See what careers are actually like

Stop guessing your way into a career. Get real, unfiltered insights into what jobs are actually like, so you can find one that fits (and avoid those that don't)

- Emily, Founder & CEO @ Advize

Every "Advizer" answers the same 13 questions about their daily work life, critical skills, entry level job ideas and more. Here's a random Advizer!

Director Of Finance

Paramount

University of Scranton 2008
UCLA EMBA Class of 2023

Tim Gardner has over 15 years of financial forecasting, modeling, and building executive presentations within the Media Entertainment Industry.
UCLA Anderson

UCLA Anderson

MBA
Arts, Entertainment & Media
Finance
Finance

Q1Career path

Media & Entertainment Industry

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Career Transition

1:56

"It was a tough job market. It was during the time of the Great Recession. So just happy to get a job right out of college."

Q2Main responsibilities

Budgeting

ROI Analysis

Financial Modeling

0:55

"it's also just building a lot of monthly presentations for the SVP and president of our studio group."

Q3Day in the life

Finance

Financial Analysis

Budgeting

0:53

"Usually the first thing that I do is I connect with my boss, the VP of Studio finance and we kind of collaborate together to lay out the day."

Q4Most important skills - role

Strategic Thinking

Emotional Intelligence

Financial Modeling

1:27

"You really do need a high EQ, a higher level of emotional intelligence, so that you're able to interact and influence decision makers."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Media & Entertainment

Executive/Leadership

Finance

1:25

"I work for one of the most famous Studio Lots in the world. You can't get better than that."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Executive/Leadership

Influencing Decision Makers

Financial Modeling

1:36

"You really have to be nimble and self-aware in order to effectively influence what they're thinking."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Teamwork

Finance

Entertainment Industry

0:42

"I get treated very well and a lot of creative down-to-earth people working entertainment."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Passionate

Personable

Self-aware

1:07

"It has to be as much fun as it is work for these individuals."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Patience

Business Knowledge

Hard Work

1:25

"Patience is critical. It's very difficult to be successful in a business that you don't have the business knowledge of in the beginning."

Q10Entry-level positions

Entertainment Industry

Entry-Level Positions

Financial Analyst

0:52

"So there are, you know, hundreds of financial analyst positions that are open within the entertainment industry"

Q11Significant lesson - career

Networking

Career Development

Resilience

1:33

"Your career is not going to be linear. There's going to be Peaks and valleys to it."

Q12College ideas for success

GPA

Finance

Work ethic

0:48

"I excelled when I worked very hard, so I made sure that I was getting a good GPA, particularly in my major core classes."

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