NFL Inglewood , CA 90301
Posted 6 days ago
The Senior Manager, Finance is responsible for managing the annual budgeting, quarterly forecast and close processes for several NFL Los Angeles business units including Programming, Entertainment Initiatives, Media Operations and Capital Expenditures. The Senior Manager will work in a collaborative fashion with members of NFL Media Production and Media Administration to ensure budgetary accuracy, process optimization, and improving overall control footprint.
Responsibilities
Manage forecast submissions and consolidation of several production budgets, media operations, and capital expenditures into executive summary view. Present outputs to senior management.
Review and approve contracts associated with vendor agreements
Provide high level analytics to include resource utilization, year-over-year trending, cross show comparisons, production profitability analysis, and other tactical planning activities to optimize operational business decisions
Oversee all aspects of close processes including reviewing journal entries, preparing balance sheet reconciliations, performing variance analysis, and submitting executive close slides
Work closely with production and operations teams to improve operational processes, remediate any audit findings, understand budget variances and identify risks & opportunities
Assist in developing ad hoc budgetary models to analysis and support greenlight efforts for new production ideas
Work closely with production teams to further optimize current usage of production budgeting software and expand reach across processes with financial impact
Assist in management of models for talent, FTE headcount, VMO and DEI tracking.
Develop and manage staff accountant
Required Qualifications
B.S. in Accounting, Finance, Business, or Economics
7+ years' experience in FP&A and accounting
Experience in complex financial models including expense allocations and profitability analysis
Ability to manage and analyze big data sets
Identify and remediate control weaknesses within processes
Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
Preferred Qualifications
MBA or CPA a plus
Experience with sports media & entertainment industry
Experience with TV production budgeting applications
Management/leadership experience
Other Key Attributes / Characteristics
Ability to multi-task meeting all deadlines and grasping new concepts quickly
Ability to collaborate with team members in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Travel
Terms / Expected Hours of Work
Salary / Pay Range
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