Live, FAL develops original, IP-driven live experiences across dance, music, and immersive storytelling.
Bringing heart, humor, and world-class storytelling to every performance, each FAL experience is designed to move people, set a standard of excellence, and defy expectations of what live entertainment can be.
Position Overview
The VP, Finance is a senior leader who operates with hands-on ownership across the full scope of FAL’s financial function. Reporting to the CFO and COO, this role serves as the connective tissue between financial operations and executive decision-making, ensuring that leadership always has the clarity, rigor, and foresight needed to run the business.
This person will work closely with the executive steering committee and support board-level reporting, capital strategy, and cross-functional financial planning. The right candidate is both analytically excellent and operationally pragmatic — equally comfortable building a financial model and presenting findings to a board of directors.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range financial planning across FAL’s multi-entity, multi-market structure.
- Own financial modeling across existing venues (Las Vegas, London), the NYC launch, and new project development.
- Build and maintain scenario and sensitivity analyses to support strategic decision-making.
- Develop and manage KPI frameworks that give leadership real-time visibility into business performance.
- Design and maintain management reporting systems that deliver accurate, timely financial insights to the executive team.
- Oversee monthly close processes in coordination with accounting, ensuring integrity of financial statements across all entities.
- Build and own reporting packages for the executive steering committee and board of directors.
- Establish and improve financial controls, workflows, and infrastructure to support operational scale.
- Prepare board materials, including financial decks, investment memos, and performance summaries.
- Support capital structure decisions, including debt financing, investor reporting, and fundraising diligence.
- Partner with the CFO and COO on strategic initiatives, deal analysis, and growth opportunity evaluation.
- Serve as a key financial voice in executive steering committee discussions, providing clear, decision-ready analysis.
- Support financial structuring and analysis across FAL’s diverse business lines, including live events, content, distribution, and licensing.
- Evaluate strategic partnerships, licensing arrangements, and new market opportunities from a financial and commercial lens.
- Assist in negotiation support and financial due diligence for new business development and IP expansion.
Required
- 8+ years of progressive finance experience, ideally spanning FP&A, strategic finance, and executive or board-level reporting.
- Demonstrated experience at a media, entertainment, content, or live events company.
- Exceptional financial modeling skills and fluency with complex, multi-entity P&L structures.
- Track record of building and maintaining financial reporting infrastructure, not just consuming it.
- Experience preparing or directly contributing to board materials and investor communications.
- Strong communicator who can translate financial complexity into clear, executive-ready narratives.
- High degree of ownership, intellectual rigor, and comfort operating in a fast-moving, resource-constrained environment.
- Experience in live events, touring, or experiential entertainment is a strong plus.
- Familiarity across multiple content and revenue verticals, including Film, TV, Music, Merchandise, Production, or Licensing.
- Background in both corporate finance and content/deal strategy.
- Prior experience at a growth-stage company scaling from single to multi-market operations.
- Familiarity with cap table management, fundraising processes, or working with private equity-backed or investor-governed organizations.
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