About Us:

Born and bred in New York City, LeagueApps is the operating system and community for youth and local sports leaders—providing them with the technology and professional network they need to succeed. A fast-growing, venture-backed company, we power thousands of clubs, tournaments, leagues, camps, and facilities with a platform that reaches more than 10 million participants nationwide. 

We’re committed to our mission—creating amazing sports experiences for all. Through our FundPlay program, we donate a percentage of every dollar spent on our platform back to the communities and families that need it. Our goal is to impact 500,000 underserved athletes by 2022. Beyond FundPlay, we advocate for accessibility and equity through PLAYS, a movement we helped launch and lead to mobilize the industry  in spring 2020, and by creating awareness around the systemic issues that keep kids on the bench. (You can listen to our President discussing this during a recent event with Axios as part of their Hard Truths Deep Dives content series.)  

Last year, we were ranked on Deloitte’s Fast 500, were recognized by Hashtag Sports for our industry leadership in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and named a “Best Employer in Sport” by Front Office Sports and BuiltIn NYC. We’re looking for team members who want to be part of building the greatest local sports company in the world.

Position Mission:

The Director of FP&A will work at the intersection of finance and data analysis to develop plans and insights that will drive growth, ROI and optimal business decision-making at LeagueApps. The Director will partner with leaders across the company to lead the annual budgeting process, develop departmental and initiative P&Ls, manage ongoing monthly & quarterly reforecasts, and maintain the core financial model. S/he will also provide financial support to the management team including preparing board decks, investor presentations, models for new businesses/products and acquisition opportunities, and other operational projects.

This position will regularly collaborate with other members of the Finance department, accounting, the Business Operations team (Data Analytics), senior management and departmental leaders.

Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Establish and lead a repeatable process to create and update bottom-up P&Ls for departments and various initiatives in partnership with leaders across the company
• Perform ongoing updates to the company operating model based on monthly actual financial and metric performance, in collaboration with the accounting and business operations teams
• Project-manage the annual budget cycle including templates, modeling, schedules, presentations, and approval
• Assist the VP in maintaining and improving the company financial model
• Implement processes, frameworks and software systems that allow us to capture and utilize timely and accurate data across the business to make better decisions as we grow
• Support capital planning process to evaluate investment decisions
• Support expense and liquidity planning efforts in partnership with senior leadership
• Partner closely with Accounting team, proactively seeking opportunities to improve processes and forecasting accuracy across all areas of FP&A
• Support management team in assessing and analyzing critical business decisions
• Perform month-end and initiative-level variance analyses and provide commentary and insights to management team; analyze and communicate trends in COGS, OPEX, capital expenditures, working capital and cash flow to explain and validate financial results
• Create reports and dashboards to improve tracking of goals, budgets, and expenses

Financial Operations

• Identify, evaluate, and execute opportunities to improve financial controls, processes, and information systems in support of analysis and proper collection of financial data
• Be a strong advocate of data automation across finance
• Build positive relationships across with leaders across the company and obtain buy-in for financial initiatives
• Identify, initiate and assist in cost containment strategies including leadership of cost-savings initiatives, spending controls and expense approvals, vendor negotiations, and contract renewals
• Assist VP with progressing the department roadmap, company initiatives, and special projects as prioritized by the management team to support company growth

Skills And Experience:

• 10 years of progressive financial analysis experience, 3 years managing FP&A
• Prior experience in investment banking and/or corporate development (M&A) preferred
• Growth-stage SaaS and venture-backed startup experience a plus
• MBA a plus, but not required
• Extensive experience in developing operating budgets and tracking to actual in high growth businesses at all corporate levels (project-based, departmental, and company-level)
• You have mastered your financial modeling skills and enjoy using them to create and update complex operating models
• Expert at analyzing, manipulating and interpreting large and complex data sets
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Financial Planning (e.g. Adaptive Insights) software skills; Netsuite experience a plus
• Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to interact and influence at all levels
• Problem-solver, creative thinker, highly-driven and self-motivated

Working at LeagueApps:

• Equity Grants
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Parental leave coverage
• We'll pay for your sports leagues (and your kids sports leagues)!
• Cell Phone and Gym Subsidies, Citibike, and discounted gym memberships
• Culture and work environment that emphasizes teamwork, passion, learning, and fun.  Check out our Instagram to see for yourself
• Social impact opportunities through our FundPlay initiative that includes events, volunteering, and grant-makings

LeagueApps is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable organization, and to helping youth sports organizers across the country do the same.