Vice President, Finance

Location: New York City (Manhattan) / In-Office 5 Days/Week

Employment Type: Full-Time (Salary)

Company Description

Narrative Distribution is a global film and television distributor built to help content owners monetize at scale across streaming, transactional, broadcast, and digital platforms. Formed in 2024 as part of the broader Narrative® family of companies, the company combines modern cloud-based delivery and rights infrastructure with a senior team of proven distribution executives based in Los Angeles, New York, and London. Narrative Distribution maintains direct partnerships with leading platforms — from Amazon and Apple to Disney and Netflix — releasing over one hundred new titles annually while expanding a rapidly growing library with a strong focus on free ad-supported streaming, broadcast channels, and long-term rights monetization.

The company releases content through a portfolio of forward-thinking distribution labels: Chroma, a US-based global distributor championing science fiction and horror genre films; Persimmon, a global label devoted to mystery, romance, and true crime storytelling with a focus on direct-to-streaming and television; Wolfe Video, the longest-running and largest distributor of LGBTQ films in the world, celebrating its 40th anniversary; and classic film restoration label, Treasury. The VP, Finance serves as the financial leader of the organization, supporting all four labels and the broader distribution business.

Role Description

The Vice President, Finance is the senior financial leader at Narrative Distribution, responsible for building and running the company's finance function across accounting operations, financial planning, and strategic reporting. Working closely with the General Manager and the parent company’s CFO, and with the support of a Finance Manager, this role owns the full financial picture of a fast-growing, multi-label distribution business — from driving the modernization and maturation of finance infrastructure, to ensuring the books are accurate and the close runs smoothly, to providing revenue forecasting and the forward-looking analysis that informs business decisions.

This is a scrappy, hands-on role at a growth-stage company. The right candidate is equally comfortable rolling up their sleeves to manage day-to-day accounting tasks in Sage Intacct as they are presenting a quarterly financial summary to senior leadership. Day-to-day responsibilities span the complete finance lifecycle: the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes; ownership of the general ledger; accounts payable and receivable; and producing financial statements and management reports for the General Manager and parent company. A critical component of this role is royalty reporting — calculating, reconciling, and distributing royalty statements to licensors and content partners in accordance with underlying contract terms, and maintaining audit-ready records of all royalty obligations across the catalog.

Beyond the accounting core, the VP, Finance leads budgeting and forecasting for the business, partners with the General Manager on financial planning and resource allocation, and supports the Business Affairs team in reviewing vendor invoices and licensor payments for contractual alignment. The role also has meaningful input into the financial systems and automation workflows that power the function — and is expected to continuously improve how the finance operation runs as the company scales.

This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional who thrives in a builder environment, wants genuine ownership over a company's financial operations, and is excited to grow alongside a dynamic, fast-moving entertainment business.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field required.
• 3–5 years of progressive film or television finance and accounting experience, with demonstrated readiness to own a company's finance function end-to-end.
• Demonstrated experience with royalty reporting, including calculation, reconciliation, and statement distribution to content partners or rights holders.
• Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience with Sage Intacct (required); candidates must be able to speak concretely to their use of the platform across all accounting functions.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, complex formulas, and financial modeling (including greenlight models); comfort building and maintaining Excel-based reporting and reconciliation tools is essential.
• Broader comfort with project management tools, automation workflows; strong preference for candidates who have actively built or optimized processes using automation tools within or alongside Sage Intacct.
• Solid command of accounting principles and financial reporting, including preparation of income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
• Experience owning or contributing to budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams accurately and independently.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present financial information to non-finance stakeholders.

Preferred

• Experience in film, television, music, or entertainment distribution, or at a company with royalty or rights-based revenue models.
• Familiarity with multi-entity or multi-label accounting structures.
• Experience working with or reporting to a parent company finance team.
• Prior experience at a growth-stage or startup company where the finance function was lean and the role required both strategic thinking and hands-on execution.
• Comfort selecting, implementing, or upgrading financial technology tools and SaaS platforms.

Benefits

Narrative Distribution offers a competitive benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and company holidays. The annual salary range for this role is $90,000 – $120,000, commensurate with experience.

Narrative Distribution is an equal opportunity employer.