Director, FP&A

Company Overview

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.

Achieving our goals requires strong collaboration and partnership between our teams and our internal stakeholders. To best support this, the person who accepts this role is expected to be on site, in office four days per week. To provide our employees with flexibility, we offer a unique benefit where employees at Fanatics' corporate entity can work remotely for up to four weeks per year, which can be taken in daily or weekly increments.

The Role

The Director of FP&A for Fanatics Corporate will interface with leadership across all segments of the organization. The position reports to the VP of FP&A and is located in New York City. The ideal candidate should have a demonstrated track record of working in a multi-business environment and partnering with various stakeholders. The Director will manage the monthly forecasts, quarterly business reviews, long-ranging planning and budgeting cycle across our Commerce, Collectibles, Gaming, Corporate and emerging segments. They will be responsible for conducting all periodic reporting and analysis for various stakeholders in addition to ad hoc analysis. Advanced understanding of financial modeling and accounting concepts is fundamental to the role.

Exceptional analytical skills and attention to detail and experience with Oracle EPM/ERP (or similar) are foundational requirements.

The candidate should also have a proven track record of success in managing through change, especially during transition periods from outdated manual processes to modern automated processes. They will be a leader in the evolution and management of our monthly process. The candidate will be critical to the success of our annual budget and long-range plan processes where we distill the core drivers of value creation into the requisite investment needs for the upcoming investment cycle and then ensure adherence to these goals.

What You'll Do:

• Update, maintain, and improve forecast models and weekly consolidation report with interim milestones and submissions from all Fanatics businesses, including modeling the P&L, cash flow, balance sheet, and supporting schedules/analyses, ensuring quality, timeliness, and accuracy
• Routinely incorporate new business launches and acquired companies in the financial model, ensuring that data is included in a predictable, consistent and transparent manner
• Periodically update a highly accurate dashboard of KPIs and metrics for business segments as well as periodic presentation to senior management
• Respond to information requests from corporate functional teams and operating company leadership with thorough, organized and fact-based work product supporting key observations, assumptions and conclusions
• Codify and document standard operating procedure documents, including checklists that will be used to govern processes that ensure consistent and thorough completion of recurring deliverables
• Identify opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency, controls, and automation of reporting and forecasting tasks
• Investigate and quickly resolve variances in budgets, reporting, controls, and accounting by drilling down into the general ledger and speaking directly with peers in the accounting, treasury, and tax organizations
• Quickly develop and nurture positive working relationships with business segment finance teams; partner with business segments to accurately allocate shared costs across the organization
• Be an advocate of standardization and templatization with consistent, detailed formatting of forecasts and presentations across the organization
• Be an advocate for data automation across functional groups
• Develop business cases that clearly communicate the ROI of initiatives; provide creative insights, implications, and recommendations about current and future financial trends and areas for improvement, focus or investment
• Support cost-savings analysis and ensure that commercial/growth ambition is balanced with effective and rigorous cost management
• Create zero-defect content for financial updates to leadership and external stakeholders
• Together with the SVP/VP, embody a culture of humility and high performance while driving initiatives forward with a progressive cadence to stay ahead of the company's ambitious agenda and growth plans

What We're Looking For:

• 8-10+ years or more of direct, progressive finance experience preferably in corporate FP&A roles
• Experience with Oracle EPM/ERP or similar software
• Strong financial modeling acumen
• BS/BA degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field
• CPA, CFA and/or MBA a plus
• Experience incorporating acquisitions/new businesses into an organization a plus
• Enjoys manipulating and drawing insights from large data sets from disparate sources
• Thrives managing several projects and deadlines in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
• Results-oriented, organized, efficient and resourceful team player at ease in a dynamic collaborative environment
• Transparent and effective communicator; comfortable communicating concisely to executive audiences as well as in-detail with tactical audiences
• Blend of financial, strategy, business analysis, and project management skills
• Able to interact well with internal colleagues at all levels and across multiple lines of business
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must be proficient with all Microsoft Office software with advanced Excel and Powerpoint skills
• Flexibility for some travel
• Expectation to be on premise in the New York office 4 days per week

The salary range for this position is $175,000 to $215,000, which represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation. When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training.