Senior Director, Accounting - Global Media

The Senior Director, Accounting - Global Media reports to the Global Controller and oversees daily accounting operations to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance with accounting standards. This role leads the month-end close process, manages audits, and partners with business teams on media contracts, content licensing, and other complex transactions. The Senior Director is responsible for maintaining adherence to GAAP, driving process consistency, and managing technical accounting activities within the Global Media function, including the NFL’s media licensing, content production for owned and operated businesses, international media licensing, consumer products and sponsorship businesses. 

Responsibilities: 

• Prepare and review financial reports, both internal and external, for the Global media functions, providing insights and variance analyses to leadership for data-driven decision-making. 
• Manage accounting for media contracts, content licensing, content production and other complex transactions. 
• Ensure adherence to relevant accounting standards and internal control frameworks. 
• Define and maintain corporate financial policies related to revenue recognition, credit management, intercompany activity, balance sheet reconciliations, and other financial compliance activities. 
• Collaborate closely with technical accounting team to prepare initial accounting workpapers and journal entry support for complex Global Media transactions.  
• Oversee the period-end close process, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of results. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support audit activities, statutory reporting, and local regulatory compliance. 
• Manage business challenges that are broad and complex, ensuring high-quality outcomes and alignment with organizational goals. 

Qualifications: 

• 12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 7+ years in management or leadership roles. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required. 
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation, or active CPA candidacy, preferred. 
• In-depth knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting requirements for complex transactions. 
• Proven experience managing month-end close processes and supporting audits in a large, multifaceted organization. 
• Strong analytical, leadership, and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions. 
• Oracle Cloud ERP or similar experience a plus. 

Terms /Expected Hours of Work: 

NFL employees are required to work 40 hours per week in the office. 

Salary / Pay Range 

This job posting contains a 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.