Associate, Media Finance (External Staffing Agency)

This position works closely with the Sr. Director of Finance and NFL Media personnel in analyzing and driving financial performance of the NFL Media business units including Live Games and Licensing. A successful candidate must have at least 2 years of finance & accounting experience, solid analytical abilities, proficiency in financial modeling, and strong communication.

Description:

• Own financial management of key revenue generating businesses of the League including Live Games and Business Development.
• Support the NFL Media business units in all corporate finance matters including managing the annual budget, quarterly and real-time forecasts, long range plan, and assessing the performance of various lines of businesses via financial and other metrics.
• Assisting with the accounting close process, which includes ensuring proper accounting treatment of transactions and explaining P&L / Cash variances to budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Recommend efficiencies / improvements to existing financial processes, which includes how we better leverage our financial systems and tools to improve financial reporting and analysis across the business.
• Review and/or provide key financial terms to NFL Media contracts, as well as ensure contractual commitments and reporting requirements are met once the contract is in place.
• Assist in ensuring accounting procedures and guidelines are properly applied (e.g. account receivable billings, invoice coding and authorization, expense reimbursements, etc.).
• Ensuring each business unit adheres to key League financial policies and procedures surrounding contracts, engaging in business with our partners, customers, vendors, and regulatory agencies.
• Special projects and ad hoc requests from the media personnel as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
• 2+ years of relevant experience in corporate finance, accounting, financial planning & analysis, or other related fields
• Expertise with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Preferred experience using financial reporting/forecasting software (i.e. Vena Solutions, Oracle, Hyperion Essbase, etc.)
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills; ability to understand variance and trend analyses
• Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a high-pressure environment

Travel:

0% – 10%

Terms /Expected Hours of Work: 

This job posting is for a position with one of the NFL’s third-party agency partners that provides services to the NFL. The individual selected for this role will be an employee of that third-party agency and not the NFL. All compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment are handled by the agency. The assignment to provide services to the NFL will be limited in duration but may be extended for an additional period by agreement between the NFL and the agency. 

Salary / Pay Range 

This job posting contains a weekly 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.