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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
Less than 10%
Terms / Expected Hours of Work
NFL employees are required to work 40 hours per week.
Salary / Pay Range
This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that the NFL believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job in the location(s) specified. The NFL expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the NFL consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range.
The NFL maintains a Flexible Workplace Policy that provides members of our workforce with opportunities to periodically work from a location of their choice while maintaining a priority on in-person work at an NFL office, which enables us to more effectively collaborate, connect, and build a workplace culture that will drive our continued success.
The NFL is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment that reflects our incredibly diverse fan base. We provide an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants without regard to status as protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Part-time
Job function
Finance and Sales
Industries
Spectator Sports
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