Dickson Lee

Background

About Dickson Lee

I am a dynamic leader with extensive experience overseeing financial planning, strategic analysis, and team building in fast-paced, technical, and creative production environments for the film and TV studio, tech, and video game development industries. Adept at translating strategic goals into actionable financial models, optimizing profitability, and driving operational excellence. Proven ability to foster cross-functional collaboration globally. Conversational fluency in Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. Key Strengths:> Direct financial reporting for all P & Ls - provide leadership and coordination for revenue and expense management, budgeting, forecasting, and monthly close processing.> Oversee business operations to monitor, evaluate, and implement workforce planning, proper investments, utilization of resources, and process improvements.> Drive strategic planning through industry research and analysis to support new revenue streams, market entry decisions, and future strategic initiatives for growth and profitability. Impactful Experiences: • Financial Expertise: Created and monitored production budgets exceeding $200 million, developed financial models for profitability and ROI analysis, and led long-term budget and planning processes. • Operational Leadership: Collaborated and influenced technical, creative, and product leaders on data and research driven business cases to align with product plans and strategic objectives. • Customer Focus: Utilized customer data and behavior trends to drive acquisition, engagement, retention, decay, and churn patterns to forecast revenue growth. • Process and Cost Optimization: Implemented systems and process improvements that reduced financial reporting time by 50%; deployed multi-million cost saving plans across key businesses. • Collaborative Leadership: Developed and inspired high-performing teams, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and growth.