Hybrid Financial Planning Manager – Pricing

at Cinemark

• Job title: Financial Planning Manager – Pricing
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Sao Paulo, Brazil

About the role

• Finance Planning Manager overseeing budgeting and managerial pricing strategies at Cinemark. Responsible for financial reports, market analysis, and leading the finance team.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for FP&A activities, with emphasis on building and managing the Budget (G&A and P&L), variance analyses (actual vs. budget), preparation of executive reports, drafting CEO/CFO presentations, CapEx analysis, and financial projections.
• Responsible for Pricing management across all cinemas in the chain (pricing by day of week and showtime; pricing by technology — 2D, 3D, XD, VIP, DBOX; pricing by ticket type — full price, half-price, Vivo, Bradesco; promotions by cinema and day of week; price analyses by micromarket and cannibalization). Conduct elasticity analyses and post‑mortem evaluations of pricing actions.
• Responsible for monitoring and managing Market Share, as well as conducting investment analyses and valuations for M&A projects.
• Track actuals vs. budget, build forecasts, manage expense and CapEx budgets, with direct interface to corporate departments in Brazil and the U.S.
• Responsible for managing the company's macro strategic agenda (Market Share and Results meetings, President's meetings with the Executive Board), providing information to support decisions on price increases, addition/removal of promotions, cost reductions, investment analyses, project approvals and cancellations.
• Conduct market analysis, evaluate competitor strategies, analyze cinema profitability and the impact of inflation on operating costs.
• Manage the Scorecard tool used for executive bonus payments (all KPIs are validated by Planning when the Scorecard is set and actual results are audited by Planning).
• Evaluate investments together with the Expansion Directorate (examples: takeovers, new builds, new screen additions, screen conversions to the VIP concept). The Planning team is responsible for economic feasibility studies and alignment with headquarters in the U.S., managing ROI of pro forma/feasibility studies vs. actuals, and supporting the Dallas team in investment impairment assessments.
• Conduct ad hoc studies of any nature as requested by Dallas and/or the President/Local CFO.
• Perform individual cinema analyses with the objective of improving cinema ROI.
• Manage the Financial Planning team.

Requirements

• Proven expertise in FP&A with experience in established industries.
• Degree in Economics, Business Administration, or Engineering.
• Strong knowledge of corporate accounting (BR GAAP and US GAAP) and managerial accounting (direct and indirect cash flow, contribution margin, statistics, market analysis).
• Experience with Hyperion and advanced Excel.
• Strong experience preparing presentations for senior management (local and Dallas).
• Fluent English for interaction with Dallas.
• Spanish desirable for interaction with LATAM HQ.

Benefits

• Transportation voucher or on-site parking.
• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Meal voucher.
• Cinemark card (unlimited access to Cinemark cinemas).