Senior Director, Accounting Shared Services

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.

FHI (Fanatics Holdings Inc.) employees are expected to be on-site 4-days per week. We also offer the unique benefit of allowing employees to temporarily work from anywhere up to 20 days per year.

The Role:

This key leadership position is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Purchase-to-Pay (PTP) and Invoice-to-Cash (ITC) Accounting Shared Services functions in accordance with GAAP and corporate policy. Building and executing an operational strategy to deliver a superior customer experience while driving scalable business processes in a well-controlled environment is a primary responsibility.

What You'll Do:

• Build and lead a team of high-performing individuals, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and excellence.
• Analyze business processes, identify opportunities, and drive initiatives to improve delivery, with a relentless focus on accuracy, scalability, efficiency, and providing exceptional customer experience.
• Position the department to sustain high performance through high-growth periods with rapidly changing circumstances, such as process changes, system upgrades, or the integration of an acquisition.
• Lead the shared service integration activities associated with any acquisitions.
• Establish goals and monitor key performance metrics to measure the quality and efficiency of functional processes.
• Ensure financial processes are in compliance with company policies and procedures, Sarbanes Oxley internal controls and all local and international statutory requirements.
• Collaborate with the leadership across the organization to achieve the company's goals including bringing insights and ideas to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the business.
• Collaborate with the Finance Organizations on the financial close, monthly financial reporting and analysis and implementing projects.
• Maintain an effective and motivated organization through training, feedback, coaching and development of team members.
• Other duties as needed.

What We're Looking For:

• Extensive experience leading transactional accounting functional teams: Accounts Payable, T&E and Accounts Receivable
• Strong leadership and management skills, including possessing the ability to quickly identify, address and resolve employee related issues
• Effective communication skills, capable of engaging with all management levels
• Requires strong business acumen, including general business skills, industry knowledge, financial management and planning skills, long-term vision, and executive presence
• Strong analytical, statistical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to exercise good judgment in decision making process
• Ability to meet deadlines in fast paced environment
• Ability to design, document, and implement process improvements
• Proven experience successfully managing multiple large-scale and/or complex projects and proven ability to successfully lead a multi-faceted team and address challenging and potentially controversial issues in a sound professional and business-like manner.

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• Advanced degree and/or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license a plus.