Senior Finance Business Partner – Commercial/ Sales

The Role - Senior Finance Business Partner – Commercial / Sales

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join our expanding global Finance team, directly supporting our commercial team and stakeholders. The role will be based in New York, reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance.

We are looking for a driven and ambitious qualified accountant, delivering insightful analysis to help drive accountability and understand performance, drive investment decisions, efficiencies, profitability, and value. This role will create a High Support, High Challenge environment, so the group can continue to both grow and mature.

Main Responsibilities

Take ownership as a Senior Finance Business Partner of the following:

• Month end review and management reporting
  • Working with the financial accounting team and business stakeholders to reconcile and ensure correct monthly accruals and postings, mainly focused on revenues
  • Creation of monthly stakeholder management reporting packs, including financials, KPIs and commentary
  • Deliver financial review meetings with business area stakeholders, increasing stakeholder financial accountability
  • Support in the continuous improvement and automation of the accounting and reporting process, including staff payroll and capitalization calculations
• Budgeting & forecasting
  • Lead the budget and quarterly reforecast process for your commercial areas, working with Commercial stakeholders to build and challenge appropriate forecasts
  • Creation of budget and reforecast packs for business stakeholders
  • Lead the commission calculations and payment process, including target setting
• Board reporting
  • Support in the consolidation of monthly financials and KPIs for inclusion in the group board report
  • Support in providing monthly commentary and variance analysis in the group board report
  • Own quarterly SOX reporting controls
• Business cases, projects and ad hoc analysis
  • Cross-functional project modelling and management for strategically critical long-term projects and growth areas of the business
  • Support in ad-hoc business cases, using finance and business area expertise to build financial models, challenge ideas, and provide relevant analysis to support key business decisions

Qualifications 

• Is proactive in the provision of clear, timely, accurate and easily understandable information
• Is highly supportive and will provide truly insightful management information that the business can engage with and take action on
• Is curious, and restless about how things can be done better when it comes to processes, communication & engagement
• Takes the initiative to find solutions to problems
• Is a great communicator & relationship builder
• Is a team player with a hands-on, down to earth attitude and approach
• Is confident using Microsoft applications, Advanced Excel, PowerPoint & Word with strong modelling and presentation skills
• Is a qualified accountant
• Is clear and concise in their communication, knowing who their audience is and how to adapt accordingly

Preferred Qualifications 

• Knowledge of Workday ERP system, not required but beneficial
• Knowledge of Adaptive Planning financial planning system, not required but beneficial
• Knowledge of Salesforce, not required but beneficial

The salary for this role is based on an annualized salary of $120,000 to $150,000 depending on relevant experience. This role will also be eligible to take part in Genius Sports Group's benefits plan.